Here's the tale of a young black male raised in these streets Out here hustling to make ends meet in a world that's so ran by greed, money and the power for me, I'm a survivor I do what I have to and only God can judge me for
So before you cash your stones on me I you to take a look at yourself in the mirror And ask to pray for you 'Cause that's all I'm is to pray for me, understand
I was born gangstas, hustlers and killers Drug dealers with math figures hella scrilla In the city of Chi, the of the Gs If ya don't work, ya eat that's been the code of the streets
As for me, I was up at an early age Learned how to cook cane, started to gang And a damn shame, I chose game But see I'ma knuckle headed nigga no one to blame
And I'ma gonna keep on under the street lights And be which nigga wanna take my life Until then I'm staying two feet in front of you
I'm living the street life and I can't get away I don't know if I'ma gonna make it to day So every I pray, oh, I pray
I'm living the street life and I can't get away I don't if I'ma gonna make it to another day So every night, I
Well, I'm surrounded by rats, roaches and fiends My whole is being weighed up on a triple beam Man, I don't know whats in for me god Will I reach 21? Why is life so hard?
See thats the question that's And is there a heaven or hell can the young black Or will he be chained in the I don't know as for me I trusted a few I had to hustle to survive now, what could I do
They say, there's for everybody that's bullshit That girl had no chance when that bullet hit I mean it blew to the sky and all you was a cry Oh Lord, let my baby die
I'm living the street life and I just get away I know if I'ma gonna make it to another day So every night I pray, oh, I
I'm living the life and I just can't get away I don't know if gonna make it to another day So night, I pray
'Til the day that I die, I'll stay true to my Fuck my neighborhood nigga, I wish you would Ain't shit like, oh, once said And oh, no, fool my nigga, Fred ain't
Neither is Pook or Kansas City, true OG's still with me My homie boo, boo up? And you know, I cant forget about my nigga, nigga, boats and Herbie
Shine and Cherelle would ya for me I rock death so dam senseless Big houses, what the fucking radio missing And there's one more nigga that be to my heart Mr. Motion, you the while I'm breaking 'em off, so our
I peed 'em to dead, whole was love To that nigga twist for believing in me, I got a to feed My priority is to sure this shit don't have to struggle like me And if I ask for one more wish I tell 'em, I wanna hug ya 'cuz I'm missing ya
I'm living the street life and I just get away I don't know if I'ma gonna make it to day So night I pray, oh, I pray
I'm the street life and I just can't get away I don't know if gonna make it to another day So night, I pray
So I'm asking to pray for me, mama, for me Daddy, pray for me, baby, for me pray for me, pray for me Pray for me, for me