Sixteen

When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid
When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid

I'm saying cheers to a good life and here's to my fallen troops
So I'ma toast to how far life has got us through
Through these dark times I did what I had to do
Now I'm bright like the street lights on the avenue
These foos giving attitude but I ain't mad at you
I'm just real glad that you noticed that I'm at a new
Page with my life, way passed chapter two
Use to get laughed at school, now I'm the rapper who
Made it bearly had the tools, did it through the saddest mood
Didn't have the deepest crew but I made a dream come true
And it's a trip because I still can't believe it too
And all you really need is just the few that believe in you
This view of life is such a breath, I can breathe it too
Started off a vision, now my kids can see it too
And I ain't preaching you, I'm just trying to reach to you
And show you how I fean to do music the way I need to do

When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid
When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid

I ain't trying to brag about my past life
But through dark times I've never had a flashlight
So as I walk a better path my
Days have been a blessing, back then I had bad nights
Lost my best homie, gangbanging brought sad times
And last night I swear I had a dream that was at my
Befriend's pad, we were young a lived a fast life
Rest in peace Bigz, that's a gee that I would stand by
Gang life, southern side, punked who couldn't act right
Had million dollar plan and that's to get get our stacks right
Had a plan to make it out the ghetto, no trap life
I wish that he was here so he can be part of this rap life
And that's why I always got to pack mine
I wouldn't take a life away unless they try to snatch mine
I would blast mine 9 times in fast time
Hit you in the spine with a black nine, flatline

When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid
When I was sixteen I wrote my first rap
When I was sixteen I shot my first gat
Now I'm just trying to make a way
Cause I'm trying to live life and stay paid