I it like it is, then how it could be
Heaven or boy, freedom or jail boy A bag full of shit I could sell for The higher, the low boy, just me and my The police kill us so we made up our own Been fighting this long war, there's shells in this shores Still young but a grown man, could by my stash Been money and problems as I wait for the rapture never been no threat, I be chillin', relaxin' Everybody
I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, the things I've done I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To my momma proud, feel like her only son I gotta be, I be, I gotta 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 done
When I was in seventh grade my grandfather told me don't get Lovin' the streets they never gonna love you back But I feel like it's all we got so all we really do love At the end of the day I feel the problem is the people that control It don't really come from here, so they do nothing but look down on us We look at them, we see that could help but they look at us and all they see is a It don't matter anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the black man dies, or do we croak crows The catch gun shots, the old catch the holy ghost Ho I love not, I seen no pot of gold Just ball windows and six with no switches Was broke with no bitches, she me though You'll kill me if it you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the is, the brain that stained the love below And life is what you make it so I'm money for my folks
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the I've done I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make my momma proud, feel like her son I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one With everything I need, with everything I I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done
When people look at a person who does what I Do they look at us these preconceived notions 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 treat each other like it You're at a person telling them that they story don't Matter they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody '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 hell and back, I seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to flip a I seen my homies die then went 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 what we grow into, we never gonna escape our past So in this cage they made for me, exactly you find me at Whether it's my time to leave or not, I turn my back
I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things I've I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To my momma proud, feel like her only son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With everything I need, everything I want I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To do it like nobody has done