[00:00:01] Hi this is the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous [00:00:04] Today we're interviewing Lil' Flip (what's up man) [00:00:09] So Lil' Flip tell me how long have you been rapping [00:00:12] (man I've been rapping ever since) [00:00:15] 1995 I was in junior high [00:00:18] I saw a lot of shit so I was glad to be alive [00:00:21] A lot of people died but a lot of people here [00:00:24] And when I turned 15 my vision got clear [00:00:27] It's time to be a man time to make a plan [00:00:30] It's cool to make a hundred but it's best to make a grand [00:00:33] My Granny got sick and then they found cancer [00:00:36] We got to pay the doctors but God got the answer [00:00:39] The surgery went good my Granny doing well [00:00:41] My baby on the way so I can't go to jail [00:00:44] And to my niggas on the block stop selling rocks [00:00:47] Cause I'm gonna tell the truth you can't outsmart the cops [00:00:50] You see what I did I only drop hits [00:00:53] Chopping up game y'all chopping up bricks [00:00:56] And some niggas snitch cause they can't take the heat [00:00:59] How we gone go buy a system when the system got his beat [00:01:02] Hey I'm from the home of the Astros home of the Rockets [00:01:06] Born a rapper with a microphone in my pocket [00:01:09] Always thought I was grown you couldn't tell me nothing [00:01:12] I would talk shit if you tried to tell me something [00:01:15] But I regret that I had some minor setbacks [00:01:18] Old people thought my future would be jet black [00:01:21] All my years growing up I thought life was a game [00:01:23] You can't make it real far thinking life is a game [00:01:26] Yeah we lost a couple of friends I almost lost my brother [00:01:29] I don't know what would of happened if we lost each other [00:01:32] Everyday is something new I just take it in stride [00:01:35] You only got one life so enjoy the ride [00:01:38] Sometimes I was paid sometimes I was broke [00:01:41] Me and Gray started hustling but my mama didn't know [00:01:44] But it's cool cause now I'm into this music [00:01:47] The man gave us a gift and we loving to use it [00:01:50] And if you look real close you'll see [00:01:52] That you can only be you and I can be me [00:01:55] Cause can't nobody ever live my life but me [00:01:58] But you will never see what I see like me huh me [00:02:02] And you don't know what I've been through [00:02:05] So you shouldn't judge me [00:02:08] And you don't know what I will and I won't do [00:02:10] So you shouldn't judge me [00:02:14] And you don't know what I've been through [00:02:16] So you shouldn't judge me [00:02:20] And you don't know what I will and I won't do [00:02:22] So you shouldn't judge me [00:02:26] It's getting harder now I just don't understand [00:02:28] Why the people in the world disgrace the black man [00:02:31] All that I could say is pray and let it be [00:02:34] Live right and try your best not to end up like me [00:02:37] See I was the nigga that slang dope and steal cars [00:02:40] Glad I stopped before it led behind bars [00:02:43] Heart aches and scars help me feel my way [00:02:46] Understand today I got a decision to make [00:02:49] Now do I wanna live right or continue going wrong [00:02:52] I'm never at home this music keep a nigga gone [00:02:55] But this is what gets me who are you to judge [00:02:58] Cause I'm young and black people still hold a grudge [00:03:01] Just a nudge right now'd push me over the end [00:03:03] When I was 14 I lost a very close friend [00:03:07] And ever since then my life ain't been the same [00:03:10] That's the biggest reason why I had to make a change [00:03:13] Never judge a book by it's cover a man by his wealth [00:03:16] And if you already on your feet why don't you help somebody else [00:03:19] This what I was taught so that's what I live by [00:03:22] Cause you can't take none of this shit with you when you die