Damn, take a ride to my My block, that's heh [Incomprehensible] on my motherfuckin'
They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my fears 'Cause shit was for me last year It appears that I've been marked for death, my breath The cause of my arrest, my life is stressed And no rest weary, my eyes stay teary For all the brothers that are in the cemetery is scary, how black on black crime legendary But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' Teardrops and caskets, the three strikes law is drastic And certain for us, ghetto bastards
What can we do when we're arrested, but open Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd die But cry through your despair I if the Lord still cares, for us niggaz on welfare And who if we survive The only they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin' on a four five My ain't the same 'Cause all these little babies crazy And they sufferin' in the game and I swear it's a trap But I ain't up on the hood, it's all good when I go back Hoes me love, niggaz give me props Forever 'cause it don't stop 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
Now constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots Can't explain a mother's pain, her son drops Black male in hail, when 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 life God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' get a job So I resort to violent robberies my life is Can't 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
Put in work and tears for my dead peers Mislead from childhood where I astray Till day I still pray for a better way Can't help but hopeless and heartbroke the start I felt the racism 'cause I'm dark Couldn't the bullshit make me represent Hit the bar and the star everywhere I went In my heart, I alone out here on my own I close my eyes and picture home on my
Livin' is but a dream times is all we see On my block is kinda mean But on our we still play But on our block we play
And I can't but wonder why, so many young kids had to die Caught from A.K's in the drive by Swollen pride and homicide coincide cry for broken lives, mama come inside 'Cause our is filled with danger to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers Time changes us to stone them pipes All up and the block exterminatin' black life But I blame the dealers
My mama's welfare 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, sippin' liquor Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to with her It's a man's world, strapped Fantasies of a livin' phat, but held back Pipe dreams can make the night hopeless eyed and losin' focus on my block
Livin' is but a dream Hard is all we see On my block is kinda mean But on our block we still But on our we still play
And block parties in tha lastin' way past daylight A nigga learned 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 mind I see the motherfuckers ballin' Alcohol will a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call I know the young understand this Growin' up in this world everythin' is scandalous I reminisce on tha times, past crimes
to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime Can't explain just attracts me to this dirty game Gold chains extra change, and the street fame And what's strange is everybody knows my Swear all know me And lots of cash make a nigga I hit the green to maintain, feelin' pain For all the niggaz that I lost to the from my block right
Livin' is but a dream Hard is all we see Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who away Every block is mean all the blocks that I'm from But on our we still play
One twelve street, Avenue, New York, Uptown Know what I'm But on our block we still 183rd and Walt, my block, that's But on our we still play 122nd and Morningside, my block, that's But on our block we still
Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, right But on our block we still In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, right But on our block we play
Los Angeles, aha, my block too But on our we still play Oakland, can't Oaktown, that's my block for sure But on our block we still
And all the blocks around this motherfucker Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, All niggaz stay kickin' up dust motherfuckin' block