This track was fun to make.. I wrote over a beat then sent the vox to Melvin Junko to make a beat around it and mix the vocals.. This is what he came up with. First time making a song this way. It is also the first time recording myself. 

Lyrics:

Verse 1
you don't know bout them broken meth pipes in the fish tank,
them cocaine dreams ya friends sleeping on in tenth grade
12 grade they miss it one foot in a cement grave,
twisted victim of that white way before they existed,
Asymmetric to the matrix, no acceptance for the wasted
youth who'v been neglected by complacent parents 
viewed as the next to become basehead,
using clear but substance abuse cleary,
showed em a life they couldn't chose to mirror,
sposed to grow to be most parents lucid fear,
but october prices means no way they can lose this year,
food saver bags on the dresser like souvenirs 
if grandma could see em now she wouldn't see through the tears,
the apple doesn't fall far from adam and eve,
the kids ditched the apple started grabbing the tree,
received bachelors degree in business out in the street,
college wasn't in the plan just how it happened to be

Chorus
So tell me how much is growing up usually worth,
I'm tryin to relearn everything I knew from the first,
You can't sum ya life up in lucrative terms,
I'm trying to branch out but keep all of my roots in the dirt,
yeah...I keep my roots in the dirt 
start from below rise above with my roots in the dirt
yeah...I keep my roots in the dirt 
start from below rise above with my roots in the dirt

Verse 2
you ain't looking at the rough knowing a diamond is there,
or looking back at times that could have been your final affair,
no more than 4 lines tell all sides of square,
real recognize those who been through trial and error,
feel it, they plead the 5th then you can find em jail,
knowing the fam is on the out finding the bail,
clientele Ironic cause the client did tell,
skipped a night in the cell but didn't skip the slightest detail,
divided they fell but thats because divided they stood,
one knew survival from a dad who would provide what he could
the other had parents they told him no he cried where he stood,
only the dollar makes a sheep feel eye to eye with a wolf,
the apple doesn't fall far from adam and eve,
their kids ditched the apple started grabbing the tree,
but leaving it on the ground just replanted the seeds,
and growing this way's just how it happened to be

Hook

Verse 3

No role models, thats how the motto goes,
raised by wolves, bare necessities, and honor codes,
some learned kinda slow, some earned honor role,
but all learned the math thats between the lies bought and sold,
no luxury of picking pennies out that pot of gold,
barely have the luck of putting pennies in that dollar roll,
Cash rules everything around me A LA MODE,
A LA MODE... but all I know's,
no matter what you gon' learn to abide by the code,
even if its paying lawyer fees like student loans,
don't let that dollar bill decide where you go,
cause loyalties over royalties will guide you to thrones
the apple doesn't fall far from adam and eve,
their kids ditched the apple started grabbing the trees,
but growing from the dirt aint as bad as it seems,
it's how they grow and I know thats how it happened to me

HOOK


Roots in the Dirt prod by Melvin Junko

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