Spot on 116 must've had the cops in they pocket Hydro jars, fifty a pop, line out the door This back when we had the nerve to call brickweed chocolate Stacy said her sister's boyfriend had the new hot shit Gave me the plug like a stock tip I found religion, I'm a prophet Loved that girl, but knew we wouldn't work like Harden on the Rockets Clouds cleared, I'm looking at the city like jihadis in a cockpit Prices so fucking high, I had to do 'em dirty just to make a profit Splits like Spotify numbers A whole lotta green, just me and the punter Down for the team, saying all the right things But feeling like Harden on the Thunder We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God, everybody else got caught We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God, everybody else got caught We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God, everybody else got caught We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God In DC they called me New York, I didn't correct it (why would I?) Brother started on that Malachi Z I said I eat pork and besides, I don't respect it (I don't) You out here smoking Newports Please man, let me eat my breakfast We was raised on it, right? Light drizzle on the tarmac Whitey hit Hiroshima, then he doubled back Black rain baptize black skies I'm always waiting on a thunderclap Feed 'em rope till it goes slack Hot potato, when your quick lick turn to a kidnap It's easy to take, hard to give back (It's hard to give) Deep in the Tombs on a humble Pentecostal crumble In a Sweet and Aromatic My dude came home like Papillon, his spirit never captured But truth be told, he never had a second chapter Camo, green and gold, pull me in the sky, it's the Rapture Anno Domini, it's no before, it's only after We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God, everybody else got caught We was raised on paraquat, scraped and fought By the grace of God, everybody else got caught That was the haze for a long time Let's get like some wine, like let's not skip the process 1988 till like 2004-2005 Just an uptown thing, on 45th St, they had it by the pounds It was seven thousand dollars a pound back then before the AIDS We did that