I'm a man I take care of my family Fighting these pressures in my I know my mind should be on shining and getting But streets won't say goodbye
I say goodbye, to the blocks Goodbye, to the Goodbye, to the
I say goodbye, to the hood Goodbye, to the Goodbye, to the
I can't say goodbye to the blocks Goodbye to the Goodbye to the
I can't say goodbye, to the Goodbye, to the Goodbye, to the
I guess true, you can't take the hood out a homeboy Plus my hood lost another homeboy Another one got life and we know, if he coming home boy
They in the street tell me, "Just it alone boy Let them do them take of your own boy" But I said, "Back brake a bound, I was drome boy You had of being a dope boy"
Yeah, I was runnin' the po po Banging for the turf, late night me in work, good day comin', airbrush, shirt Pay day, get the spot, got my hair cut
Made mom when I wouldn't go to church Yeah I live in the but I think 21st I know since I left it's gotten much worse But I'd still be there, if I couldn't write a
I'm a man I gotta take care of my Fighting these in my life I know my mind should be on shining and Grammy's But streets won't say a goodbye I say goodbye
To the the that raise me The and the homies that made Me tough enough to hang on the corners that mold me wonder if I'm tryna be the old me
But if the the old me ever left they don't really know me And don't know, we don't change, we become OG You always addicted to the life, you just OD
I owe the streets they owe me me in when my momma didn't want me To wild to be a child and cops not now All I got now is the
To me, how to be a man an' what not How to brake ounces in the grams an' not The reason I'm so nice with my and what not S***, you I forgot, man
I'm a man I take care of my family these pressures in my life I know my mind should be on shining and getting But these streets won't say a I say goodbye
Thank every day that the boy could spit And all around the world they enjoyin' my I know I got plenty wars to get I got a beautiful and some gorgeous kids
But it be right if I ignore the s*** They made me how I am, the in the man Told me that I can for the gave a damn If it wasn't for my ****, they sayin' to the plan
Probably be a gun instead of a pen in my be doin' a dub [Incomprehensible] with my man The say leaders but they don't really understand All I had was the block, when I didn't have
Wrapped on the when I couldn't get spins All I had was the homies when I didn't have If it all down and my career was to end I'm sure my would live in the streets
I'm a man I gotta take care of my Fighting pressures in my life I know my should be on shining and getting Grammy's But these won't say goodbye
I can't say Goodbye, I say goodbye Goodbye,
I say goodbye Goodbye, I say goodbye Goodbye,
You can take the man out the But you can't the streets out the man