look at me now

, if you could look at me now, 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. hump-back, tryna hump that, yes 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, diffeferent sets, started sparkin him-, i had the four-teen 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 aint 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 aint see it like tony and old man, mob-style ferreal, this is my life-style ferreal. ], if you could look at me now,now its big buisnesses, 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'm paper soldier yall, 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 -holliday, 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. i know yall see me, look at me now man, i'm killin this shit, sheed, check your boy out man, your boy got buisnesses 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 airforce 1's with no license-, holla at me nigga. yall can't tell me shit, look at me now.