107th & Atlantic (Family Tree)

[Verse 1]
1994 my father left with New York in the final
My brother had the Biggie tape we should've bought it on vinyl
I call him my idol, he held me down like a brother should
My family reputation in the neighborhood ain't nothing good
I had the jacket with my favorite team on the front pocket
I punch my hand right through the window on the door to unlock it
The doctor thought I was abused from all the injury
But I'm to blame for vividly acting out it would get to me
To watch a friend have a Mom & Dad in love
And all the money they could want, the type that never had enough
But my Mother kept it all together, never ignored the pressure
She my one and only hero I know I can call whenever
I got a Jordan jammer now we wilding out
On my birthday when pop knocked my Uncle Tommy out
Another branch on the family tree
From the heart that I wear on my sleeve

[Chorus]
I watch the time go by with the pen I'm a take you way back in the day
We all feel pain different but the music be the way we all have to relate
And I'm a branch on my family tree
We all a branch on the family tree
And you a branch on the family tree
We all a branch on the family tree

[Verse 2]
The chemo bag hang I watch it drip into your vein
While going through all of the game tape that live within my brain
They gave me Ritalin to calm me but it didn't work
I wrap the cord tight around my neck like it did at birth
At age 14 when I recorded with Corey
To make a tape and that day began to give 'em a story
About a broken child going wild, I'm sure you know it now
That I could only be one thing and I'm a hold it down
Without the pain I couldn't be great
They told me go and get a 9 to 5 and that my dream fake
But now I headline another country cause I keep faith
Work hard and be loyal that's a teammate
Richmond Hill the foundation of Sean
My Grandmother gave me love make sure her name will live on
Now I'm a branch on the family tree
My Father gone only Mary and me

[Chorus]
I watch the time go by with the pen I'm a take you way back in the day
We all feel pain different but the music be the way we all have to relate
And I'm a branch on my family tree
We all a branch on the family tree
And you a branch on the family tree
We all a branch on the family tree

[Outro]
Back in the day when I was young I'm not a kid anymore