I tell it like it is, how it could be
Heaven or 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, shells in this shores sand young but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been stackin' money and problems as I wait for the never been no threat, I be chillin', relaxin' Everybody
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things done I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, feel like her son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it nobody has ever 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 it's all we really do At the end of the day I like the problem is the people that control It don't come from here, so they can't do nothing but look down on us We at them, we see somebody that could help but look at us and all they see is a nigga It don't really anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the man dies, or do we croak with crows The catch gun shots, the old catch the holy ghost Ho I love not, I never seen no pot of Just ball windows and six with 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 that stained the love below 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, everything I want I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done
When most people look at a 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 wonder why we don't each other like it You're looking at a telling them that they story don't Matter when they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna at somebody 'Cause all we got is these dreams man and y'all ain't never had to not nothing And that's the last you want from anybody Is to not really have
I been through hell and back, I my momma cry Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to flip a I done seen my 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 amusement like they view us from behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we never escape our past So in cage they 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 gotta be, I be the one To it up to heaven, despite the things I've done I gotta be, I 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 I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it nobody has ever done