Growing Up

<br>&quot;I`m a little mannish motherfucker<br> I take after my older brother<br> Started off selling marijuana, but now I`m selling yola..&quot;<br><br>[E-40]<br>Here take a swig of this bourbon<br>Hit that, hit that baby<br>Aight dude.. ay who who`s foolin right there? (Who dat?)<br>Aight nigga ay get down nigga .. {*gunfire starts going off*}<br>AY NIGGA GET DOWN NIGGA! Ay nigga GET DOWN NIGGA (Shit!)<br><br>Wuh, we about<br>seventy-five extra mail mannish hard-headed hoodlum-ass niggaz<br>On the dopetrack workin overtime full of fuckin `D` (D!)<br>Runnin through somewhere in the neighborhood<br>of about seven-hundred thousand in illegal narcotics<br>generatin through mah street, a week<br>Why motherfuckers gotta ask me how I`m doin if I`m alright?<br>When a motherfucker`s starvin and strugglin<br>even on my hip pretty much needlin and jugglin<br>there STILL ain`t gonna never be enough lovin!<br>I`m tired of rippin and runnin, dodgin and duckin bullets<br>I KNOW MY TIME IS COMIN - death is on me bad<br>The walls is closin in, I wish I had a dad<br>but left when I was ten, so moms is all I had<br>And she was there for me until I ran away from the pad<br>And now she disowned me and she don`t claim me<br>Reverend wouldja put some blessin oil on my head<br>before I end up dead, gall bladder full of lead - scared<br>I guess a hard-head make a soft-ass (??)<br>I ain`t gon` last if I keep fuckin with this fast life<br><br>Chorus: E-40 and Lil` E (repeat 2X)<br><br>He would grow up to be nothin but a hoodlum<br>or either in jail, or someone would shoot him, UH<br>(He would grow up to be nuttin but a hoodlum<br> or either in jail, or someone would shoot him)<br><br>[E-40]<br>Ah, I page my ties even though the money`s filthy<br>Don`t wanna go to church, because I feel guilty<br>Nope - I DON`T WANNA DIE - cause when the preacher preach the gospel<br>I BE READY TO CRY - up in the Church of Pentecostal<br>I don`t think I`ma make it to see twenty-five <br>til I wash my hands and come clean<br>Shit I`ll be hella happy if I can just live to see sixteen<br>No life to give for that nastiness<br>as a rebellious disobedient-ass problem child<br>He`s easily influenced - hangin around the wrong crowd<br>I`m willin to do almost anything, <br>whatever it takes to make my allowance<br>I`m on prescription medication, chemically off-balance<br>Got me snatchin up (??), pickin up hits<br>Pick-pickin indo`s (do`s), and pullin licks<br><br>Chorus<br><br>[Lil` E]<br>But daddy? (Yes son) Tie my shoes (okay) lace me up (uh)<br>Hook me up, like a tow-track maaaaan (aight)<br>Ear-hustlin, make like a pampered suck-up game-a-saur (what?)<br>When it comes to this thang man I`m conniseur (conniseur)<br>I read through the punk registry in the Robb Report (what?)<br>I come off like dat<br>Grew up around slick talkers (ah)<br>A pa-a poppin con artists (what?)<br>Go straight to the (??) and get a bad leather jacket<br>(??) (??) bankrupt!<br><br>[E-40]<br>Boy you.. <br>Like you when I was younger<br>but I got my life together and I bettered myself as I got older<br>Na-uh now I entertain (entertain) a sss-uh, a-smeb rover (a smeb rover)<br>Street smarts with a degree and a diploma<br><br>Chorus 2X<br><br>[E-40]<br>Ah give it to me, uhh..<br>Uhh..<br>Uhh..<br>Come on, uhh..<br>Give it to me, uhh..