Damn, take a ride to my My block, right heh on my motherfuckin' block
They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past 'Cause shit was for me last year It appears that I've been marked for death, my breath The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my is stressed And no rest forever weary, my stay teary For all the brothers that are in the cemetery Shit is scary, how on black crime legendary But at unnecessary, I'm gettin' worried Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is And certain death for us, ghetto
What can we do we're arrested, but open fire? Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd die But don't cry through your I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us on welfare And who if we survive The only they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin' on a four five My neighborhood ain't the 'Cause all these little babies crazy And they in the game and I swear it's like a trap But I ain't given up on the hood, it's all when I go back Hoes showin me love, niggaz give me Forever hope 'cause it don't on my block
Livin' is but a dream Hard is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our we still play But on our block we still
Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never to be gunshots Can't explain a pain, when her son drops Black male slippin' in hail, will we prevail? Fearin' jail but crack got me livin' well And the system's with this thug's life Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this drug God me, 'cause I'm starvin' can't get a job So I to violent robberies my life is hard Can't 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
Put in and shed tears for my dead peers from childhood where I went astray Till day I still pray for a better way Can't but feel hopeless and heartbroke From the start I felt the 'cause I'm dark Couldn't quit the bullshit make me Hit the bar and played the star I went In my heart, I felt out here on my own I my eyes and picture home on my block
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see On my Every block is kinda But on our block we play But on our block we still
And I can't help but wonder why, so many kids had to die Caught from A.K's in the drive by Swollen pride and don't coincide cry for broken lives, mama come inside 'Cause our block is with danger Used to be a knit community but now we're all cold strangers changes us to stone them crack pipes All up and down the block black life But I can't blame the
My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome real, I know you feel, my tragedy A single mother a problem child, daddy free Hangin' out up game, sippin' cheap liquor Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep her It's a man's world, strapped Fantasies of a livin' phat, but held back Pipe dreams can make the night hopeless Wide and losin' focus on my block
life is but a dream Hard is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our block we play But on our block we still
And block parties in tha projects lastin' way daylight A young nigga learned to night Used to play with my homies but they stuck in the pen I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a In my mind I see the same ballin' Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, his call I know the young niggaz understand Growin' up in this world everythin' is scandalous I reminisce on tha fast times, past
Tryin' to cop a slice of pizza my last dime Can't explain just what attracts me to this game Gold some extra change, and the street fame And what's strange is knows my name Swear all know me And of cash make a nigga change I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my right
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who away Every is kinda mean From all the blocks that I'm But on our we still play
One twelve street, Seventh Avenue, New York, Know I'm sayin? But on our we still play 183rd and Walt, my block, right But on our block we still 122nd and Morningside, my block, that's But on our we still play
Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's But on our block we still In the jungle of Atlantic city, my block, that's right But on our block we still
Los Angeles, aha, my block too But on our block we play Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for But on our we still play
And all the other around this motherfucker Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, All y'all niggaz stay up dust Representin' block