Middle of Nowhere

My motherfuckin' poor people (Yeah)

The have-nots

These motherfuckers go and buy jeans that was dirty when they fuckin' bought 'em

Trying to be fucking more like us, can you feel that?

We the motherfuckin' meat that will one day inherit the Earth

My people, poor people , coast to coast

C'mon, c'mon

All I set out to do was get some food and some rent money, too

To tell the truth, the vocal booth was my sanctuary

I spent endless hours in there, I was so contrary

Damn, I tell my boy Nick to stop

Man, that wasn't it, so let's take it from the top

But being in here beats running from the cops

And swallowing rocks so I don't get caught

Knocked and then locked, cuffed and then booked

And in the meantime, court cases got me shook

What they gonna do, what's gonna be the outcome?

In the meantime, I'ma cut another album

How come poor people never get acquitted?

(The motherfuckers say you did it, then you did it)

The next thing you know, you're being sentenced

Snoody ass Hoosiers is like, good riddance

Bitches, you don't know how my life is

You ain't ever had to live like this

Made fun of my off-brand, no-name high tops

My people couldn't afford Nikes and Reeboks

But you ain't about to pick on me, man

My family doing the best we can

Goodbye, I never hustled to get high

I hustled to survive and this is my life

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

People said I'd never live to be grown

Before I'd turn eighteen, I'd probably be gone

Sad and in a cemetery talkin' to a stone

Feelin' so all alone

Roll us some purple kush or some northern light

But my grand mamma say there's more to life

Then in good times, I sit down to write a good rhyme

And roll a joint that's every bit of a good dime

So stressed, I try to ease my mind

Mamma said, "Baby, that's the way that it's gonna be sometime"

Sometime I'd be so sick of trying

Most men would've coward out and just started crying

My faith in God so strong, He won't leave me alone

Gave me a mind to think with, two feet to stand on

One hand to write with, two hands to fight with

Wrote a song bout my life, it goes like this

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

Gun shots rang through the streets of my small town

Seemed like slow-mo when that little girl fell down

Sad thing is, it wasn't even a stray

They just aimed at that baby then blew her away

Said it was sort of gang initiation

They were trying to display loyalty and dedication

Why y'all didn't shoot Ademo, me, Red or Jazz?

'Cause you motherfuckers knew we woulda killed ya ass

I was that kid who went to school 'cause lunch was free

And all they ever did for me was taught me to read

How to write, add, subtract

How many grams was in a ounce of crack

How many ounces in a pound, how many ounces in a kilogram

So what if I fail? Don't nobody give a damn

I feel so solo, came in the world dolo

And that's why I'ma go, yo

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then

The road I came down was a bumpy one

Through the middle of nowhere, old country one

Resting my feet was so comforting

I knew my work was not for nothing then