I tell it it is, then how it could be
Heaven or hell boy, freedom or boy A Jansport bag of shit I could sell for The higher, the low boy, just me and my The police kill us so we up our own laws Been this long war, there's shells in this shores sand young but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been stackin' money and problems as I wait for the Death never no threat, I be chillin', relaxin' bleed
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To it up to heaven, despite the things I've done I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make my momma proud, feel her only son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With I need, with everything I want I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done
When I was in seventh grade my told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause never gonna love you back But I feel like it's all we got so it's all we really do At the end of the day I feel like the problem is the that control It don't really come from here, so they can't do nothing but down on us We look at them, we see somebody that could but they look at us and all they see is a It don't really matter anyway, we all die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the black man dies, or do we with crows The young catch gun shots, the old the holy ghost Ho I love not, I never no pot of gold Just ball and six fours with no switches Was broke with no bitches, she love me You'll kill me if it make you richer, you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the hatred is, the brain that stained the below And life is what you make it so I'm makin' for my folks
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things I've I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, feel like her son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With everything I need, everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like nobody has ever
When most people at a person who does what I Do they look at us with these preconceived as if It's a set way for us all to be, but we all at the end Of the day so I wonder why we don't treat each other it You're looking at a person telling them they story don't Matter when they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at 'Cause all we got is these dreams man and ain't never had to not have nothing And that's the last thing you from anybody Is to not have nothing
I been through and back, I seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the then hit the set to flip a sack I done seen my homies die then went on rides to kill 'em So how you say you feel me when you had to get through that? We live for they amusement like they view us from behind the No matter what we grow into, we never gonna escape our So in this they made for me, exactly where you find me at Whether it's my to leave or not, I never turn my back
I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the I've done I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, like her only son I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one everything I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like nobody has ever