Born Alone In Oakland
The rule is to become a product of your environment
The exception is to be successful despite the toxic circumstances
If I could change anything leading up to my incarceration,
It would have to be my mindset
I wasn't ready to change the cycle of young black men in Oakland
From being a part of the problem, to being creators of the solution
Same four steps on Holway
Love me, ain't no way
I done seen it all
Jumped in the school hall
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
We all set up to fail
But I'm a ring that bell
Try to stop me please
My songs cost yo lease
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
Don't need your fake love
Only need the man above
My city needa do better
Head down, get yo cheddar
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
God got me like no other
Not my mother, brother, or lover
If I move wrong, they'll cast the first stone
I know they love me, but I was born alone
I know they love me, I promise
I'm not flawless, but honest
The future is all the unknown
I know they love me, but I was born alone
The exception is to be successful despite the toxic circumstances
If I could change anything leading up to my incarceration,
It would have to be my mindset
I wasn't ready to change the cycle of young black men in Oakland
From being a part of the problem, to being creators of the solution
Same four steps on Holway
Love me, ain't no way
I done seen it all
Jumped in the school hall
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
We all set up to fail
But I'm a ring that bell
Try to stop me please
My songs cost yo lease
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
Don't need your fake love
Only need the man above
My city needa do better
Head down, get yo cheddar
I love my city, but I know we going through it
Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it
Young cats out here stealing
Same hittas is killing
This one's for my brother laying up in that prison
God got me like no other
Not my mother, brother, or lover
If I move wrong, they'll cast the first stone
I know they love me, but I was born alone
I know they love me, I promise
I'm not flawless, but honest
The future is all the unknown
I know they love me, but I was born alone
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Writer(s): Brian Edwards
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