Where he has to live in the shadow of a base pipe
Of gangstas and hoodlums, but you can call 'em 'Scroops'
Phoney easter bunny, Santa Claus and the stork
Pickin' up scraps like a seagull
I put me in the pot where it used to be a bone
Get'cha self together, word is born
That you don't get shit in this life for free
Times was rough and I didn't have a plan
A can-o-corn,a can-o-corn
No food in the kitchen for the motherfuckin' kids
So I stick to the boots and I'm down with a mad group
And now that I'm older with kids of my own
Good goes to bad, bad goes to worse
It's really fucked up when there's dope in the crib
That's all the fuck that we had in the kitchen
Before I went to school, I had a can-o-corn
I'm growin' up but I ain't grown yet
When it come up, I let you bring me down
Not everybody can relate to what I been through
Fuck it! I fight for my hip-hop
So clean out ya ears and open up your eyes
Give me liberty or give me death
Waitin' on the people at the next table to leave a tip
Can sometimes leave a bitch stained on the brain
Even though some front and they try to pretend to
'Cause a man without pride ain't got shit left
And even if I never ever make it to the mountain top
Shopliftin' laid me a whole lotta meals
I still hear momma, what she used to tell me
It's funny how the strain in a life filled with pain
And it ain't no motherfuckin' way no how
I was barely on the edge of my life as a man
I reach out to touch but somebody moved the sky
So I can put it in my pocket
A can-o-corn, a can-o-corn
And life was unfair but who the fuck cares?
Know about the life of a kid and the strife
I tried to get full off a can-o-corn
That's why a young nigga learned how to steal, see
But I remember days when the cupboard was bare
A few years later, I pledge a legions to the set
We was poor as fuck so we ate a lot of pork
And pretty soon he's stealin' from his own momma's purse
'Cause all I had for dinner was a can-o-corn
I'm sittin' in the restaurant, guardin' my food like a eagle
My stomach is growlin', word is born
A can-o-corn, a can-o-corn
A can-o-corn, a can-o-corn
All I had for dinner was a can-o-corn
