From the to the grave ain't never been easy living in the ghetto From the cradle to the ain't never been easy
June 16, 1971, gave birth To a hell raisin' son See the tried to smack me But I him back
My words were "Thug for life" and "Papa the Mac" I'm bustin' on mothafuckas ballin' Listen you can my mini 14 callin'
From out the of my drop top I got my glock Bustin' at when will it stop? Now tell me are you scared of the
close my eyes I see visions And even with this thug livin', will I escape ? Penitentiary chances was an all day The way to advance and if you slang
Better have your Nikes on when we fight It's in the of the night with no lights on Hey, there must be a God 'cause I lucky out my mind, this mothafucka's tryin' to rush me
Am I goin' to jail? Look at me Commin' out the house all about my mail and bank Never die, be a mothafuckas and makin' thugs out you suckas the cradle to the grave
From the cradle to the Life never been easy, living in the ghetto
the cradle to the grave, since a little bitty child I've been to get ill and kinda buck wild Pop, pop, just like the part that's in my walk with talk Go runnin' up the in the dark with less spark
Surveillance on a nigga day Waitin' on my just to take his ass away Now Mama always workin', to make ends meet So now a niggas bein' raised by the streets
And then the only other one that showed me love Was my dope fiend uncle out on drugs A thug, just me, my mama out here on our own So I got two gatts, one black and one of
Now I wanna hurt nobody but I must defend mine It's all the fuck I got, so stop and walk a line niggas be brave and keep on thuggin' From the cradle to the grave, from the cradle to the
From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, living in the
From the to the grave, I'm glad to say I made it this far, many G's hard They that got was their name here up on a wall It's sad about the times
Life goes on, I'm steady lost in this As the war zone I got no Don't have no neither It's me by my lonely so I married my Nina
I keeps her wherever I go, I my ho Never leave with out my sugar I'm hafta plug a Mama me not to trust no punks
And kick his ass if he lay a on me Since I been known I think my own self stupid 'Cause I stay shootin' at Get up in police reports
Since the cradle, I've ungrateful My toy was a gun I got and learn to love weapons
But now I'm through with And through with fame peeled my cap And put me in my
From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, living in the the cradle to the grave Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto
March 18th, that rainy day, my mama birth To a boy, trapped in hell on earth day one it wasn't fun I never had a crumb Daddy two jobs and Mama won't stop drinkin' rum
I to cope loc but my family's broke And my pocket's short so now I sling dope In a game filled with pain, it's a fuckin' The white man got a slingin' cane
So now on from dusk to dawn I get my serve on Always in the spot with my slingin' rocks at the rocks The shit don't stop I'm steady dodgin' I never flip flop, hear my glock cock thug till I
And if I hit the pen I do my time Sittin' on my bunk reminiscing the good times It's fucked up a nigga gotta grow up dirt But the cradle to the grave I'ma put in work
From the cradle to the Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, living in the
Time's movin' fast, will I another day? So I and I lay with my A-K Did I sell my as a young kid? All the I did wishin' someone held me But they did
I can't take it, will I make it to my age? Before I'm shot up or locked up in a fuckin' Lord, help me, me, save me 'Cause that's the way that Daddy me crazy
Do or die, nigga, pull the trigger don't give a You'd rather be in 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, payin' dues, 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 anger I build inside For the mothers cried, for my homies that died The beginning is an ending, am I a slave So I got to be brave from the to the grave
From the to the grave ain't never been easy, living in the ghetto From the cradle to the Life ain't never easy, living in the ghetto