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