[Verse 1]

Yo, fuck rappin' and braggin' about the way you ballin'

Spray cans in my backpack and I was starvin'

And I was starvin' in middle school with a trey five-seven revolver

My family said I wouldn't make it, now I'm grindin' hard

I dedicated this to the kids growin' up with no father

Believe me, I know what you goin' through, I almost lost it

Ever seen a teenage boy who's feelin' like robbin'?

That was me at 14, I was drivin' through Compton

On my way to Inglewood, I was thinkin' of nonsense

Somebody taggin' on the wall so I had to go cross it

Mothafucka I had guns in my mother's closet

The day she caught me, tear drops started fallin'

Then she slapped me in the face lookin' brokenhearted

How the fuck do I explain that my hood is stronger?

Enemies is lookin' for me, two in the mornin'

It's about the two weeks and she still ignores me

I'm fuckin' up so much as hate that is buildin' towards me

She's on the phone with my fam, sayin' I'm disappointin'

Sayin' I'm disappointin', oh man, I'm a disappointment



[Chorus: David Ortiz & King Lil G]

As I sit all alone with pain, I wonder

Will I ever see my mother smile?

I wonder

Will I ever see my mother smile?

Am I ever gonna see that day we stop strugglin'?

Will I ever see my mother smile?

Strugglin', yeah



[Verse 2]

Yo would you like to know why I was so troublesome?

That eviction notice on my door made me hustle drugs

I seen my mother cryin', 1999

My father left us behind, my feelings empty inside

I try not to miss him, me and my older sister

Carina please tell 'em 'bout that fucked up Christmas

I had to go to school lyin' to my friends

Pretendin' I was happy 'bout some shit I didn't get

Fake smiles through the whole winter

I was cold wearin' old clothes and socks with holes in 'em

Gang members, I was close with 'em

Road trips to the border to go get 'em

Young and hopeless, tryna get into show biz

Hopin' they would give me a chance, nobody noticed



[Chorus: David Ortiz & King Lil G]

As I sit all alone with pain, I wonder

Will I ever see my mother smile?

I wonder

Will I ever see my mother smile?

Am I ever gonna see that day we stop strugglin'?

Will I ever see my mother smile?

Strugglin', yeah



[Outro: King Lil G]

Oh man, you know what really trips me out is that... uh

People really think I owe them somethin'

Oh man, you know what really trips me out is that uh..

People really think I owe them somethin'

See I hear people talkin' all the time

But it's like they don't know the struggle

And the shit we gotta go through

To get to where we are right now

(But I don't owe them a damn thing)

I had to sacrifice so much time, you know

Had to put my family through so much pain

It's like everything that I got right now, I owe it to the family

Finally my mother can smile now

Oh yeah