Where It Started

(Ooh, Uncle Sam made this beat)

I don't wanna go back
Don't wanna take it back to where it first started, uh, uh
When I was thuggin' in them 'partments, uh, uh
I swear them trenches made me heartless
'Cause them boys in the hood done seen a couple dead bodies
Couldn't run from the streets
'Cause either way was gon' find me
It'd be hard for me to sleep when I know death is right beside me
It'd be hard for me to sleep when I know I can't trust nobody
How can I trust somebody?

Hold on for a minute, 'cause I don't really think that they understood
Everything that done went bad, done turned around, now I feel good
Remember days that I used to think that I would never leave the hood
I watched the feds kick my door while I was hidin' in the woods
They don't know nothin' about me
Got stab wounds and bullet holes all in my body
Hospital bed with IVs all inside me
This the only thing I thought when I seen baby girl crying

I don't wanna go back (I don't wanna go)
Don't wanna take it back to where it first started, uh, uh, uh
When I was thuggin' in them 'partments
(When I was thuggin' in them 'partments) uh, uh
I swear them trenches made me heartless
(I swear them trenches made me heartless)

'Cause them boys in the hood done seen a couple dead bodies
Couldn't run from the streets
'Cause either way was gon' find me (find me)
It'd be hard for me to sleep
When I know death is right beside me (beside me)
It'd be hard for me to sleep when I know I can't trust nobody
How can I trust somebody?

I had to sleep with one eye open just in case them jackboys creep
And everything my OG told me, I just listen, I ain't speak
And we had so much beef, bodies droppin' every other week
And we couldn't walk out the door unless we walk with the heat
The cold streets will make your heart turn cold too
When I went to jail, my grandma say, "Boy, what I told you?"
I had to reap what I sow, I'm glad I learned my lesson
I like countin' bills, but I'd rather chill and count my blessings

I don't wanna go back (I don't wanna go)
Don't wanna take it back to where it first started, uh, uh, uh
When I was thuggin' in them 'partments
(When I was thuggin' in them 'partments) uh, uh
I swear them trenches made me heartless
(I swear them trenches made me heartless)

'Cause them boys in the hood done seen a couple dead bodies
Couldn't run from the streets
'Cause either way was gon' find me (find me)
It'd be hard for me to sleep
When I know death is right beside me (beside me)
It'd be hard for me to sleep when I know I can't trust nobody
How can I trust somebody?

I said how can I?
How can I?
How can I?
How can I?
Mm, mm
Uh, yeah
Mm, mm
Yeah, yeah, yeah