Humble Beginnings

Count up the bands, count up the digits All of us died, now all of us livin' (All of us livin', yeah) I pimped out my ride, call me Xzibit (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I am a man from humble beginnings I start to try it where it's cold and rigid (Brr) You won't be caught if they catch you slippin' (No, no, no) Family back home, my family I'm missin' (Family I'm missin', yeah) They livin' good like they gettin' commission They gettin' commission, oh, yeah Yeah, I'm feelin' good, I'm feelin' right Stopped smokin' weed but I'm takin' a drag Think of my pops and where we was at Whippin' the Grand and it's all that we had Place to place, facin' eviction I was like Raven, man, I had the vision Picture me here, I picture me winnin' Now I'm in the top floor, I'm smilin', I'm grinnin' Can't believe that we made it Can't believe that we made it We was broke, we was breakin' Now I'm here and I'm stayin' Can't believe that we made it Can't believe that we made it We was broke, we was breakin' Now I'm here and I'm Countin' the bands, countin' the digits Wasn't born rich, wasn't born privileged Lebanese blood, I was born ambitious (I was born ambitious) My pops told me, "If you want it, go get it" You gotta go get it, yeah, yeah Yeah, I been goin' hard, stayin' hot like the summer You know I take my chance, I might never get another Blinded to the hate, like my name is Stevie Wonder Do it for the fam and the fans and my brothers 'Member Cherry Hill camp, sent there on the bus Center kept me goin' like a voice from above Knew that I was destined, man, I knew that I was touched In my head was conversations that I knew should be discussed Jumped like seven years, now I've turned into a star Livin' in my dream, oh, man, I bought my dream car Realizin', man nothin' doesn't make you who you are 'Cause money buys designer shit to wear over you scars Damn, money buys designer shit to wear over you scars Grateful for it all, but my wealth is in my heart When they tell me that I made it, thought I made it from the start Can't believe that we made it (I can't believe, can't believe) Can't believe that we made it (I can't believe) We was broke, we was breakin' (Breakin', breakin') Now I'm here and I'm stayin' Can't believe that we made it (Yeah, yeah) Can't believe that we made it (I can't believe, I can't believe) We was broke, we was breakin' (I can't believe) Now I'm here and I'm