South Side

South side struggles
Fighting for my life while you living in a bubble
Pops in the grave so my mama had to juggle
Thank god for her man, she taught me how to hustle

Young, black and male, dog the odds was stacked double
Dodge shells catch hell while we figure out the puzzle
I was getting schooled by the streets and my brothers
Steady breaking rules and wildin in the summers

Back in '06 man, i seen my first murder
Shot the homie over bread and I know that bullet hurt him
Man I still hear him scream and that shit is still unnerving
But back to the raps cause my listeners deserve it

Never had a strap but my barrel stayed burning
Getting stoned with the Stones smoking stony island dro
Puffing heavy like a chubby Sean Combs on the low
Dodging opps ducking cops playing tic tac toe
But we still kept it hot like a fresh baked loaf

And you love to hear the story, again and again
About these young brothers from the city of wind
Nowadays news say that it's the city of sin
But they only see the surface, they don't know what's within

I'm talking hoppin turnstiles, CTA
Water Tower burnouts, we don't play
Tryna earn clout like it's two weeks pay
And we still eating flamin hot Frito-Lay

But they don't know shit, they assume we spray
Rounds through the whole town like every May
I used to get mad like, 'who are they?'
Till I seen my lil homie get hit by stray

He was only 16, can you feel my pain?
Can you pick the shit up, well how much it weigh?
Heavy on my mind cause the sign of the times
Flickered out long ago
So I'm tryna find the rhymes
To fit inside these lines
And maybe redefine the kinds of lives
That we was livin in the Chi

Was never really livin so who cares if we die
Who cares if we cry? it's not fair but it's life
But you gotta keep movin
Never let it hurt ya
I know you traumatized, but never tell a soul bruh

Never getting sober
Forever in a coma
Till the pain overwhelms and you pop one in ya dome huh?

Nah fuck that cause we only getting stronger
We might get damaged but we never get broken
All my South Side negus let that shit be a slogan
We all on the grind, we all interwoven

In the tapestry of life, the thread is carefully chosen
You got a purpose work it
Never be a burden
Never be a servant

Find your own worth and
Build something worth it

Ya family ya niggas they gon love you in return
Cause you stretching out every single dollar that you earn
Till one day you find you got money to burn

Now that's a lesson learned

OUTRO

They not from
They not from the South Side

They not from
The south side
So they don't know

They not from
They not from the South Side

They not from
The south side
So they don't know