Kingspade - Lookin' Up [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Intro]
Looking up from the bottom
Looking up from the bottom
When you’re living on the bottom
Looking from the bottom
When you’re climbing up the ladder
Ain’t nobody wanna battle, I live this, it’s my life
It’s Kingspade, KMK til the day that I die

[Verse 1: Johnny Richter]
Waking up Monday morning getting ready for work
Was just up Sunday morning getting ready for church
But now I’m back on the ground pulling 12 hour shifts
Then I gotta make some dough to feed my family and kids
Pay the note where I live and keep food in my fridge
It’s hard to walk a straight line when dealing with this shit
Cause as a youth I used to hustle and had a gang and cash
But you only end up dead or in jail fast
Fighting demons in my head trying to pull me away
From this life that I’m leading but I know it’s the only way
That’s gonna keep me alive, I gotta stay strong
Cause I don’t wanna die, I wanna live long
It’s hard to do right when you ain’t got the lights
On in your crib at night and your kids are scared
But you keep your faith strong and know the day will come
When you’re rewarded for your actions towards everyone

[Hook]
Seems so tight (looking up from the bottom)
Everything looks nice (looking up from the bottom)
Man this life sucks (looking up from the bottom)
Cause no one gives a fuck (when you’re living at the bottom)
But I’mma find a way so (I’m looking from the bottom)
It’s time to make a play start (climbing up the ladder)
Ain’t nobody wanna battle, I live this, it’s my life
It’s Kingspade, KMK til the day that I die

[Verse 2: D-Loc]
Before you make a move you gotta think about your actions
Think about the consequences before they happen
You gotta be smarter than the next man
Or the Captain cause ?
Fuck the plan, it’s not your deal
Don’t do what they say cause it’s not what you feel
Keep shit real and keep it in the pocket
If you don’t got the pocket then don’t try to rock it
Stop it, let me slip it in the darkness
With the monsters creep into the bottom where the bottom drops?
With your confidence, it gets harder and harder with your ignorance
You keep falling farther and the ?
Deeper and deeper with your lack of sense
The weight’s getting heavy and you’re fall from ?
Man this life sucks looking up from the bottom

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Big B]
Man, I said it before, you never showed me the top
No wonder I was on the bottom, my life full of struggle
Problem after problem fool please
You think I don’t know what it’s like to make nachos out of government cheese
Two pairs of pants, both have holes in the knees
As I ask myself when it’s gonna end
Now my pops just got sentenced to six in the state pen
So I guess this pen now is my best friend
That and a pad of paper, cause we doing two things these days
Writing rhymes and committing a caper
And I’ll be damned if I’m gonna ask myself why?
From this point on yo it’s do or die
Look at the people in them fancy cars
Look at all the jewelry behind this glass ?
Look at all the money in them dresser drawers
I’m like fuck it if I can’t get mine I’ma take yours

[Hook x2]