HandleLife Story - Dribble2much/Dame D.O.L.L.A..mp3

[00:00.000](Jnat, you know that)
[00:02.573]HandleLife Story
[00:04.794]Welcome, everybody
[00:08.451]Yeah
[00:11.037]Detention after school 'cause I never followed rules
[00:13.884]Was a good kid at home, so my mama was confused
[00:16.862]I just wanted shoes, tryna keep up with the crew
[00:19.605]How'd y'all get everything new? I'm from the same place as you
[00:22.531]Decisions I would choose that could put me in the news
[00:25.378]Ever since a juv', I been tryna shake the boys in blue
[00:28.252]I had to handle life before I learned how to shoot
[00:31.047]If my daddy ever knew the trouble I'd get into, woo
[00:34.234]I was just a youth, God, I gotta thank you
[00:36.872]Instead of going to jail, they threw a bracelet on my ankle
[00:39.746]And I loved to hoop but didn't have the coach to play for
[00:42.619]Everybody knew I kept a handle on the string though
[00:45.754]Waking up my neighbors pretending I'm in the Staples
[00:48.392]A.I. was my favorite, but Kobe showed me what great is
[00:51.370]I could really make it if I turn some better grades in
[00:54.035]Friends I loved to hang with didn't help me bring no As in
[00:57.143]And I had to work way harder 'cause I'm Haitian
[00:59.938]Couldn't stop my hesitation, droppin' thirty on probation
[01:02.733]Coach Kevin from the Blazers helped me change my situation
[01:05.633]I could've been one of them cases that ain't make it to graduation
[01:08.689](Yeah) Mama told me I'm worth it, uh
[01:11.693]A lil' pain won't hurt you
[01:14.645]I practiced 'til it's perfect
[01:17.937]And that's why I deserve it, yeah
[01:20.627]Kicked outta school in the eighth, said I was a waste of talent
[01:23.161]Hood kid in suburban school, was a major challenge
[01:26.087]Gave 'em thirty, but late for class, that's a burpee
[01:28.595]I stopped at 7-Eleven to purchase myself a Slurpee
[01:31.520]Then ninth grade I'm on the varsity team
[01:34.185]In the starting lineup, that's the start of the dream
[01:37.084]Parents didn't like me as the star of the scene
[01:39.827]Seem like they'd always dim me down when I would partially beam
[01:42.779]So tenth grade I tried private school
[01:45.574]Coach ain't really like me, and I ain't really rock with dude
[01:48.265]I barely played a minute, no sweat in my follicles
[01:51.164]Attitude was changing, temper slightly volatile
[01:54.169]I'm on the move again now, school with my friends now
[01:56.807]Bussin' to the slums though, boy, I'm with the get down
[01:59.811]Back up in my habitat, this where all the action at
[02:02.423]A scholarship to Weber State, then David Stern passed the hat
[02:05.427]No cap
[02:06.733](Yeah) Mama told me I'm worth it, uh
[02:09.476]A lil' pain won't hurt you
[02:12.533]I practiced 'til it's perfect
[02:15.458]And that's why I deserve it, yeah
[02:17.444]First semester as a freshman, I'm out the hood, what a blessing
[02:20.396]You know I can't wait 'til that financial aid check hit
[02:23.060]I'm going to the gym way before breakfast
[02:26.116]No talking to my best friends, I'm working on excellence
[02:28.911]Still ain't get no playing time 'cause they was puttin' Seth in
[02:32.072]But Liberty was still winning like Davidson and Stephen
[02:34.737]My handles was the best then, pull up and make the net bend
[02:37.793]Coach said, "You'll never check in if you don't know the Os and Xs"
[02:40.510]I gotta perfect this, flickin' up the left wrist
[02:43.540]Goin' to the league the only goal that's on my check list
[02:46.335]Buy Mama a Lexus, matching pearl necklace
[02:49.156]Either that or it's back to the block playin' Tetris
[02:52.082]When I hurt the knee, I was still chasin' the dream
[02:54.825]Crossover too mean to be a regular breed
[02:57.672]Instead of makin' the squad, I end up coaching the team, yeah
[03:00.729]Business started boomin', I'm on the phone with Cuban
[03:03.602]Training out in Dallas, handle life for the Mavericks
[03:06.371]Coach still nasty, I was scrimmagin' at practice
[03:09.297]Anything can happen from the couch to the mattress
[03:12.118]More to the story, I'm just finishing the chap'
[03:15.018](Yeah) Mama told me I'm worth it, uh
[03:18.962]A lil' pain won't hurt you
[03:21.496]I practiced 'til it's perfect
[03:24.474]And that's why I deserve it, yeah