Look at Me Now

(I done came up)

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' them
Crooked letter eye (I)
Hump-back, tryna hump that
Yes, I (I)

Couldn't play with Cousin Pooh
They thought I was mockin' 'em
(Grams) Said I was devilish
Been knew I was rotten then

(School) been dropped out
Never really clockin' in
(Pops) been dropped out
Never really stoppin' in

(Moms) tryna lock me out
(Cops) tryna lock me in
(Damn) devilish one with pellet-guns
Grew from sling-shottin' 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 youngin'

Y'all 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, Poots
Marley Park and L

Got in junk with Passyunk
Wilson Park and 'em
Other 'jects, different sets
Started sparkin' 'em

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

Ol' heads ain't help
We had more heart then 'em
We squashed that war
Got some raw
Stayed apart from them

Now that I rap, they give me daps
I'm thinkin', "Pounds for clowns"
You shake my hand like a grown man
Me and Sheed 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 Bentleys, kid
You see them B's on those shiny ass
Rims of his, you can't find him in the woods
With his kids with his
Ma 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
A 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, yeah) I done came up on my own, nigga
I'm a CEO, nigga (take a look at me now)

Clothing line, cartoons (take a look at me now)
Movies, name it nigga (now)
Bullshit with rap if you want
I'm a big-boy-toy driver nigga (made my own way)
With unlaced Air Force One's with no license
Holla at me nigga, y'all can't tell me shit (ain't nothin' that you niggas can tell me, no)
Look at me now (take a look at me now)