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33 Kenny Buttons Lay your head, no worries Time will come Life is a gamble, playing what it dealt though I been down plenty but I'm up and stay ready ain't much I can't handle Devil on my ass he keep trying to suck me up, take my life God done pulled me from the depths of this hell too many times Cambatta Around the age of 5 was the very last time I looked my father in the eyes before the nigga bounced I was bout 6 when I seen my momma get her wig split By some nigga she let in the house I was 7 when I learned my first lesson bout sexing From the magazine collection underneath the couch I was 8 when I learned about base It was Christmas I was looking for my presents and I found an ounce I was 9 when I shot my first 9 in the backyard with my uncle John Them was good times I was 10 when I lost my best friend to a stray bullet That I heard was fired out that same 9 11 when I learned about heaven from the reverend When he told me that was where my homie probably was I was 12 when I learned about hell Momma wasn't doing well, whole fam on a lot of drugs 13 I was smoking so much weed, I was basically a fiend I was high as fuck everyday 14 I was on the sports team But I quit it cause I knew I wasn't going to the NBA 15 got pussy for the first time And getting more pussy's only thing up on a nigga mind 16 started writing 16's niggas said I spit mean Bitches love it when a nigga rhyme 17 I ain't graduate but a nigga needed money I was on the corner tryna slang trees 18 graduated to the base fiends Now I'm on to big money and great things New whip on 18's, new chick, my chain swing Caught up in the gang thing, trying to make my name ring Even put a mask on, I let that AK ring By the age of 19 I'm sitting in that state bing Sing Kenny Buttons Lay your head, no worries Time will come Those who've sinned against you Soon will fall Cambatta I ain't get released til I was 21 Turned me to a monster I am no longer my mother's son By the age of 22 I had my first child I ain't raising Now my mother got another son I was 23 when my uncle called me And told me that my father died, but I ain't cry 24 I was sniffing so much caine, I was smoking so much dust All I thought about was homicide 25 I was sitting in the ER I caught a shot from the kid that I robbed when I was 18 26 got addicted to the pills that the doctor gave me I was struggling to stay clean 27 learned my lesson, I was back inside corrections But I think it was a blessing in disguise though Turned Christian for a second, then Islamic, met the brethren But I had a lot of questions on my mind though That religion couldn't answer started reading every book that I could find I'm getting smarter as my time goes I was getting so much wiser, I could feel my soul is rising I can finally look myself in the eyes though Finally got paroled at 31 Tryna make connections with my son but he don't know me He remind me of the old me when my father left me lonely So I started as his homie Schooled him to the lessons life showed me hoping later he'll console me When he see me as a man and not a phoney 32 I turned a new leaf My new queen pregnant she 32 weeks My son is living with me and his mother we speak I helped her get off drugs, clean 32 weeks Started up a program for the brothers in the streets It's an outreach, free em with the knowledge we teach Turning water into Henny Everybody at the table getting bread and we eat When they see you as a king Just be aware of all the envy and the jealousy it brings Especially your team, it's usually the one that comes in second That develops a deceptive way of being Left hand man he set me up Went and talked to the forces and wet me up Finally they murdered me at 33 Nigger Christ you heard of me