Kelly Rowland

Released: June 14, 2013

Featuring: Pusha T

Songwriter: Pharrell Williams Pusha T Kelly Rowland

Producer: Pharrell Williams

[Verse 1]
Ooh, there go my baby daddy
Pullin' up like "Hey girl, leggo"
Ooh, see I ain’t pushin' that Caddy
We never leavin' this place
Mmm, it's all go (it’s all go)
It’s so throwed (So throwed)
So throwed (so throwed)
Ooh, the hood ain't ready
It’s the mentality of hate

[Chorus]
Coming from the street life we know, it's letting go
We like to go to school for education
But the street life we know don’t write no notes
It’s like parole with the time we’re facin'

[Bridge]
Ooh, ain't nobody gon' help
Ooh, tryna survive themselves
Ooh, these are cards we are dealt
The name of the game is money

[Hook]
The newspaper call it street life
The recession eatin' me alive
Tryna get where the breeze is nice
So I can breathe
Everybody round me tryna get to the money
Including me

[Verse 2]
Ooh, my best friend named Abby
Be up in and leave like waiter, XO
Ooh, and she be rolling that fatty
And puffing long as it takes
Yeah, ‘cause life is so cold (so cold)
So cold (so cold)
And he’s foes go
You're the truth is her mind ain’t ready
For what she got the next day

[Chorus]
Coming from the street life we know, it's letting go
We like to go to school for education
But the street life we know don’t write no notes
It’s like parole with the time we’re facin'

[Bridge]
Ooh, ain't nobody gon' help
Ooh, tryna survive themselves
Ooh, these are cards we are dealt
Momma didn't raise no dummy

[Hook]
Headline read street life
The recession eatin' me alive
Tryna get where the breeze is nice
So I can breathe
Everybody 'round me tryna get to the money

[Verse: Pusha T]
We just tryin' to get to the money
This for my niggas with them full baby mamas
Ceiling full of comma's
Saving your receipts 'cause she never keep a promise
This presidential Rollie don’t make me Obama
So don’t judge me by my jewelry, please, your honor
The persona of this dope dealing summertime
Top dropper wintertime
Fool ain’t fox rocker
Wooh! What it be like?
It’s just king pushing Kelly roll, giving you the street life
Brap!

[Chorus]
Coming from the street life we know, it's letting go
We like to go to school for education
But the street life we know don’t write no notes
It’s like parole with the time we’re facin'

[Bridge]
Ooh, ain't nobody gon' help
Ooh, tryna survive themselves
Ooh, these are cards we are dealt
Ain't shit from him hunny

[Chorus]
Tell a bum about the street life
The recession eatin' me alive
Tryna get where the breeze is nice
So I can breathe
Everybody 'round me tryna get to the money
Including me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Woo!

Kelendria Trene Rowland, also known as Kelly Rowland, was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Houston, Texas. She began her music career with the world’s second best-selling girl group of all time, Destiny’s Child, (following the Spice Girls), and her solo career has maintained her status as a legendary rhythm and blues singer/songwriter. Kelly’s singing style is most comfortable in the midrange, capable of making inflections echoing the soul-divas of the R&B golden age, inspired by their gospel roots, including Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and Kelly’s idol Whitney Houston.

This artist’s signature songs include “Motivation” which features benchmark rapper Lil Wayne, “Kisses Down Low”, a sexy summer hit, and she achieved cross-over success in Eurodance when she paired with David Guetta for “When Love Takes Over”. On her most applauded tracks, Rowland shares her talents with old friends Beyoncé, Michelle Williams, as well as new(er) friends Fantasia and Missy Elliott.

Kelly has received a plethora of nods from the academy and others in the “five Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 15 Soul Train Awards, 4 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Video Music Awards, 1 BRIT Award, 1 BET Award, 1 NAACP Image Award, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame” and counting. 2014 was topsy-turvy for she welcomed a bouncy baby boy into the world, but lost her mother one month later.

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