We Had Hope

[Intro: P-Jay]
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

[Verse: P-Jay & T-Kay]
Yeah
Thought I'd be rich be the time I turn twenty-three
Let's all laugh about it, life is 'bout a dream
Different attire, wear my heart up on my sleeve
Let's all pray about it, nothing's what it seems
Uh, I juh' had to do it for my team
Got a S on my chest, got me feeling super Supreme
I just had to begin, I was only sixteen
Had to go extra harder 'cause life is not what it seems
Yeah, sacrificed an entire 2013 New Year's Eve, just to get Reece on them XLR beats
Fantasies of shipping the music overseas
Song release, get one nigga out, maybe we all could eat
Watch what got us on the scene, happened later 2015
But I got me clean, ntwana it was all a dream
Negative energy made a nigga king
All my niggas right here, here nigga the City beaming
The squad number was never this small
I guess when time goes you see who wanted it more
Only the ones that want you to lose are good at keeping the score
Hitting that search button just to see if we [?] or breathing at all
Aye, niggas in the hood never wanna see niggas in the hood win
Left the city with the keys, more bucks in the mainstream got you shook now like we killer bees
Count niggas that I gotta keep
Ain't more than a footprint, these niggas finna [?]
Protect the family, protect the legacy, protect the timeline
Watch for frenemies, they pull up from the blindside
Watch they tenancies never let them cop me major keys
Never let them dark energies on our side
(Never left, niggas left us
I guess the sun can't see stars
Way back we used to blame our pops)
Aye, got the keys to the cage, twenty g for the case
Thirty g for the lawyer fees, my flow do pay, huh
One megabyte for the tweets
Hater niggas don't eat, huh
Got a new spray for the kicks
[?] for the kids
Fuck you niggas yeah we showed you life
And gave you hope
You played it safe, now you roll the dice
True stories show the pioneers get criticized
Or minimized
Your favourite rappers ain't got balls they just get good advice
Tell 'em to give us time, bet you all it ain't a lie
These niggas will never testify, these niggas is scared as fuck
Remember these times, remembers these lines
Our days got better 'cause we stayed up at night
Remembers these lines, sa lebala, they last
The longer is takes to get off the ground
Longer you stay up in the skies
We some young niggas in a paradise
I swear to God I got my eye up on the price
In the sky tryna decipher my lines
We some young niggas in a paradise