I tell it like it is, how it could be
Heaven or hell boy, or jail boy A Jansport bag full of shit I could for The higher, the low boy, me and my homeboys The police kill us so we up our own laws Been fighting this long war, there's shells in shores sand Still 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' bleed
I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To it up to heaven, despite 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 gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it nobody has ever done
I was in seventh grade my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause they never gonna you back But I feel like it's all we got so 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 they see is a It don't really matter anyway, we all die one day man, one day
Do cry when the black man dies, or do we croak with crows The young catch gun shots, the old the holy ghost Ho I love not, I never seen no pot of Just ball windows and six fours no switches Was broke with no bitches, she me though You'll me if it make you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the hatred is, the brain that stained the love And life is what you make it so I'm makin' for my folks
I gotta be, I 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 my momma proud, feel like her only son I be, I gotta 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 nobody has ever
most people look at a person who does what I Do they look at us 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 don't each other like it You're looking at a telling 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 dreams man and y'all ain't never had to not nothing And that's the last thing you want from Is to not really have
I been through and back, I seen my momma cry my father hit the crack then hit the set to flip a sack I done seen my homies die then went on rides to kill 'em 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 what we grow into, we never gonna 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 be, I gotta be the one To it up to heaven, despite 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 I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like nobody has ever