From the cradle to the Life ain't never been living in the ghetto the cradle to the grave Life ain't never been
16, 1971, mama gave birth To a hell heavenly son See the doctor tried to me But I him back
My first were "Thug for life" and "Papa the Mac" I'm bustin' on these ballin' Listen you can hear my mini 14
From out the window of my top I got my glock at niggas when will it stop? Now me are you scared 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 your Nikes on 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, mothafucka's tryin' to rush me
Am I to jail? Look at me bailin' out the court house all about my mail and bank Never die, be a hustler mothafuckas and makin' out you suckas From the cradle to the
the cradle to the grave Life never been easy, living in the ghetto
From the cradle to the grave, since a little child I've been to get ill and kinda buck wild Pop, pop, just like the part in my walk with street talk Go up the block in the dark with less spark
Surveillance on a every day Waitin' on my daddy to take his ass away Now Mama always workin', tryin' to make ends So now a young niggas bein' raised by the
And then the only other one that ever showed me Was my fiend uncle 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 hurt nobody but I defend mine It's all the fuck I got, so stop and walk a thin niggas be brave and keep on thuggin' From the to the grave, 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 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 sad thinkin' about the times
Life goes on, I'm steady lost in land As the war zone I got no Don't no friends neither just me by my lonely so I married my Nina
I her wherever I go, I love my ho leave home with 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 my own self stupid 'Cause I shootin' at marks Get twisted up in police
Since the cradle, I've ungrateful My toy was a gun I got sprung and learn to love
But now I'm through with And through street fame peeled my cap And put me in my
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, in the ghetto
March 18th, that rainy day, my mama birth To a baby boy, trapped in on earth From day one it wasn't fun I had a crumb Daddy worked two jobs and won't stop drinkin' rum
I tried to cope loc but my broke And my pocket's short so now I gotta dope In a game filled with pain, it's a fuckin' The white man got a slingin' cane
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 I'm steady dodgin' cops I never flip flop, hear my glock cock till I drop
And if I hit the pen I do my time on my bunk reminiscing about the good times It's fucked up a nigga gotta grow up doing But from the to the grave I'ma put in work
From the cradle to the Life never been easy, living in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto
movin' fast, will I last another day? So I pray and I lay my A-K Did I my soul as a young kid? All the things I did wishin' someone me But they did
I can't take it, will I make it to my older Before I'm shot up or locked up in a fuckin' Lord, me, guide me, save me 'Cause the way that Daddy raised me crazy
Do or die, nigga, pull the trigger don't give a You'd be in jail than get your ass bucked Nobody cares, it's me against the murder on my mind and my Tech-9
I got nothin' to lose, dues, nigga you wanna die? I get then my mission is a walk-by You'd better jet when I hit your set 'cause I'm Start runnin', yellin', "Evil mind", as I'm
One in the chamber for the anger I build inside For the mothers that cried, for my homies died The beginning is an ending, am I a slave So I got to be brave from the cradle to the
From the to the grave Life ain't never been easy, in the ghetto From the to the grave Life ain't been easy, living in the ghetto