Got no time
for the conversations
or funny shit
Nigga only the reals
who I get my money with
Used to turn on the TV
see what I want
And now the same one
I dreamed about
the same one I'm stuntin' in
In the 6-2 almost 26
And every nigga
that I'm with got a zip
I look at this shit
as one big table
and best believe every nigga
I'm with got a sit
They try to hold us back
paint a picture of us
then sell it straight to the
public
You young black
then you thuggin'
What they don't talk
about the kid
that came from nothin'
Who stuck to what he believed in
and turned himself
into something great
They should use
that story to motivate
But instead they'd rather focus
on the fact that he's a pothead
Not the fact
there's not a lot where I lived
25 and not dead
I'm tryna tell you somethin'
this shit's real
When you work hard to get it
that's how you feel
The man that start
what they knew
and they ain't away no
We started small
to them houses in the hills
To them houses in the hills
Houses in the hills
Houses in the hills
To them houses in them hills
You make a little money
take care and right yourself
And people start coming up
with they hand out
People take their stresses
and make them yours
Well that's just what comes
with being a man
I try to do all
that I can to make sure that
My son grow up
without having to see half
of the stuff I've been through
But in life we all got
our own path
Don't understand
that by now you won't begin to
Cop another Rolex or Porsche try
and get even with me
Pulled up to the club
swear it looked
like the dealer with me
Cause we had so many cars
it was stupid
So I don't see a reason
to try and reason with me
Made a couple million and fast too
They ain't teach a young nigga
that in the classroom
Or how to make your people
better by taking knowledge
and spreadin' it
Instead of being in the game
being ahead of it in a better way
I'm tryna tell you somethin'
this shit's real
When you work hard to get it
that's how you feel
The man that start
what they knew
and they ain't away no
We started small
to them houses in the hills
To them houses in the hills
Houses in the hills
Houses in the hills
To them houses in them hills
Thousand dollar benefit plates
No matter how high the stakes
niggas never outta place
Now I'm high Empire State
Drunk stumblin'
never will I tumble
far from grace
I'm one of them
under-celebrated greats
Under the influence
of what Uncle Snoop threw me
Soon as I stepped off the plane
Switchin' four lanes
like Jay and Jermaine
Killin' beats visitin' grave
sites and pissin' champagne
I been in the crib enjoying
my hobbies
Suckers figured
this'll be the perfect time
to try me
Try me
Assumptions that I'm lunchin'
gettin' sloppy
I'm just gettin' better
seasoned veteran
Eagle eye perspective
scope before I go in
Come out with the whole hen
A dollar and a dream
Have a house on the hill
and the world on a screen
I'm tryna tell you somethin'
this shit's real
When you work hard to get it
that's how you feel
The man that start
what they knew
and they ain't away no
We started small
to them houses in the hills
We started small
to them houses in the hills
We started small
to them houses in the hills