From the to the grave Life ain't been easy living in the ghetto From the cradle to the Life ain't never been
16, 1971, mama gave birth To a raisin' heavenly son See the tried to smack me But I him back
My first words "Thug for life" and "Papa the Mac" I'm bustin' on these ballin' Listen you can hear my mini 14
out the window of my drop top I got my glock Bustin' at niggas when it stop? Now tell me are you scared of the
Can't close my eyes I see And with this thug livin', will I escape prison ? Penitentiary chances was an all day The way to advance and if you slang
Better your Nikes on 'cause when we fight It's in the middle of the night no lights on Hey, there must be a God 'cause I lucky Paranoid out my mind, this mothafucka's to rush me
Am I goin' to Look at me bailin' Commin' out the court all about my mail and bank Never die, be a mothafuckas and makin' thugs out you suckas the cradle to the grave
From the to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto
the cradle to the grave, since a little bitty child I've been known to get ill and kinda wild Pop, pop, just like the part that's in my walk street talk Go runnin' up the block in the with less spark
Surveillance on a every day Waitin' on my daddy just to his ass away Now Mama always workin', tryin' to make meet So now a young niggas bein' raised by the
And then the only one that 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 and one of chrome
Now I don't wanna hurt nobody but I defend mine It's all the I got, so stop and walk a thin line niggas be brave and keep on thuggin' From the cradle to the grave, from the cradle to the
From the cradle to the ain't never 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 thinkin' the times
goes on, I'm steady lost in this land As the war I got no home Don't have no friends It's just me by my lonely so I my Nina
I her wherever I go, I love my ho Never leave home with out my I'm hafta plug a told me not to trust no punks
And his ass if he lay a hand on me Since then I been I think my own self stupid 'Cause I stay shootin' at Get twisted up in police
Since the cradle, I've been My toy was a gun I got sprung and learn to weapons
But now I'm through money And through with fame peeled my cap And put me in my
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto From the to the grave ain't never been easy, living in the ghetto
March 18th, rainy day, my mama gave birth To a baby boy, trapped in hell on From day one it wasn't fun I had a crumb Daddy worked two and Mama won't stop drinkin' 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 mothafucka slingin'
So now it's on dusk to dawn I get my serve on Always in the with my glock slingin' rocks at the rocks The shit don't stop I'm steady dodgin' I never flop, hear my glock cock thug till I drop
And if I hit the pen I gotta do my on my bunk reminiscing about the good times It's fucked up a nigga gotta grow up doing But from the cradle to the grave I'ma put in
From the to the grave Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto
Time's movin' fast, I last another day? So I pray and I lay my A-K Did I sell my soul as a young All the things I did wishin' held me But never did
I take it, will I make it to my older age? Before I'm shot up or up in a fuckin' cage Lord, help me, guide me, me 'Cause that's the way that Daddy me crazy
Do or die, nigga, pull the don't give a fuck You'd be in jail than get your ass bucked Nobody cares, it's me against the Keepin' murder on my and my Tech-9
I got nothin' to lose, dues, nigga you wanna die? I get high my mission is a walk-by You'd jet when I hit your set 'cause I'm commin' Start runnin', yellin', "Evil mind", as I'm
One in the chamber for the that I build inside For the mothers that cried, for my homies that The is an ending, am I just a slave So I got to be brave from the cradle to the
From the to the grave Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto