Testify (Explicit)
August Alsina"Testify (Explicit)" is a song by August Alsina, released in 2014 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:51 long and contains 79 lines and 576 words.
Lyrics
0:29I remember wakin up bein broke
0:32But still it wasn't breakin us
0:34I remember why i broke the rules
0:38Cause i ain't really have nobody to look up to
0:41I remember cuttin class bein bad
0:45Cause i ain't have what them other kids had
0:48I remember wishin that i knew my dad
0:52Then i remember wishin i could get him back
0:55For every night that he told me
0:57He was comin and he didn't
0:58For every single dollar that my mama nem was missin
1:02For every thing i wanted and was told
1:04I couldn't get it and that
1:06I had to face it that my daddy was addicted damn
1:09That's right it wasn't easy growin up
1:12Mama was exposin us to life as she knew it
1:15So we all went through it
1:17I remember bein down and out sleepin
1:19On my homie's couch
1:21In outta trouble ever since my mama put me out
1:24Damn it's gettin real damn
1:26Damn it's gettin real damn
1:28Didn't graduate i'm thinkin damn i gotta deal
1:31So i hit da block sellin rocks just to eat a meal
1:35So i grabbed da glock
1:36Kept it cocked peace is being still
1:38In da back of da tracks
1:40My ni**a's stayed wit da packs
1:41And if a ni**a was schemin
1:43My brotha stayed with tha gat
1:45Yea yea we stayed in da trap
1:47Yea everyday in da trap
1:48These ho's was chasin da cheese
1:50So we would stay wit da rat's
1:52And we was ridin down dippin low
1:54I stayed in da back
1:55Stayed in da back
1:56In the x5 stuntin we ain't know how to act
1:59Know how
1:59Spendin money like it's nothin
2:01Cuz we gone get it back
2:02Get it back
2:0317 never thought that i'd be gettin dem racks
2:06Had a dream but i said i wasn't f**kin wit that
2:10Mel told me i would make it
2:11I ain't f**kin wit that
2:13But he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try
2:17Hardest thing out in new orleans never see 25
2:20Right then i woke up broke out
2:23Told my ni**a's had to roll out
2:24Moved to the a and got motivated
2:26That inspiration don't run out
2:28Heard my brother got gunned down
2:29And it hurt me to my heart
2:31So i kept grindin i kept pushin he told me to go far
2:35So i can't stop at no crib
2:37Can't stop at no car
2:38Gotta keep goin like there ain't no tomorrow
2:42So i'm goin hard everyday
2:43Til i got nothin to say
2:45Nothin can stand in my way i gotta stay
2:47To show my ni**a's a different way waaayyy
2:50I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth
2:54Cuz there ain't no need to lie
2:56And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify
3:01For you and i i testify
3:04I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth
3:08Cuz there ain't no need to lie
3:10And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify
3:15For you and i i testify
3:18I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth
3:22Cuz there ain't no need to lie
3:24And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify
3:29For you and i i testify
3:32I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth
3:36Cuz there ain't no need to lie
3:38And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify
3:43For you and i i testify
3:51I testify i testify
I remember wakin up bein broke But still it wasn't breakin us I remember why i broke the rules Cause i ain't really have nobody to look up to I remember cuttin class bein bad Cause i ain't have what them other kids had I remember wishin that i knew my dad Then i remember wishin i could get him back For every night that he told me He was comin and he didn't For every single dollar that my mama nem was missin For every thing i wanted and was told I couldn't get it and that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted damn That's right it wasn't easy growin up Mama was exposin us to life as she knew it So we all went through it I remember bein down and out sleepin On my homie's couch In outta trouble ever since my mama put me out Damn it's gettin real damn Damn it's gettin real damn Didn't graduate i'm thinkin damn i gotta deal So i hit da block sellin rocks just to eat a meal So i grabbed da glock Kept it cocked peace is being still In da back of da tracks My ni**a's stayed wit da packs And if a ni**a was schemin My brotha stayed with tha gat Yea yea we stayed in da trap Yea everyday in da trap These ho's was chasin da cheese So we would stay wit da rat's And we was ridin down dippin low I stayed in da back Stayed in da back In the x5 stuntin we ain't know how to act Know how Spendin money like it's nothin Cuz we gone get it back Get it back 17 never thought that i'd be gettin dem racks Had a dream but i said i wasn't f**kin wit that Mel told me i would make it I ain't f**kin wit that But he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try Hardest thing out in new orleans never see 25 Right then i woke up broke out Told my ni**a's had to roll out Moved to the a and got motivated That inspiration don't run out Heard my brother got gunned down And it hurt me to my heart So i kept grindin i kept pushin he told me to go far So i can't stop at no crib Can't stop at no car Gotta keep goin like there ain't no tomorrow So i'm goin hard everyday Til i got nothin to say Nothin can stand in my way i gotta stay To show my ni**a's a different way waaayyy I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth Cuz there ain't no need to lie And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify For you and i i testify I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth Cuz there ain't no need to lie And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify For you and i i testify I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth Cuz there ain't no need to lie And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify For you and i i testify I'mma tell da truth and da whole truth Cuz there ain't no need to lie And i ain't tryna keep it all inside so i gotta testify For you and i i testify I testify i testify
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