Broke

Being broke in this thing don't sit right Do it for my folk, tryna get by I came through the struggle with my head high You being broke think you know what it feel like Said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right If everybody eating that's a good night Headed to the lost why I took flight The hard times made for a good life I said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Yeah, yeah, never fell in love with the Coco Never had to hold up the store with the .44 Never had the door kicked in by the feds While I'm laying in the bed on the bread that I'm gon' blow Uh, but I do know what it feel like to go to school with the knock off shoes Eating free lunch, tryna act all cool Boy you better know that we paid our dues Never would I trade that (nah), 'cause it made me better It could have made me bitter Can't buy that struggle, can't name no figure But it made me richer Yeah, being broke made me rich And being low made you quit But being low made me high Take time if you want this, let's go Being broke in this thing don't sit right Do it for my folk, tryna get by I came through the struggle with my head high You being broke think you know what it feel like I said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right If everybody eating that's a good night Headed to the lost is why I took flight The hard times made for a good life I said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich (yeah, yeah, yeah) Money may have made me me richer, but the struggle got me richer than I ever been Learn to hustle, use ya muscles, learn to grind and keep ya' mind up on the future, man We came out them trenches Government assistance in the beginning Keeping cans for the pennies We saving that grease after dinner Now they counting all my pennies, counting all my figures all up in my business, man Now they watching what I'm spending, wonderin' what I got and wonder how I get it, man I was bought before I had a dollar Being empty-handed made me stupid rich Rich in loyalty, can't pay that lawyer fee But it's all good that's why I pitch it in Being broke in this thing don't sit right Do it for my folk, tryna get by I came through the struggle with my head high You being broke think you know what it feel like I said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right If everybody eating that's a good night Headed to the lost is why I took flight The hard times made for a good life I said being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich, yeah