I tell it it is, then how it could be
Heaven or hell boy, freedom or boy A Jansport bag full of I could sell for The higher, the low boy, me and my homeboys The police us so we made up our own laws Been fighting this long war, there's shells in shores sand Still young but a grown man, tell by my stash Been stackin' and problems as I wait for the rapture Death been no threat, I be chillin', relaxin' bleed
I gotta be, I gotta be, I 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 my momma proud, feel like her only son I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one With 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 my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the 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 the problem is the people that control It don't really come from here, so they 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 anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the black man dies, or do we croak with The young catch gun shots, the old catch the holy Ho I love not, I never no pot of gold Just ball windows and six fours with no Was with no bitches, she love me though You'll kill me if it make you richer, what you screaming, you my for Heart is where the hatred is, the that stained the love below And life is what you make it so I'm makin' for my folks
I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, 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 With I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like nobody has done
When most people 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 treat each other it You're looking at a person telling them they story don't Matter when they're no better than me, walkin' down the streets 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 you want from anybody Is to not have nothing
I been through and back, I seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the then hit the set to flip a sack I done seen my homies die then went on to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you never had to get that? We live for they amusement like they view us behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we never gonna our past So in this 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 make it up to heaven, 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 everything I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one To do it like nobody has ever