Hi, this is the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous   Today we're interviewing Lil' Flip, what's up man   So Lil' Flip tell me, how long have you been rapping?   Man, I've been rappin' ever since      1995 I was in junior high   I saw a lotta shit, so I was glad to be alive   A lot of people died, but a lot of people here   And when I turned 15, my vision got clear      It's time to be a man, time to make a plan   It's cool to make a hundred, but it's best to make a grand   My granny got sick and then they found cancer   We got to pay the doctors but God got the answer      The surgery went good, my Granny doin' well   My career takin' off, so I can't go to jail   And to my niggas on the block, stop sellin' rocks   'Cause I'ma tell the truth you can't outsmart the cops      You see what I did, I only drop hits   Choppin' up game, y'all choppin' up bricks   And some niggas snitch 'cause they can't take the heat   How we gon' go buy a system when the system got his beat      Hey, I'm from the home of the Astros, home of the Rockets   Born to rap yo, with a microphone in my pocket   Always thought I was grown, you couldn't tell me nothin'   I would talk shit if you tried to tell me somethin'      But I regret that, I had some minor setbacks   Old people thought my future would be jet black   All my years growin' up, I thought life was a game   You can't make it real far, thinkin' life is a game      Yet we lost a couple of friends, I almost lost my brother   I don't know what would've happened if we lost each other   Everyday is somethin' new, I just take it in strides   You only got one life, so enjoy the ride      Sometimes I was paid, sometimes I was broke   Me and Gray started hustlin' but my Mama didn't know   But it's cool, 'cause now I'm into this music   The man gave us a gift and we lovin' to use it      And if you look real close you'll see   That you can only be you, and I can be me   Because can't nobody ever live my life but me   But you will never see what I see like me, ha, me, ha      'Cause you don't know what I've been through   (So you shouldn't judge me)   And you don't know what I will and I won't do   (So you shouldn't judge me)      And you don't know what I've been through   (So you shouldn't judge me)   And you don't know what I will and I won't do   (So you shouldn't judge me)      It's gettin' harder now I just don't understand   Why the people in the world disgrace the black man   All that I can say, is pray and let it be   Live right and try your best not to end up like me      See I was the nigga that slang dope and steal cars   Glad I stopped before it led behind bars   Heart aches and scars, help me feel my way   Understand today I got a decision to make      Now do I wanna live right or continue goin' wrong   I'm never at home, this music keep a nigga gone   But this is what gets me, who are you to judge   'Cause I'm young and black, people still hold a grudge      Just a nudge right now'd push me over the end   When I was 14, I lost a very close friend   And ever since then my life ain't been the same   That's the biggest reason why I had to make a change      Never judge a book by it's cover, a man by his wealth   And if you already on your feet why don't you help somebody else   This what I was taught, so that's what I live by   'Cause you can't take none of this shit with you when you die      So everyday I try to keep my head high   But these bird ass niggas always jump fly   Should I take 'em out the game, nah, I'ma use my brain   I'm a kill 'em with kindness, and blow up my name      I came from nothin', and now I got a little change   A nigga happy now but I went through some pain   And everyday it rain, there's gone be some sunshine   I never thought I could put my whole life in one rhyme      'Cause you don't know what I've been through   (So you shouldn't judge me)   And you don't know what I will and I won't do   (So you shouldn't judge me)      And you don't know what I've been through   (So you shouldn't judge me)   And you don't know what I will and I won't do   (So you shouldn't judge me)