I been traumatized, got left on the side
But I'm bona fide yeah
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I been traumatized, got left on the side
But I'm bona fide yeah
Riders on the rise and I promise I
Never told a lie yeah
That's just how we came up
If they run a fade up
You gon' see us raise up, yeah
And we never trade up
Thuggin' 'til the day's up
Hope my people stay up, yeah
We came up, yeah
We came up, yeah
We came up, yeah
All my people came up, yeah
Hope my people stay up
They gon' need to pay us
If it's real they trust, yeah yeah
Radio never played us
But the people praise us
And the jokers hate us, yeah yeah
Mandog, that's my dawg man
They shoulda never let his ass up out the dog pen
Helly people in the crib but it be all friends
All my people gon' be solid when it all ends
My homie had to flip a brick to get his kids right
If he don't know how much we love him, then his kids might
I know he goin' thru the motions when it's midnight
But he be solid makin' major shit look real light
I think I learned it from him
I hope I earned respect
He showed me how to big it up
I had to learn the rest
Big homie, big partner, all my big dogs
They showed me how to stand ten tall
We been thru the worst
And we've been here when it hurts
And we let it fill up 'til it bursts
Sermon serving, welcome to the church
I seen shit get wicked, seen it all crash
And I seen the strongest people fall flat
The shit you dream about, the other side ain't all that
Don't prepare, it be all bad
We shootin' even if the ball flat
Stephen Curry make 'em all splash, yeah
I got a squad of warriors, who never fall back
One drop the ball we pick it up and we gon' ball back, yeah
I been traumatized, got left on the side
But I'm bona fide, yeah
Riders on the rise and I promise I
Never told a lie yeah
That's just how we came up
If they run a fade up
You gon' see us raise up yeah
And we never trade up
Thuggin' till the day's up
Hope my people stay up, yeah
We came up, yeah
We came up, yeah
We came up, yeah
All my people came up, yeah
We came from the mud, we came from the slums (ooh-ooh)
We was livin' reckless, that's just how it was (that's just how it was)
It's too much for them, it's a done dada (done dada)
If I got yo' back, you my real partner
Got a dream now, chase it with the team now (the team)
They believe now, cause we on the scene now (the scene)
I was traumatized lookin' in my momma eyes (her eyes)
Now I'm bona fide, I need every single prize (prize)
Take my soul and my spirit won't break
Check on a nigga, 'cause this life holds weight
Don't forget where you come and don't forget how you changed
Always told them niggas Imma make my own way
And now I believe, I can waste no time (no time)
I'm all on my own, so don't hit my line (my line)
I cannot break, so don't squeeze me (don't squeeze me)
Life would never be easy
I been traumatized, got left on the side
But I'm bona fide yeah
Riders on the rise and I promise I
Never told a lie yeah
That's just how we came up
If they run a fade up
You gon' see us raise up yeah
And we never trade up
Thuggin' 'til the day's up
Hope my people stay up
(I been traumatized)
We came up yeah
(But I'm bona fide)
We came up yeah
(Never told a lie yeah)
We came up yeah
(And we never trade up)
(Thuggin' 'til the day's up)
All my people came up yeah