From the to the grave Life ain't been easy living in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life never been easy
June 16, 1971, mama birth To a raisin' heavenly son See the doctor 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 niggas when will it Now tell me are you of the dark?
Can't close my I see visions And even with thug livin', will I escape prison ? chances was an all day thang The way to advance and if you slang
Better have Nikes on 'cause when we fight in the middle of the night with no lights on Hey, must be a God 'cause I feel lucky Paranoid out my mind, this tryin' to rush me
Am I goin' to jail? Look at me Commin' out the house all about my mail and bank die, be a hustler mothafuckas and makin' thugs out you suckas From the cradle to the
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, living in the
From the cradle to the grave, since a little bitty I've been known to get ill and buck wild Pop, pop, just like the part in my walk with street talk Go runnin' up the block in the dark with less
Surveillance on a nigga day Waitin' on my daddy just to his ass away Now Mama always workin', tryin' to ends meet So now a young niggas bein' by the streets
And then the only other one that showed me love Was my fiend uncle strung 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 wanna hurt nobody but I must defend It's all the I got, so stop and walk a thin line Young niggas be brave and keep on From the cradle to the grave, the cradle to the grave
From the to the grave ain't never been easy, living in the ghetto
From the cradle to the grave, I'm to say I made it this far, many G's died They know that got was their 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 just me by my lonely so I my Nina
I keeps her I go, I love my ho Never home with out my sugar I'm plug a nigga told me not to trust no punks
And his ass if he lay a hand on me Since then I known Sometimes I think my own stupid 'Cause I shootin' at marks Get twisted up in reports
Since the cradle, I've ungrateful My toy was a gun I got sprung and learn to weapons
But now I'm with money And through with fame Somebody my cap And put me in my
From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto
March 18th, that rainy day, my mama gave To a baby boy, in hell on earth day one it wasn't fun I never had a crumb Daddy worked two jobs and won't stop drinkin' rum
I to cope 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 from dusk to dawn I get my on Always in the spot with my slingin' rocks at the rocks The don't stop I'm steady dodgin' cops I never flip flop, hear my glock cock thug till I
And if I hit the pen I do my time on my bunk reminiscing about the good times It's fucked up a nigga grow up doing dirt But from the cradle to the I'ma put in work
the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life never been easy, living in the ghetto
Time's movin' fast, I last another day? So I and I lay with my A-K Did I sell my as a young kid? All the things I did someone held me But they did
I can't take it, will I it to my older age? I'm shot up or locked 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 trigger give a fuck You'd rather be in jail than get your ass Nobody cares, it's me against the Keepin' murder on my mind and my
I got nothin' to lose, dues, nigga you wanna die? I get high then my mission is a You'd better jet when I hit your set 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 a slave So I got to be from the cradle to the grave
From the cradle to the Life never been easy, living in the ghetto From the cradle to the Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto