Coldest Winter Ever

in the coldest winter ever, i learned to b-more careful skool of hard knocks taught me to be more street smart you see i grew up in the bronx but mommy made it disney world cause i was her only baby girl i still saw the misery and learned real early that it loves company so i should'nt talk to strangers or they'd put me in danger introduce me to the things i shouldn't know i learned to be a little lady not have my 14th birthday baby shower party my aunties already knew the code of the streets and i learned to decode the messages my mother taught me by kickin the cypher I tried to keep my ear to the streets and learn the stories of the lifas i wanted to be well-rounded so when i stepped of the curb i would still remain grounded i wasn't at the number hole or in the corner set-up I kept my head up I was lookin for the light at the end of the ghetto i wasn't gon' let it take me in circles Cause i knew i had to do some new shiit cause in the coldest winter ever i became more clever I Learned why mommy said don't go exposin ya gold in the ghetto wear a sweater