I tell it like it is, how it could be
Heaven or hell boy, freedom or boy A Jansport bag full of shit I could for The higher, the low boy, just me and my The police us so we made up our own laws fighting this long war, there's shells in this shores sand Still but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been money and problems as I wait for the rapture Death never been no threat, I be chillin', bleed
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things I've I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, like 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 nobody has ever
I was in seventh grade my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause they gonna love you back But I like it's all we got so it's all we really do love At the end of the day I feel like the is the people that control It don't really come from here, so can't do nothing but look down on us We at them, we see somebody that could help but they look at us and all they see is a It don't really anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the black man dies, or do we croak 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 me though You'll me if it make you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the hatred is, the brain stained the love below And life is what you make it so I'm money for my folks
I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things done I gotta be, I gotta be, I 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 nobody has ever done
When most people look at a who does what I Do they look at us with these notions as if a set way for us all to be, but we all people at the end Of the day so I wonder why we treat each other like it You're looking at a telling them that they story don't when they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody 'Cause all we got is these dreams man and y'all ain't never had to not have And that's the last thing you from anybody Is to not have nothing
I been through hell and back, I my momma cry Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to a sack I done seen my homies die then on rides to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you never had to get that? We live for they like they view us from behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we never gonna escape our So in this cage made for me, exactly where you find me at Whether it's my time to leave or not, I never my back
I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things done I gotta be, I be, I gotta 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 gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like nobody has ever