August Alsina - Testify Lyrics
[Verse 1]I remember wakin' up, bein broke but still it wasn't breakin' usI remember why I broke the rules, cuz I ain't really have nobody to look up toI remember cuttin' class, bein' bad, cuz I ain't have what them other kids hadI remember wishin' that I knew my dad, then I remember wishin' I could get him backFor every single night that he told me he was comin' and he didn't, for every single dollar that my mama 'nem was missin'For every thing I wanted and was told I couldn't get it, and that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted (damn)That's right it wasn't easy growin' up, mama was exposin' us to life as she knew itSo we all went through it, I remember bein' down and out, sleepin, on my homie's couchIn & outta trouble ever since my mama put me out[Bridge]Damn it's gettin real, damn it's gettin realDidn't graduate, I'm thinkin damn I gotta dealSo I hit da block, sellin rocks just to eat a mealSo I grabbed da glock, kept it *****ed... peace is still[Verse 2]In da back of da tracks, my nigga's stayed wit da packsAnd if a nigga was schemin', my brotha stayed with tha gatYea, yea we stayed in da trap, yea everyday in da trapThese ho's was chasin' da cheese, so we would stay wit da rat'sAnd we was ridin down, dippin low, I stayed in da backIn the x5 stuntin, we ain't know how to actSpendin' money like it's nothin, cuz we gone get it back17 never thought that I'd be gettin dem racks, had a dream but I said I wasn't *****in' wit thatMel told me I would make it, I ain't *****in wit that... but he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a tryHardest thing out in new orleans never see 25[Verse 3]Right then I woke up, broke out, told my nigga's had to roll out, moved to the a and got motivated, that inspiration don't run outHeard my brother got gunned down and it hurt me to my heart, so I kept grindin', I kept pushin', he told me to go farSo I can't stop at no crib, can't stop at no car, gotta. keep. goin. like there ain't no tomorrowSo I'm goin hard everyday, til I got nothin' to say, nothin' can stand in my way, I gotta stay, to show my nigga's a different way (waaayyy)[Hook]( imma tell da truth and da whole truth, cuz there ain't no need to lieAnd I ain't tryna keep it all inside, so I gotta testifyFor you and I, I testify ) 4xI testify, I testify
