From the cradle to the Life ain't never been living in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been
June 16, 1971, mama birth To a raisin' heavenly son See the tried to smack me But I smacked him
My first words "Thug for life" and "Papa the Mac" I'm bustin' on these mothafuckas Listen you can my mini 14 callin'
From out the window of my top I got my glock Bustin' at niggas when it stop? Now tell me are you of the dark?
Can't my eyes I see visions And even this thug livin', will I escape prison ? Penitentiary was an all day thang The way to advance and if you slang
Better have Nikes on 'cause when we fight It's in the of the night with no lights on Hey, there must be a God 'cause I feel Paranoid out my mind, mothafucka's tryin' to rush me
Am I goin' to jail? Look at me Commin' out the court house all about my mail and Never die, be a hustler and makin' thugs out you suckas the cradle to the grave
From the to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto
From the cradle to the grave, since a little child I've known to get ill and kinda buck wild Pop, pop, just like the part that's in my with street talk Go runnin' up the block in the dark less spark
Surveillance on a nigga day on my daddy just to take his ass away Now always workin', tryin' to make ends meet So now a young niggas bein' raised by the
And then the only other one that ever me love Was my dope fiend strung out on drugs A straight thug, just me, my out here on our own So I got two gatts, one and one of chrome
Now I don't wanna nobody but I must defend mine It's all the fuck I got, so stop and a thin line Young be brave and keep on thuggin' the cradle to the grave, from the cradle to the grave
From the to the grave Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto
From the cradle to the grave, I'm to say I made it this far, G's died hard know that got was their name here up on a wall It's sad about the times
Life on, I'm steady lost in this land As the war zone I got no Don't have no neither just me by my lonely so I married my Nina
I keeps her wherever I go, I my ho Never leave home with out my I'm hafta a nigga Mama me not to trust no punks
And his ass if he lay a hand on me Since then I known Sometimes I my own self stupid 'Cause I stay at marks Get twisted up in police
Since the cradle, been ungrateful My toy was a gun I got sprung and to love weapons
But now I'm through with And with street fame peeled my cap And put me in my
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto From the to the grave Life never been easy, living in the ghetto
18th, that rainy day, my mama gave birth To a baby boy, trapped in hell on From day one it wasn't fun I never had a Daddy worked two jobs and won't stop drinkin' rum
I tried to loc but my family's broke And my pocket's so now I gotta sling dope In a game filled with pain, it's a shame The white man got a mothafucka slingin'
So now it's on dusk to dawn I get my serve on Always in the spot with my glock rocks at the rocks The shit don't stop I'm dodgin' cops I never flip flop, hear my glock thug till I drop
And if I hit the pen I gotta do my Sittin' on my bunk reminiscing about the times It's fucked up a gotta grow up doing dirt But the cradle to the grave I'ma put in work
From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto
Time's movin' fast, will I another day? So I and I lay with my A-K Did I my soul as a young kid? All the things I did someone held me But they did
I can't take it, will I make it to my age? Before I'm up or locked up in a fuckin' cage Lord, help me, guide me, me 'Cause that's the way that raised me crazy
Do or die, nigga, pull the trigger don't a fuck rather be in jail than get your ass bucked Nobody cares, me against the world Keepin' on my mind and my Tech-9
I got nothin' to lose, payin' dues, nigga you die? I get high my mission is a walk-by You'd better jet when I hit set 'cause I'm commin' runnin', yellin', "Evil mind", as I'm gunnin'
One in the chamber for the anger that I build For the mothers that cried, for my homies that The beginning is an ending, am I just a So I got to be brave from the to the grave
From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto From the to the grave ain't never been easy, living in the ghetto