Came A Long Way - Demrick

Apartment babies.

Me and my brother and sister

Mom’s was working relentless, living on public assistance

Pizza parties thanks to Papa Johns and seven food stamps

«I don’t care if your friends get to go out late, boy, but you can’t.»

And when my step pops actually came around it felt like boot camp

So I bounced out at fourteen, yeah, I had a new plan

Everything from selling crack to stolen cars

Thinking back on that was no facade

I was living like there wasn’t no tomorrow

That feel-less feeling before the fall

Moved in with twin sisters, they was twenty

Both had money

I was fifteen lying 'bout my age, in them days I’d say anything like a dummy

It was funny

For my birthday, Mom’s put sixteen candles on the cake

I told her, «Hold up, wait.

She think I’m turning eighteen, please don’t go

blow my spot today!»

She said, «Boy, I’m not gon' lie for you.

If she don’t ask then I won’t tell.»

I found out family gon' ride for you even if you put 'em all through hell.

And I definitely put them all through hell

But I grew up to be a better man, yeah

Time do tell

Came a long way

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Twenty now working two jobs, rapping on the side

This time around I’ma do it different, I’ve made up my mind

Had a couple girls along the way say they down for the ride

But nothing ever really lasted us to detest the time

Those with the best of times, we was all broke and everybody was cool with it

Crashed on the couch at the homie’s house, went to high school with him

He was the first one to say, «Yo, we could do this music shit for real,

If you keep your ass out the streets long enough to get a record deal.»

And we chased that dream six years straight, ever moved out to L.A.

off pure fate?

Didn’t work out, went our own ways.

Ain’t seen him in years since just the

other day

He said, «I don’t even rap no more.»

Told him that I just got back off tour

Said he was happy I got everything I was asking for, and that I came a long way

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