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