Damn, take a to my block My block, right heh [Incomprehensible] on my block
They got a sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears 'Cause shit was hectic for me year It appears that I've marked for death, my heartless breath The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my is stressed And no forever weary, my eyes stay teary For all the that are buried in the cemetery Shit is scary, how black on crime legendary But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic And certain death for us, bastards
What can we do when we're arrested, but open in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd rather die But don't cry through despair I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us on welfare And who cares if we The only time they notice a nigga is when he's on a four five My neighborhood ain't the 'Cause all these little goin' crazy And they sufferin' in the game and I it's like a trap But I given up on the hood, it's all good when I go back Hoes me love, niggaz give me props Forever hope 'cause it don't stop on my
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our block we still But on our block we play
Now constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots explain a mother's pain, when her son drops Black slippin' in hail, when will we prevail? Fearin' jail but crack got me livin' well And the system's suicidal with this thug's Stayin' strapped strapped in this drug life God help me, I'm starvin' can't get a job So I resort to robberies my life is hard Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart
Put in work and tears for my dead peers Mislead from childhood where I astray Till this day I still pray for a way Can't help but feel 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 alone out here on my own I close my eyes and home on my block
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see On my block is kinda mean But on our block we play But on our block we still
And I can't help but why, so many young kids had to die Caught from A.K's in the drive by Swollen pride and homicide coincide Brothers cry for lives, mama come inside 'Cause our block is with danger Used to be a knit community but now we're all cold strangers Time changes us to them crack pipes All up and the block exterminatin' black life But I blame the dealers
My mama's welfare check has brought the next man wheels Shits real, I you feel, my tragedy A single with a problem child, daddy free Hangin' out up game, sippin' cheap liquor the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her It's a world, stayin' strapped Fantasies of a nigga phat, but held back Pipe dreams can the night seem hopeless Wide and losin' focus on my block
life is but a dream Hard is all we see On my block is kinda mean But on our block we still But on our block we play
And block parties in tha projects lastin' way daylight A young nigga learned to night Used to play fight my homies but they stuck in the pen I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a In my mind I see the motherfuckers ballin' Alcohol will a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call I know the niggaz understand this Growin' up in world where everythin' is scandalous I reminisce on tha fast times, past
Tryin' to cop a slice of with my last dime Can't explain what attracts me to this dirty game Gold chains extra change, and the street fame And strange is everybody knows my name they all know me And lots of cash a nigga change I hit the green to maintain, feelin' pain For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my Thats
Livin' is but a dream times is all we see Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who away Every is kinda mean From all the blocks I'm from But on our block we play
One twelve street, Avenue, New York, Uptown what I'm sayin? But on our block we still 183rd and Walt, my block, that's But on our block we play and Morningside, my block, that's right But on our we still play
Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right But on our we still play In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, that's But on our block we play
Los Angeles, aha, that's my too But on our block we still Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, my block for sure But on our block we play
And all the other blocks this motherfucker Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, All niggaz stay kickin' up dust Representin' motherfuckin'