Beats Made Me

S Roxxy

The Holstar

It was ’99, the kid was 17 I was listening to c.r.e.a.m feenin’ for promethazine
My favorite Rapper was Dark Man X, I was like a rough rider on that Dark Man X
The beats made me, grow up quick – Hustled by Hustlers the glow up sick
Fraudsters were models in nice threads, wallabies, baggy jeans, fubu 05 the flashy trends
Makaveli beer halls, poolsticks, tears fall – for those never made it out their peers call
I was a struggling adolescent, trying to make sense out of curve balls and lessons
Once had a pie taken out of my hands, now I dish pies straight out of my hands
The beats made, I got soul – then they gave us the internet viral goals
And that’s real

When I was lost and couldn’t find my way
From my weakness yeah I found my strength
From my pain and hurt, I’m standing tall
Cause the beats made me here
The beats made me here, cause the beats made me here yeah
Through my pain and hurt I’m standing tall
Cause the beats made me here
Beats made me here

It was ’06 a young G no tricks, now the call him OG with mad tricks
That first album as hungry MC, now that hungry MC is a dangerous one
Now they call him Holstar with a dangerous tongue
Nas said the Mic I needed was one
All I needed was the sample and the beat of a drum
So many songs I call em kids – I fathered em son
Now they calling Big Hols, the bwana the Big Boss
Been in the game student of note since Kriss Kross
So distinct they wanted him extinct like a t-rex
Years passed his still here that’s a Big Flex
Rocked your blocked with the Big Drex
And his cup runneth over, yes he been blessed
Got a Family, taking care of business
The beats made me, that I confess

When I was lost and couldn’t find my way
From my weakness yeah I found my strength
From my pain and hurt, I’m standing tall
Cause the beats made me here
The beats made me here, cause the beats made me here yeah
Through my pain and hurt I’m standing tall
Cause the beats made me here
Beats made me here