I'm a king      My hair was knotty then   Nose, snotty then   Sweats, no pockets then   Sweatin', no problems then      Facts? Off the potty then   News? Watchin' karate then   Muddas playin' double dutch   She was hop-scotchin' then      Me, girl watchin' then   Crooked little eye, eye   Hump-back, tryna hump that   Yes, I, I      Couldn't play because I'm poo   They thought I was mockin' them   Gramz, said I was devilish   Been knew I was rotten then      School, been dropped out   Neva really clockin' in   Popz, been dropped out   Neva really stoppin' in      Momz, tryna lock me out   Cops, tryna lock me in   Damn, devilish one with pellet-guns   Grew from, sling-shotin' them      To sling-shootin' them, dice all day   Kept hook shot, nice all day   Right hook fight, nice all day   Nigga left for a night   To keep money, right all day   Break a night all day      If you could look at me now   If you could look at me now   Let me smoke with you young'in      Yo, I was pop lockin', then   Card-board boxin', then   Me, I was up the center   3-D, lockin' in      Strong-arm, robbin' then   Started car, poppin' in   Me, Skinny toots, Telly boots   Marley Park and El      Got in trouble with Passion   Was from parkin' them   Other Jacks, different sets   Started sparkin' him      I had the fourteen gauge   My nigga Larken then   How it made front page   He caught a spark from them      He got gauged in his leg   Still was walkin' then   8-toss, shook it off   Kept sparkin' them      All heads ain't help   We had more heart then them   We squashed that war   Got some wall   Stayed apart from them      Down in Iraq, they give me dap   I'm takin' pounds from clowns   You shake my hand like a grown man   Ya ain't see it like Tony and old man   Mob-style fer real, this is my life style fer real      If you could look at me now   If you could look at me now      Now it's big businesses   You see them big Bentley skids   You see them bee's on those shiny ass   Rims of his, you can't find him in the woods   With his kids with his   Mob cookin' breakfast with no S.W.A.T.   A good day this is      You could bull-shit with rap if you want   I pull the bull-shit to the back   And put rap in front   Now I'm state prop flickin' it   State prop stitchin' it   I'ma paper soldier y'all   Your boy gettin' rich      I see a kids hair, knotty now   They nose, snotty now   So what I do   I try to turn they frown around      I make 'em smile a day   If only for a while a day   I give them dollar day   That's my ghetto holiday      I must say for myself   I'm feelin' proud today   My life is shaped   Like I run about a mile a day      I dedicate this to the one's that   Counted me out   And looked at me down   Just look at me now      If you could look at me now   I know y'all see me   Look at me now man   I'm killin' this shit      Sheed, check your boy out man   Your boy got businesses man   I done came up on my own nigga   I'm a CEO nigga      Clothing line, cartoons   Movies, name it nigga   Bullshit with rap if you want   I'm a big-boy-toy driver nigga   With unlaced Air Force One's with no license   Holla at me nigga, y'all can't tell me shit   Look at me now