I tell it like it is, then how it be
Heaven or hell boy, freedom or boy A bag full of shit I could sell for The higher, the low boy, me and my homeboys The police kill us so we made up our own Been fighting this war, there's shells in this shores sand young but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been money and problems as I wait for the rapture Death never 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 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 everything I need, with everything I I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like nobody has ever
When I was in seventh my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause they never 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 look at them, we see that could help but they look at us and all see is a nigga It really matter anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the black man dies, or do we croak with 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 me if it make you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is the hatred is, the brain that stained the love below And life is what you it so I'm makin' money for my folks
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 proud, feel like her only son I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one everything I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta 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 these preconceived 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 don't treat each like it You're looking at a person telling them that story don't when they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody 'Cause all we got is dreams man and y'all ain't never had to not have nothing And that's the last thing you want anybody Is to not have nothing
I been through hell and back, I seen my cry Seen my father hit the crack 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 you never had to get through that? We live for they amusement like view us from behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we never escape our past So in this they made for me, exactly where you find me at Whether it's my time to leave or not, I never 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 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 everything I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like nobody has ever