I it like it is, then how it could be
Heaven or hell boy, or jail boy A Jansport bag of shit I could sell for The higher, the low boy, just me and my The police kill us so we made up our own Been fighting long war, there's shells in this shores sand Still but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been stackin' money and problems as I wait for the Death never 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 be, I gotta be, I gotta 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 gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like nobody has ever
When I was in seventh grade my 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 feel like the problem is the people control It don't really come from here, so they can't do nothing but look on us We look at them, we see somebody that could but look at us and all they see is a nigga It don't matter anyway, we all gon' 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 not, I never seen no pot of gold Just ball and six fours with no switches Was broke with no bitches, she me though You'll kill me if it you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for is where 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 gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the I've done I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To my momma proud, feel like 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 like nobody has done
When most people at a person who does what I Do look 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 other it looking at a person telling them that they story don't Matter when no better than me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody 'Cause all we got is these dreams man and ain't never had to not have nothing And that's the last thing you want anybody Is to not really have
I been through hell and back, I seen my cry Seen my father hit the then hit the set to flip a sack I done seen my homies die went on rides to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you had to get through that? We live for amusement like they view us from behind the glass No matter we grow into, we never gonna escape our past So in this cage made for me, exactly where you find me at it's my time to leave or not, I never turn my back
I gotta be, I 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 my momma proud, feel like her only son I gotta be, I 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 has ever done