From the to the grave Life ain't been easy living in the ghetto From the to the grave ain't never been easy
June 16, 1971, gave birth To a raisin' heavenly son See the doctor tried to me But I him back
My first words "Thug for life" and "Papa the Mac" I'm bustin' on mothafuckas ballin' Listen you can hear my mini 14
From out the of my drop top I got my glock at niggas when will it stop? Now tell me are you scared of the
Can't close my I see visions And even with this thug livin', will I escape ? Penitentiary chances was an all day The only way to advance and if you
Better have your Nikes on 'cause we fight It's in the middle of the night with no on Hey, there must be a God I feel lucky out my mind, this mothafucka's tryin' to rush me
Am I goin' to Look at me bailin' Commin' out the house all about my mail and bank Never die, be a mothafuckas and makin' thugs out you suckas From the cradle to the
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto
From the to the grave, since a little bitty child I've been known to get ill and buck wild Pop, pop, just like the part that's in my walk street talk Go runnin' up the in the dark with less spark
Surveillance on a nigga day Waitin' on my daddy just to 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 ever showed me love Was my dope fiend uncle out on drugs A straight thug, me, my mama out here on our own So I got two gatts, one black and one of
Now I don't hurt nobody but I must defend mine It's all the fuck I got, so and walk a thin line Young be brave and keep on thuggin' From the cradle to the grave, the cradle to the grave
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, living in the
From the cradle to the grave, I'm to say I made it this far, many G's hard They know that got was their name up on a wall It's sad thinkin' the times
Life goes on, I'm steady lost in this As the war I got no home have no friends neither It's me by my lonely so I married my Nina
I keeps her I go, I love my ho Never leave home out my sugar I'm hafta plug a Mama told me not to trust no
And his ass if he lay a hand on me then I been known Sometimes I think my own stupid 'Cause I shootin' at marks Get twisted up in reports
Since the cradle, been ungrateful My toy was a gun I got sprung and learn to love
But now I'm with money And through street fame Somebody my cap And put me in my
From the to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto
March 18th, that day, my mama gave birth To a baby boy, trapped in on earth day one it wasn't fun I never had a crumb Daddy worked two jobs and Mama won't stop rum
I tried to cope loc but my family's And my pocket's short so now I sling dope In a game with pain, it's a fuckin' shame The white man got a slingin' cane
So now it's on from dusk to I get my serve on Always in the spot my glock slingin' rocks at the rocks The shit don't stop I'm steady dodgin' I never flip flop, hear my glock cock thug I drop
And if I hit the pen I do my time Sittin' on my bunk reminiscing the good times fucked up a nigga gotta grow up doing dirt But the cradle to the grave I'ma put in work
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto
Time's movin' fast, will I last day? So I and I lay with my A-K Did I sell my as a young kid? All the things I did wishin' held me But never did
I take it, will I make it to my older age? I'm shot up or locked up in a fuckin' cage Lord, help me, me, save me 'Cause that's the way that Daddy me crazy
Do or die, nigga, pull the trigger give a fuck You'd be in jail than get your ass bucked cares, it's me against the world Keepin' murder on my and my Tech-9
I got nothin' to lose, payin' dues, nigga you wanna I get high then my is a walk-by You'd better jet when I hit your set 'cause I'm runnin', yellin', "Evil mind", as I'm gunnin'
One in the chamber for the that I build inside For the mothers that cried, for my homies died The is an ending, am I just a slave So I got to be from the cradle to the grave
From the cradle to the Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto From the cradle to the Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto