
…I feel no shame, I'm proud from where I came
I was born and raised in the boondocks, yeah
One thing I know, no matter where I go…
…hear that lullaby of a midnight train
And it sings to me and sounds so familiar, whoa
I feel no shame out here, where I came
I was born and raised in the…
…at old camp creek
And it calls to me like a warm wind blowing
I feel no shame from where I came
I was born and raised in the…

…as lazy as an old houn' dog
Born in the mountains, never raised a pet
Don't want nuthin' an' never got it yet
Born in the…
…mountains, lonesome-born
Raised runnin' ragged thu' the c*ckleburrs and corn
Never knew my pappy, mebbe never should
Think he was a fiddle made…
An' -- they wasn't no crowd to get me fazed --
But I was alone where I was raised
Up in the mountains, so still it makes yuh skeered
Where God lies sleepin' in…

…said a prayer for us
She saw the turn I took, but none shook
To look a murder in my eyes find a ten for my first ride
The…
…same day my daddy died
Now I'm in the hole for shanking, thinking suicide
Until a voice from the grave said son, you gots to ride
Stand…
…tall and when they let you free f*ck a b*tch for me
Daddy was a gangsta momma was a lady who raised me
Thuggin got your baby
Daddy was…

…said a prayer for us
She saw the turn I took, but none shook
To look a murder in my eyes find a ten for my first ride
The…
…same day my daddy died
Now I'm in the hole for shanking, thinking suicide
Until a voice from the grave said son, you gots to ride
Stand…
…tall and when they let you free f*ck a b*tch for me
Daddy was a gangsta momma was a lady who raised me
Thuggin got your baby
Daddy was…

Daddy was a gangsta who raised me
Momma was a lady who raised me
Forever, a true thing forever, kissin' dead triggers
Born…
…a prayer for us
She saw the turn I took but none shook
To look a murder in my eyes
Find a ten for my first ride
The same day my daddy…
…died
Now I'm in the hole for shankin', thinkin' suicide
Until a voice from the grave said, "Son, you gots to ride
Stand tall…

…rooted in the uselessness
Clip your wings if you wanna know the truth, just, clip your wings if you want to know the true us
When I was born…
…I rode a rainbow over the swamps of Jupiter. Conquered Lucifer and punched a hole in the lawless universe
It was as dark as can be. But with the…
…an after-life where i exist in a hole, in a cell, in the head of a god
But there's nothing to sell now because all i found was a book that I…

…drown
I dare y'all
[Verse 2: Swizz Beatz]
(Yo Busta)...I was born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I was born in the…
…ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I was born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I bang out beats in cars with ho stacks
Rap n*gga putting out…
They straight killing homie
Y'all don't gotta like me, screw y'all , blow me
I walk up in the club b*tches want…

…whip, so I'm going to get a new car
(What the Fuck!)
Chorus: Busta Rhymes 1x
[Swizz Beatz]
(Yo Busta)...I was born in the…
…ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I was born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I was born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
I bang out…
…plus
your man owes me
That clown don't pay
They straight killing homie
Y'all don't gotta like me, screw y'all , blow me
I walk up in the…

…like I was in a different world. This stopped happening, I got to the point where I didn't even want to play softball anymore. I…
…downward into a black hole. In October the final string was cut loose. I went into a pawnshop and stole a ring. I don't stealing the ring, but I…
…softball back.
I met someone. Someone who stuck by me the minute I met her. Her name is Allie Leigh Bueak. She was born and raised in…

…didn't wanna be
I'm the coldest I wrote since Admiral Zheng He
I'm the fire in the booth, you a wet rag
You ain't the…
…up the things that I thought
When I was age four
Strach that before I was born
In the womb when I was yet to be formed
Before that in…
They ain't got the technique to even copy that
I think I made my point
In a manner that is more than adequate
Let's put all the…

…bed you gotta sleep in it
Mistakes made
Baking soda kept the neats clean
Narrow like a ravine
Digits fell good news
Last hole, green…
…fifties, and cakes
Why can't I escape
These lies, straw, mirrors and plates?
In the land of jacks I got my axe over the…
…on MLK and on T.V
I ain't got no fear, my nigga I was born & raised right here
Late one night I was in a pearl white Acura Legendary…

…glad
Goodie got them brand new trash bags . . dag
And they know where to dump that ass
In the Cha-tahoochie
River with the rest of the…
…and plates
Nicks, dimes, fifties, and cakes
Why can't I escape
These lies, straw, mirrors and plates?
In the land of jacks I got my axe over the…
…then wear a scope
Cause you gon see me on MLK and on T.V
I ain't got no fear, my n*gga I was born & raised right here
Late one night I was in…
By Mac Lethal (2008)
On album 11:11 (2007)

…(talking)
My name is David McCleary Sheldon
I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri
Start it right here I don't want…
…it to be over
Say it right here I don't want it to be over
(repeats in background)
You got a beautiful face
Sittin' on the roof of the…
…distant thunder
Relax, there's no television static
Just the howl's and never ending traffic
This world is plastic and fake
And I was born…

…rooms with more kitchens
Bad Boy and I ain't talking Puff and Will Smithin'
Bad Boy that'll run up in your room with the…
…sewer, raised in manure
But always had the mind of an entrepreneur
Neighborhood dangerous – whole lot of shooters
Had to keep a MAC and I…
…kept the paper in the shoe box
Loved the Thug Life before I ever heard of 2Pac
Strong armed robberies, die soon probably
That was…

…do if you
finally believed in yourself
But you just don't know your ass
from a hole in the ground
So true it's a violation
Hide…
Odyssey
Prancing through a black hole in the sky
from the 30th century
So you'll feel like me
You traded in your high school ring…
…white trash bitch controls you
Born and raised in a trailer park
And all the faces of the lies surround you
Your simple pleasures come
from…