Bread Up
T.I. Lyrics

I got it mapped
I have a plan, a strategy.

Im gone make sumthim shake
I will create an impact, make things happen.

Run up on somebody wit dis chrome 38
Approach someone with a gun, specifically a .38 caliber revolver.

Put it in his face
Point the gun towards the person's face.

For broke muthafuckas
This is meant for people who have no money, or who are poor.

Broke niggas cant wait
People who are broke can't wait to catch someone off guard and grab their money.

To catch you when you was sleep
To take advantage of someone while they are sleeping or not paying attention.

And get cha fa ya safe aye
To take money or valuables from a safe.

The game...
Referring to the life of crime, hustling, and the street culture.

I was raised around the life
I grew up surrounded by the street life and culture.

Where the houshold is broke up and and mamas on tha pipe
In a place where households are broken and mothers are addicted to drugs.

And the fuck'd up thing is ya brother sold her dope
To make matters worse, one's own brother is the one who sold drugs to their addicted mother.

And ya mamas was at the doe everytime she had to scoe mo'
The mother had to sell herself for money often.

You aint know tha lil homie poitty did cha?
Did you know that the little homie Poitty was responsible for your situation?

Dat nigga pitty died he was fuckin ded sista (naw you lein')
The little homie Poitty actually died, and the person being spoken to refuses to believe it.

Yeah fa real I tired to tell em' dat he was next the whole neighborhood was knowin dat shella was have da alphabet(damn)
It's true, I tried to warn everyone that he was next, and the whole neighborhood knew that there would be trouble brewing.

Nigga this real different hoods same song one thang about tha get-toe you know it when you back home H town to A town to bay now Mississippi New orleans, dallas LA now Milwaukee chicago VA's down D.c cleveland we layed down real shit real shit to the grave aint nothing fake about this dis here cause dis how a nigga raised
It doesn't matter where you go, the same things happen everywhere. The tough street life is present in different cities and towns, and it's a real phenomenon that's a part of how I was raised and who I am today.

Well the stacks wasnt always that high and the ride wasnt always that fly use the muscle to the hustle get cha bread up keep ya head up dawg (big phil dis one fa you pimpin)
Life wasn't always so luxurious, but you have to work hard to make money and keep going in this tough environment.

I had a partna name phil who lived by where I lived
I had a partner named Phil who lived near me.

My mama knew his mama we all from certain hill
Our mothers knew each other, and we are both from the same neighborhood.

Said one would help the otha if we ever got a mill always been ah big nigga neva missed a meal
We made a promise that we would help each other if we ever made money, and we were always comfortable and never went hungry.

Our uncles use to chill they slung blow together
Our uncles used to hang out and sell drugs together.

They use to let us hang that how we growed together
They used to let us hang out together, and that's how we became close friends.

We always had a sceem...somehow we got separated
We always had a plan to make money, but somehow we got separated and went our own ways.

Whe we started gettin cheedda then my partna went to prison then i got out of the ghetto and we got out the pin then we got right back together then we wnet around the world did a lot of shows made a lot of money met a lot of hoes
When we started making money, my partner went to prison, and I was able to get out of the ghetto. Later, we got back together, went on tour, made a lot of money and met a lot of women.

You know the promise that we made Im gone keep it forever I got cha daughter and ya mother fa real its whateva
I will keep the promise we made to each other forever, and I will take care of your daughter and your mother, no matter what.

That's the least I can do since I let my nigga down how I let my nigga down man i miss my nigga now
I feel like I let my friend down, and I miss him dearly.

I remember when alond time ago we was in the trap
I remember a time long ago when we were selling drugs.

Movin all kinds of blow my nigga ...asked shawty watcha rhymin fo?
We were selling all kinds of drugs, and my friend asked me why I was wasting my time on rap.

The trap jumpin 700 dimes or moe
We were selling a lot of drugs, over 700 dimes worth.

And dats just runnion back and forth behind the stoe
That's just going back and forth to sell from behind the store.

We can wait and sail away til its time to blow
We can wait and then leave town when it's time to make a big sale.

Go get a couple of birds and sit on the curve
We can go get a couple of kilos and wait to make a sale.

And we aint even gotta serve just give them niggas the word smoke a pound a day
We don't even have to sell the drugs ourselves, just tell people where to buy them. We can also smoke a lot of weed all day.

And errbody grippin a burb them otha rappin suckas in the way they dont get what they derserve
Everyone wants to be in the game and make money, while other rappers who are not in the game, don't deserve anything.

The music industry is observe they as tight as they nerves imitatin thugs bout shit that never occured...
The music industry is competitive and tense, and some rappers are pretending to be tough by singing about things that never happened to them.

I get diamonds and furs what i perferred got my nigga doin life now im seein the truth......
I prefer expensive jewelry and clothes, but now I see the bitter truth of my friend serving a life sentence.

Use the muscle to the hustle get cha bread up keep ya head up dawg
Work hard to make money, keep pushing forward, and stay strong.

Even though you was always that girl
Despite always being in a difficult situation.

Its sooo hard to get out of that world
It's very difficult to escape from the street life and culture.