Humble Beginnings - Cole DeRuse, Ruslan

Some people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll help motivate em to double they pace

Humble beginnings, doesn’t mean our ending

Will end up full of nothin' but struggle and pain

But other people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll make em go astray and not finish the race

Fortunate beginnings, doesn’t mean the ending

Of our journeys will all end in a similar fate

Let me take you back to my beginning

When Nintendo was super, bein' played by so many

When Nickelodeon released the TV show Ren & Stimpy

And when the animated series of Batman was nearing, yeah

That year, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested

Freddie Mercury, died from his infection

The internet went public with their connection

And The Terminator made more money than the rest did

But check this, it was also when I was born /

Momma was 17, Daddy was 18

The reason they made me, is momma quit taking

Her birth control because she wanted someone that could love her more

Than anyone had ever loved her before

She wanted love unconditional because she was worn

The storms poured it was visible on her physical form

War torn from the critical cynical scorn

That she felt strongly pumping through her chambers of childhood

A child should never have to do what she had to do

So she made it absolute that I would never go through the same

And she made the decision to give me up for my father to raise, uh

What a sacrifice for her son

Every time I think about it tears begin to run

It is motivation flowin' like air through my lungs

And that is why I love the year 1991

Some people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll help motivate em to double they pace

Humble beginnings, doesn’t mean our ending

Will end up full of nothin' but struggle and pain

But other people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll make em go astray and not finish the race

Fortunate beginnings, doesn’t mean the ending

Of our journeys will all end in a similar fate

Little Russian boy, fresh off the boat

Never understood how the language was spoke

Only thing he knew was the interesting folks

All had stereos and the music was dope

Six months later, the Soviet fell

But he ain’t understand cuz the music was well

His way to escape, the b-boys would break

The artists would paint and the DJ’s had crates

N.W.A., LL Cool J

Momma said knock you out in a cool way

2Pacalypse was Naughty by Nature

Yo, MTV raps was finally gettin' major

It spoke his language his brain got branded

Even though a lick of English he couldn’t understand it

In 91 it was cartoons and playin' tapes

What it takes for a boy to fully assimilate

Some people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll help motivate em to double they pace

Humble beginnings, doesn’t mean our ending

Will end up full of nothin' but struggle and pain

But other people have, somethin' from they past

That’ll make em go astray and not finish the race

Fortunate beginnings, doesn’t mean the ending

Of our journeys will all end in a similar fate