Local Legend

I had to get it out the mud And now I'm riding through my old hood this is where I'm from You know the city show me love And I forever held you down whenever I ran it up Remember we was running dumb Boy if I call you brother I'ma love you like my blood Had to get it out the mud yeah Became a legend where I'm from yeah Remember we was thirty deep cooling on pops porch While my brother pushing keys like he was Scott Storch Aye, balling was the dream but we was off court And now I'm screaming R.I.P. I'm going hard for them The city love me I'm a legend on my side of town And where I'm from it wasn't much that we could smile 'bout I was fighting depression the buzz started dying down I promised my brother we gon' make it like we trying out Finally finding out who real and who fake Seen day ones turn Fed and start building a case Put away the bottle on my momma I'ma deal with the pain Thought if I got it, you got it, but now that feeling has changed Crazy thinking 'bout the dirt that we did I can't let you get near me won't let you hurt me again Walking with God I got a purpose to live Against the odds but I'm determined to win I had to get it out the mud And now I'm riding through my old hood this is where I'm from You know the city show me love And I forever held you down whenever I ran it up Remember we was running dumb Boy if I call you brother I'ma love you like my blood Had to get it out the mud yeah Became a legend where I'm from yeah Face and Krispy like my brothers plus my daddy like they dad too Go Buck we a family man we more than just a rap group Get Money Boy only choice was to stack loot And now I'm mourning with their portrait in my tattoos, yeah If you ask me I'ma tell you I'm ok But it hurts me that I'm lying to your face And I been practicing I'm working everyday I been learning how to smile through the pain Just took my new homie on a trip down my old block Pointed out my brothers crib because that was the dope spot Had to get it how we live and I promise it won't stop I'm forever going in I don't care if the doors locked Welcome to the city that raised us You couldn't make it pretty with make up I did it independent I came up And I'ma always give you the same love I had to get it out the mud And now I'm riding through my old hood this is where I'm from You know the city show me love And I forever held you down whenever I ran it up Remember we was running dumb Boy if I call you brother I'ma love you like my blood Had to get it out the mud yeah Became a legend where I'm from yeah