[Joe as My names Derrick, I'm Queens right there on Merrick Raised of honesty, loyalty, merits lil sister and my pops just perished And I came home so my freedom I really cherish Young when they bagged me, in the can is torcher And I did that for manslaughter Odds was against me, murder in the degree Made it less 'cause I gave 'em a That's the past, now a home tryna clean up his past all niggaz kno me for is the past And my always thinking how to pocket some cash know if something ever sparked it'll cock it and blast Now I'm tryna live straight and get my act But my moms struggling, she putting together Long time ago, I wasn't home she was cleaning my room when she found a gat in the dresser Said no child of hers had dat, never!!! But with all the I was doing I felt like I hadda her, I hadda protect us Stead of me crack forever She rather be ina shop right, getting bags Passing endeavors, wont me to get work Forced me to get On apps they ask if you ever been to jail, like if I say yes you'll me DON'T LIE TO ME!!! I gotta lil that's nine Plus moms is chillin, wit some new dude I she feeling But he don't help with the and I'm back on the script So we don't go broke, I'm back to this hammer I hafta tote ya kno, I'm killin em, only nigga on the Ave. with coke Only man in the house, I gotta bring in And those two chicks a that mom get don't last Lil still young she developing fast Oh, you thinking the same thing, a hell of a task Then it clicked me, close, cops came to get me But knew that I had mine on to hit me And I moved swiftly, said they had a knew about it all they said they had an informant I'm back in this caged up the apes in jail, now I'm back in this eight by twelve See I tried to live But society ain't made for niggaz to right Mommy write Mommy make sure keep her shit tight And I'll be home soon, don't cry, it's iight
I know it seem like it's all good But this is what like in the hood I rep my set you should But this is what it's like in the (repeat)
as Sally] My names Sally, and I'm from I'm not happy Dad pasted away, moms I gotta big bro, but he's in Moms said for some things that he to sell And I'm with step-dad, his names Beau And theres some about him that my mom don't kno And he says if I tell that it be pretty And I'm scared of em, he's already hit me He touches me places I don't it And I talking bout a hug or goodbye kiss I mean me places that's private And he don't just touch he put inside it He says the more he does that, I'll to like it over my mouth so I'm quiet Moms only wit 'em 'cause our is low I'm but I'm shaped like a twenty year old And my moms in so she makes excuses But she looks at me and sees and bruises Why step gotta take me thru this Help, somebody, I'm getting raped I cant do Nobody understands I'm Get goosebumps anytime a man come me Know how it feel to a man use you for a cushion All the while moaning and You try to push him, he's getting You yell and you scream but he starts harder Trust me, it's summin you don't wanna be of 'cause even when it's over, your life, scare ya Visit my bro, he can I'm sad hard at my stomach he can tell I'm fat He can I'm mad But step daddy touched me, fucked me, you think I can tell him that? Beau called the cops on him, I tell him that? Yep, thought agree so I keep it all to me Baby on the way, and I'm not And I kno it's his cause I to be a virgin Derrick says he'll handle it, my tears He don't know, is what it's like for years And it falls on def Damn mommy please come home, mommy don't leave us alone Some secrets are to keep Some secrets it hard to sleep And sleep is the only time I safe Still the act haunts me, and I kno I'ma wake up step daddy on me
I know it might like it's all good But this is it's like in the hood I rep my set you should But this is what it's like in the (repeat)
as Beau] My names Beau, chick named Pam that I live with But she's always in church, real I son he was young he was gifted Til a nigga him a week before Christmas Three shots close range a handgun I knew I met Pam that it was Pam's son I knew when I the Mill out harder And went on a manhunt just to they father Derrick and my boy hadda friend put me on doing what I gotta do for revenge Derricks home now, and he's gonna get it And I kno be lookin for me with a biscuit Not hard to find, got teks in handy, and I'm in his house having sex him family I got his mom on the bed and the And I'm with his sister molesting her Now he kno it all His friend prolly told em, and you can't hide ina hood so small But then it came Sunday, Beau ain't hafta Just humped on Sally, in church Derrick bust in, Beau just White on his nose, Sally getting her clothes Screams, "Get for your funeral Beau" And he reach to his hip and let a few of 'em go Cause packin but Sally starts gaspin her stomach, I guess she started having contractions Beau grabbed his, now they both got gunnin, both ignoring the seed that's coming Now Sally's in the crossfire, screams out Holes in the wall, now the scenes hott 30 seconds on the scene is the cops Yellow tape up, now the scenes blocked Barricades up, yep, you kno y'all Ambulance there, streets full of cars on the mega phone, "come down now" But it all down somehow Beau out, hands showing, carrying his arms Derrick comes down, little in his arms Yep, nuttin to say, she was hit by a Nope! done ric-o-shade, cops take him away And now some miss em But it wasn't the that killed Sally, nah it was the dumb niggaz wit em When we gonna learn to treat our people Theres type of way kid, we're all related When we gonna grow and get rid of the 'cause this happens on a regular basis, this shit happens on a regular basis This type of shit happens everyday
I know it might like it's all good But this is it's like in the hood I rep my set you should But this is what it's in the hood (repeat)