I tell it like it is, how it could be
or hell boy, freedom or jail 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 Been fighting this long war, there's in this shores sand Still young but a grown man, could tell by my stackin' money and problems as I wait for the rapture Death never been no threat, I be chillin', Everybody
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, feel like her 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 ever
When I was in seventh grade my grandfather me don't get caught the streets cause they never gonna love you back But I feel it's all we got so it's all we really do love At the end of the day I feel like the problem is the people control It don't really come from here, so they can't do but look down on us We look at them, we see somebody that 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 man dies, or do we croak with crows The young catch gun shots, the old the holy ghost Ho I love not, I seen no pot of gold Just windows and six fours with no switches Was with no bitches, she love me though You'll kill me if it make you richer, you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the hatred is, the brain that stained the 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 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 gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like has ever done
When most people look at a person who does I Do they at us with 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 them that they story don't Matter when they're no better me, walkin' 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 thing you want anybody Is to not have nothing
I been hell and back, I seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the then hit the set to flip a sack I seen 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 they us from behind the glass No matter what we into, we never gonna escape our past So in cage they 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 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 gotta be, I be the one To do it nobody has ever done