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