Cheers, Pt. 2

Yeah. This that top shelf shit right here
Go ahead and pull that top shelf
Pull it out man. Pull out your best shit man
Have a drink with this one, you know what I'm saying, cheers!

Now as a youngin', I use to roam the land like the nomad
With no home, desolate, the streets is what I represent
Just me and Hump, we would thump on any nigga that fucked with us
Walking with some backpacks on hard floors I took naps
Abandon houses I chilled until the cops ran me off of that
Sometimes I robbed, sometimes sold drugs, but I was bout that
I always was a loner, I use to get drunk
In Douglas Park and curse god for taking my momma away
Sometimes I stayed with Humperdink
Because his moms was ok
As long as I had some income to bring her way
But even then we would win every battle we entered
We was the hardest rap group unlike them fucking pretenders
The Terms of 2 we would represent the good & evil in men
We was good as gold but fucked you up if you dissed us then
The other crews tried to be us, younger dudes would see us
Then go to school do our routines; trying to freak us
Some tried to shake our hand but on the down low they envied us
Even in my own circles they hated that glow
They hated the way that I could paint a picture with the word flow
Even though we was poor as fuck and had no dough

Yeah, remember those days man, that's right
You know what I'm saying but those days made us stronger
You know what I mean? Un huh
Yeah drink up man
That's right drink up man hold 'em high

I wanna live in mansion like Jay Z or maybe
I signed some kind contract as large as KD's
Most likely at the soup kitchen, or in the penitentiary
Is where mostly Blacks be that's where I backs will be
Against the odds against the wall against the grain they wanna frame
Every name a number ID a sad destiny
Or brain blown out in the by cop or worst yet
By somebody with the same skin tone over a set
Because they ran out money and they lacking a check
Or we got into a fistfight or you lost a bet
Or your girl got frisky at the club showing love
You mad you doing time while she still getting drugged
Man I need another jug of the hen dog I'm in dog
Just some thoughts of tougher times and this ain't pretend dog
I need ya shot glasses full for this
Here's to going through hard times
And to the ones we miss

Yeah that's right man
All the love ones man all your peoples man
That's what I told you man
So drink up man
You know, live your life man
You know them hard times is the times
That made us stronger
You know what I mean that's right