How you gonna judge?
If you ain't ever been dragged all through the mud
How you gonna come up if you weren't ever in the cut
I been real from the jump
Momma raised a thug
Now I gotta show my love
How you gonna judge?
And all my brothers getting money
Yeah we was built tough
Things we've seen
Change you for life
Watching homies slip up
Then they gotta pay the price
Countless days
Sleepless nights
Stuck in college
Felt like I could do no right
Trapped in my thoughts
Cutting through me like a knife
Am I living right?
Or am I wasting my life?
Angels fight with demons
Can't figure out what's wrong
Can't articulate my feelings
So I put them in a song
Being trapped in your own head
Is the worst feeling of 'em all
So I gotta make sure
That I can stay strong
That I can stay strong
Make sure
I can stay strong
Gotta make sure
That I can stay strong
How you gonna judge?
If you ain't ever been dragged all through the mud
How you gonna come up if you weren't ever in the cut
I been real from the jump
Momma raised a thug
Now I gotta show my love
How you gonna judge?
And all my brothers getting money
Yeah we was built tough
Things we've seen
Change you for life
Watching homies slip up
Then they gotta pay the price
How you gonna judge?
If you ain't ever been dragged all through the mud
How you gonna come up if you weren't ever in the cut
I been real from the jump
Momma raised a thug
Now I gotta show my love
How you gonna judge?
And all my brothers getting money
Yeah we was built tough
Things we've seen
Change you for life
Watching homies slip up
Then they gotta pay the price