Damn, take a to my block My block, right heh on my motherfuckin' block
They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my fears 'Cause shit was hectic for me year It appears that been marked for death, my heartless breath The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my life is And no rest forever weary, my eyes stay For all the brothers that are in the cemetery is scary, how black on black crime legendary But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic And certain for us, ghetto bastards
What can we do when we're arrested, but fire? Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd die But cry through your despair I wonder if the Lord cares, for us niggaz on welfare And who if we survive The only time they notice a nigga is he's clutchin' on a four five My neighborhood the same 'Cause all these little babies crazy And they in the game and I swear it's like a trap But I ain't up on the hood, it's all good when I go back Hoes showin me love, niggaz me props Forever hope 'cause it don't on my block
Livin' life is but a times is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our block we still But on our block we still
Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it fails to be gunshots explain a mother's pain, when her son drops Black slippin' in hail, when will we prevail? Fearin' jail but sales got me livin' well And the system's suicidal with this thug's Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this drug God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' get a job So I resort to violent my life is hard Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my hurt
Put in and shed tears for my dead peers Mislead 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 the racism 'cause I'm dark Couldn't quit the bullshit make me Hit the bar and the star everywhere I went In my heart, I felt out here on my own I close my eyes and picture home on my
Livin' life is but a times is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our block we play But on our block we play
And I help but wonder why, so many young kids had to die Caught strays from A.K's in the by Swollen pride and homicide coincide cry for broken lives, mama come inside 'Cause our block is filled danger Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold Time changes us to them crack pipes All up and down the block exterminatin' black But I can't blame the
My mama's check has brought the next man chrome wheels Shits real, I know you feel, my A single mother with a problem child, free Hangin' out pickin' up game, cheap liquor the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her It's a world, stayin' strapped Fantasies of a livin' phat, but held back dreams can make the night seem hopeless Wide eyed and focus on my block
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see On my Every is kinda mean But on our we still play But on our we still play
And parties in tha projects lastin' way past daylight A young nigga to break night Used to play with my homies but they stuck in the pen I 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend In my I see the same motherfuckers ballin' Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his I know the young niggaz understand Growin' up in this world where everythin' is I reminisce on tha fast times, crimes
Tryin' to cop a slice of with my last dime Can't explain just what attracts me to this game Gold chains extra change, and the street fame And what's is everybody knows my name they all know me And lots of cash a nigga change I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my Thats
Livin' is but a dream Hard is all we see in peace to all the muh'fuckers who passed away Every block is kinda From all the blocks I'm from But on our block we still
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 we still play 122nd and Morningside, my block, right But on our block we still
Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, right But on our block we still In the jungle of Atlantic city, my block, that's right But on our block we play
Los Angeles, aha, that's my too But on our block we still Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my for sure But on our block we play
And all the other blocks around this Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, All y'all stay kickin' up dust motherfuckin' block