Story Behind The Song

TRUE LIFE STORY OF DMG

Song Description

THIS SONG IS BASED ON MISTAKES MADE IN THE PAST, BUT THE FUTURE IS AT HAND TO CHANGE BAD TO GOOD.

Lyrics

DIARY OF A TROUBLED MAN

Verse#1

First off I was born out of wedlock
Worst off my momma was still looking at bed rock
(why) cause she was only 16 years old
I don?t want to offend nobody but this story gotta be told
My real pops he was drafted to the military
I?m loosin? my hair so I guess it?s hereditary
I was born in the streets of Compton you see
Didn?t know we was poor cause nobody was livin? lavishly
Loved by most but some of them older cats was haters
cause they younger brothers could not fade a
G like me despite what they see or saw
Grades 2 and 3 I had braces on my legs and I was steel raw
That didn?t matter cause my pops was hard core
No matter what I gave em he always wanted more
Out of me a little kid that stayed in troubled
Cause I was driven by anger so I stayed in rumbles

Chorus

Things aint what they seem
judging by the book you don?t know what goes on behind the scenes
Talkin about me criticize me ridicule me
But yet I know that it was meant for me
to rise to the top as you can see

Verse#2

I remember when I graduated from high school
A dj doin tricks so you know I ruled
Sellin? mixed tapes at the compton swapmeet
Way befor it was bootlegin? it was dnv
Yo yo dmg and daddy v was in motion
Clockin? money jockin honies just like billy ocean
Video shoots movie sets and always fresh and clean
I stayed behind the scenes cause it didn?t mean a thing to me
My pride was too wide and my ego wasn?t low
It was do or die ready ride and every thing that I?m sayin? to you right now homie is for sho?
Star studed events back stage at concerts
But as I think about it my nigga it hurts
I was stupid for not takin? advantage as I should
if I could rewind the hands of time right now you know I would
But I can?t so today I choose to stay focused
On a future for my shorties so they don?t have to hopeless

Chorus

Things aint what they seem
judging by the book you don?t know what goes on behind the scenes
Talkin about me criticize me ridicule me
But yet I know that it was meant for me
to rise to the top as you can see

Verse#3

At the age of 18 I was on my own
With a piece of chrome at 19 I owned a brougham
Went through three other cars in that year I had a record shop sellin? hip hop
Oh I forgot to mention I almost got shot
Several times in many places by unfamiliar faces
Hatred was the basis that?s why they?ll never make it
At 23 I became a single dad of a 3 month old
At 26 a bought my first pad but befor that I got bold
And tied the knot but neither one of them last
Cause things was shady so I had to leave the past in the past
Around that time I was producing tracks for indepedant labels
Came out with a album and a clothing line and homie this aint no fable
Everybody lokkin? at my life like it?s all fine
Yeah I was ghetto fabulous but I didn?t have no peace of mind
Kept a smile on my face but I was full of pain inside
And the bad part about it I didn?t know why

Chorus


Things aint what they seem
judging by the book you don?t know what goes on behind the scenes
Talkin about me criticize me ridicule me
But yet I know that it was meant for me
to rise to the top as you can see