Ballad of Obie Trice

[Chorus] O, O, O, O, O I think this Obie Trice Obie Trice Obie Trice Obie Trice Obie Trice Obie Trice Obie Trice O, O, O, O I'd like to reintroduce myself, ha ha If you don't know by now. It's Obie Trice man I came from nothing solo, straight outta the dumpster hobo Made up my monster, I was cultivatingly slanging that cocoa Hated the po po, locally known as abominable snow-o Later the pig fo' rated the home where I made the dough grow So on and so fo', the story of us urban negros Created as equals we wouldn't have to be so eager to mistreat you We as a people heated in evenings doing these evils Gotta eat you, be cool, got a kid to feed that'll reach you Or did it see through? Or do I just speak through the EQ just to say I got a hot sequel When niggaz on the block gotta eat, gotta cop, gotta cot when they caught by the cops Young Tupac's, laid in the box or they age in a cell blocks, fade away Brick walls, steel gates, can't wait for the day to be free, that's why I'm [Chorus] Seen it, I done ate it, I done shit it Slept it, lived it, now I spit it Shady Working that house off an no-doze, got an ounce to roll on Trying to get rid of the pounds, I gotta whip the bounce, I gotta put that chrome on Same old song, young nigga that's trying to get some where I come from Funds, need 'em in abundance, whole bunch, only way a city boy function In conjunction with selling this substance Chips stay up, fuck it, glucks keep coming, take another pie out the oven I'ma be hugging these corners till these corners corner me But currently, I'm calculating this currency, urgency Gotta earn a G, uphearnestly, up early when the birds'll sing It's an emergency, never did occur to me, that the first and the third'll be Such a thirst for me, life almost took a turn for the worst for me took to see I finally had a purpose on Earth's surface the seed that was birthing me [Obie] Gotta do a little soul searching and [Obie] myself personally And to think all Em had to hear is one verse from me To confirm and unblur my dreams Best believe since burst on the scene, I'm a be here certainly With no uncertainties, yes indeed, I'm a get this cheese and that's why he's [Chorus] That's why I'm That's what made me Ha ha That's why I'm Young black man in America Get up and get yours nigga I know you struggling man, I been there I see you Get up and get yours nigga Ain't no looking back now