[ti:What I Been Through]
[ar:Lil' Flip]
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[00:01.28]Hi this is the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
[00:04.17]Today we're interviewing Lil' Flip (what's up man)
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[00:09.23]So Lil' Flip tell me how long have you been rapping
[00:12.48](man I've been rapping ever since)
[00:15.55]1995 I was in junior high
[00:18.11]I saw a lot of sh*t so I was glad to be alive
[00:21.36]A lot of people died but a lot of people here
[00:24.11]And when I turned 15 my vision got clear
[00:27.11]It's time to be a man time to make a plan
[00:30.16]It's cool to make a hundred but it's best to make a grand
[00:33.10]My Granny got sick and then they found cancer
[00:36.06]We got to pay the doctors but God got the answer
[00:39.06]The surgery went good my Granny doing well
[00:41.94]My baby on the way so I can't go to jail
[00:44.81]And to my niggas on the block stop selling rocks
[00:47.88]Cause I'm gonna tell the truth you can't outsmart the cops
[00:50.87]You see what I did I only drop hits
[00:53.81]Chopping up game y'all chopping up bricks
[00:56.73]And some niggas snitch cause they can't take the heat
[00:59.73]How we gone go buy a system when the system got his beat
[01:02.73]Hey I'm from the home of the Astros home of the Rockets
[01:06.30]Born a rapper with a microphone in my pocket
[01:09.23]Always thought I was grown you couldn't tell me nothing
[01:12.17]I would talk sh*t if you tried to tell me something
[01:15.17]But I regret that I had some minor setbacks
[01:18.04]Old people thought my future would be jet black
[01:21.04]All my years growing up I thought life was a game
[01:23.92]You can't make it real far thinking life is a game
[01:26.86]Yeah we lost a couple of friends I almost lost my brother
[01:29.85]I don't know what would of happened if we lost each other
[01:32.85]Everyday is something new I just take it in stride
[01:35.80]You only got one life so enjoy the ride
[01:38.73]Sometimes I was paid sometimes I was broke
[01:41.98]Me and Gray started hustling but my mama didn't know
[01:44.67]But it's cool cause now I'm into this music
[01:47.86]The man gave us a gift and we loving to use it
[01:50.74]And if you look real close you'll see
[01:52.92]That you can only be you and I can be me
[01:55.93]Cause can't nobody ever live my life but me
[01:58.99]But you will never see what I see like me huh me
[02:02.67]And you don't know what I've been through
[02:05.42]So you shouldn't judge me
[02:08.36]And you don't know what I will and I won't do
[02:10.93]So you shouldn't judge me
[02:14.80]And you don't know what I've been through
[02:16.94]So you shouldn't judge me
[02:20.31]And you don't know what I will and I won't do
[02:22.81]So you shouldn't judge me
[02:26.25]It's getting harder now I just don't understand
[02:28.44]Why the people in the world disgrace the black man
[02:31.19]All that I could say is pray and let it be
[02:34.62]Live right and try your best not to end up like me
[02:37.37]See I was the ni**a that slang d**e and steal cars
[02:40.62]Glad I stopped before it led behind bars
[02:43.42]Heart aches and scars help me feel my way
[02:46.17]Understand today I got a decision to make
[02:49.05]Now do I wanna live right or continue going wrong
[02:52.18]I'm never at home this music keep a ni**a gone
[02:55.24]But this is what gets me who are you to judge
[02:58.24]Cause I'm young and black people still hold a grudge
[03:01.17]Just a nudge right now'd push me over the end
[03:03.99]When I was 14 I lost a very close friend
[03:07.18]And ever since then my life ain't been the same
[03:10.24]That's the biggest reason why I had to make a change
[03:13.30]Never judge a book by it's cover a man by his wealth
[03:16.74]And if you already on your feet why don't you help somebody else
[03:19.67]This what I was taught so that's what I live by
[03:22.61]Cause you can't take none of this sh*t with you when you die
[03:25.67]So everyday I try to keep my head high
[03:28.61]But these bird a** niggas always jump fly
[03:31.42]Should I take em out the game naw I'm gonna use my brain
[03:34.56]I'm gonna kill em with kindness and blow up my name
[03:37.51]I came from nothing and now I got a little change
[03:40.44]A ni**a happy now but I went through some pain
[03:42.94]And everytime it rain there's gone be some sunshine
[03:46.70]I never thought I could put my whole life in one rhyme
[03:49.32]And you don't know what I've been through
[03:51.82]So you shouldn't judge me
[03:55.13]And you don't know what I will and I won't do
[03:57.58]So you shouldn't judge me
[04:01.52]And you don't know what I've been through
[04:03.58]So you shouldn't judge me
[04:06.92]And you don't know what I will and I won't do
[04:09.48]So you shouldn't judge me