[Intro: Ha ha ha ha, they say start it all over Whatever you through it's somebody goin through somethin worse do this
[Chorus: Bone] And that's life in the kid Everybody gon' make it out the hood (out the hood) You wanna like Bizzy did keep the faith, and it's all to the good
[Bizzy Your is cheatin on you, you finna go to jail Now you just lost yo' job, yo' is up for sale Your friend just away, before you said goodbye Your son goin to war, and you don't know why Yo' mom contracted AIDS, and before she died She speak a word, but she can blink her eyes See she was paralyzed, and you so to cry You wanted to her your strength, and tell her the Lord provides The church is takin money, sellin granny a She wanna go to heaven, think she can get it with Yo' gettin rich, off of a triple beam You see him losin weight, it off with 'Premes It elevated to rocks, and now he's on the He used to ride 22's, now ride a bike Yo' got a man, her man he got a temper So he beat you right up, gets and don't remember As soon as you go to school, yo' teacher "What happened?" Your peers know the story, you say "Ain't nuttin crackin" Yo' money's low, and it ain't no welfare Remember said, "Who in the hell cares?" But Bizzy cared for ya, see I can stare These are the muddy waters, I can see and hear See and hear, see and hear, see and hear, see and See and hear...
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[Bizzy You had you friends, and y'all grew up together On the corner wines, singin about the ghetto Breakin bread, cars, and stayin in trouble House parties with the and then watchin 'em rumble But soon yo' crumbles, as you grow up in life You reached the age of 30, and soon yo' plight What if they blew up, and became the biggest EVER? I guess we'll never know; just the way it goes high school dreams of turnin pro Catch an injury and now the scouts ain't no mo' Studyin to be a but get pregnant in school You decided to yo' child, now you must provide the food At the age of 50, reachin your golden years These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I Bizzy cared for ya, but baby I can only These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I
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[Outro: This for my momma, this for my for my sister, and Eazy-E 'Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, Aaliyah, Capo rest in nigga