I tell it like it is, how it could be
or hell boy, freedom or jail 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 up our own laws Been this long war, there's shells in this shores sand Still young but a man, could tell by my stash Been stackin' money and problems as I for the rapture never been no threat, I be chillin', relaxin' Everybody
I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the 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 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 I was in grade my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause they 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 really come from here, so can't do nothing but look down on us We look at them, we see somebody that help but they look at us and all they see is a It don't 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 catch gun shots, the old catch the holy ghost Ho I love not, I never no pot of gold Just ball 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 the love below And is what you make it so I'm makin' money for my folks
I be, I gotta 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 like her 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 nobody has ever done
When most look at a person who does what I Do they at us with these preconceived notions as if It's a set way for us all to be, but we all at the end Of the day so I wonder why we treat each other like it You're looking at a person them that they story don't Matter when they're no 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 from anybody Is to not really have
I through hell and back, I seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to a sack I seen my homies die then went on rides to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you never had to get through We live for amusement like they view us from behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we 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 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 like her son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done