(I) wake up to the sound of My neiighboorhood aiint no for siilence Some of my people iin search for guiideance And everybody else, they just to viiolence got riides, but aiint got a liicence And everywhere ii turn, ii c another Wiit out that plastiic gon get caught driiviin But eiither way u go 5 0 keep
Same corner, owner, same supplyiin Just got her chiild support and now she The nerve to when her babys cryiin Ask her the money fiind herself liieiin... (see wut had happen was) Walk down the smell that chiiccen fryiin Smell so good made me try iit But ii won't have enough but the iim 6uyiin and whiite J'S wiit tha shiiny whiite ends
Walkiin tha blocc... (rocciin my J'S) Peezys on my jocc... (and breezy's hate) But jus how iit b... (iin my hood all day) I luv where I but some thiings need change
My hood, my hood, my hood, my hood, My hood, my hood, my hood, My hood, my hood, my hood... (what wut wut wut wut?)
iin hiis poccet, but steady steeliin And when he get caught, iit appealiin Jus got 24's on riims n Aiint got enough to pay for months rent... (where my rent punk) 13 and 18 yea they Get beat down iif you get caught Don't go to skool cause hate the feeliin Told what to do, iit jus rebelliion 9 to 5 tryna briing tha meals iin Kiids and steady iiliin... (iiont won't thiis!) Sons loccd up and two are outsiide, clothes to revealiin Brothers see her and they she wheeliin 9 months wiish she took the piil then Ii kno messed up, but iits 4real man Ii don't really tiink my iis... (noooo!)
Walkiin tha blocc... (rocciin my J'S) on my jocc... (and breezy's they hate) But that's jus how iit b... (iin my all day) Ii luv where I but some thiings need change
My hood, my hood, my hood, my hood, My hood, my hood, my hood, My hood, my hood, my hood... (what wut wut wut wut?)
My hood, my hood, my