Rapper Shin-B dropped the autobiographical track “Rodeo Drive” about the struggles of her family. The rags to riches story tells the tale of an American Dream come true. Here’s more from Shin-B about the single:
Rags to riches? My parents came to the States as immigrants and worked their way up from the bottom to the top. We went through a lot when I was younger and now they’re thriving. I couldn’t have asked for better parents. I’m extremely inspired and motivated by their story and hustle.
Listen to more Shin-B: H.U.H. (Hands Up High), Bulletproof, Buzzkillin, Get Up and Go, 2 The Top, and Don’t Let Anyone (Tell U No).
Rodeo Drive by Shin-B
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Lyrics to Rodeo Drive by Shin-B
Rodeo Drive
A rags to riches, huh?
You see, we had nothin.
Now, we got the world.
My daddy got the riches
My mama got the riches
We went from bein broke to now we feelin so amazin
We havin all our riches
We goin on a journey
We went from havin nothin from the bottom now we stuntin
We worked onto the top
My daddy was a cop
He worked the 9-5 and he had a lotta jobs
He went from bein baker
to workin as a broker
He went from makin dolla now he makin 6 figures
My mama was a teacher
She started from the bottom
She worked onto the top and now she gettin all her features
I see her on the tv
I see her on the paper
I see her and im cheesin cuz I’m proud to have a mother
I take her as example
She used to be a model
n back in cold Seattle
was the only asian, battled
Fought to get her way in
in a road designed for Anglo
and she took another route n so she moved to where the angels (LA)
Reside, life, it wasn’t glorious
She slipped just like a Freudian
She hustled, got the podium
Became the first principal to ever be Korean
and she lookin like a boss and I just wanna be a copy…
of her.
Rodeo Drive
A rags to riches, huh?
You see we had nothin
Now, we got the world.
We got the world
My daddy got the riches
My mama got the riches
We went from bein broke to now we feelin so amazin
We havin all our riches
We goin on a journey
We went from havin nothin from the bottom now we stuntin x2
We lived in a apartment
We looked just like a target
We’d get all of our money then the robbers wanna take it
A gun up to my head n
Too young to understand it
We lived behind a market on a corner and we panicked
n everytime we’d leave to get a little bit of air
Luck it wouldn’t follow, and life became unfair
10 years later we moved into a mansion
Livin just a block or two away from the Jacksons
We walkin on rodeo, we shoppin cuz we able
I’m thinkin that their hustle got rewarded and I’m thankful
I raise my hand surrender, n amazin feelin tender
I’m feelin so inspired doesn’t matter what gender
Agenda gettin filled with all the things I wanna do
I went from havin nothin now I got a Prada too
I got a lotta love and motivated by the two
And rough became cool, they made a switch, badaboom
My daddy got the riches
My mama got the riches
We went from bein broke to now we feelin so amazin
We havin all our riches
We goin on a journey
We went from havin nothin from the bottom now we stuntin