Here's the tale of a young black male raised in these city Out here to make ends meet in a world that's so corrupt That's ran by greed, money and the for me, I'm a survivor I do I have 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 that's all I'm asking is to pray for me,
I was born around gangstas, and killers Drug dealers math figures making hella scrilla In the of Chi, the home of the Gs If ya work, ya don't eat that's been the code of the streets
As for me, I was brought up at an age Learned how to cook cane, to gang bang And it's a shame, I chose game But see knuckle headed nigga with no one to blame
And I'ma gonna keep on tipping under the street And be wondering which nigga wanna take my Until then I'm two feet in front of you haters
I'm the street life 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 street life and I just can't get I don't know if I'ma make it to another day So every night, I
Well, I'm surrounded by rats, roaches and fiends My whole world is being up on a triple beam Man, I know whats in store for me god I reach 21? Why is life so damn hard?
See the question that's asked And is there a heaven or hell can the black live Or he be chained in the cell I know as for me I only trusted a few I had to hustle to survive now, what else I do
They say, chances for everybody that's bullshit That little girl had no chance when that hit I mean it blew to the sky and all you was a cry Oh Lord, don't let my die
I'm living the street life and I can't get away I don't know if I'ma gonna it to another day So every night I pray, oh, I
I'm living the street life and I just can't get I know if I'ma gonna make it to another day So every night, I
'Til the day that I die, I'll stay to my neighborhood with my neighborhood nigga, I wish you would Ain't shit changed like, oh, said And oh, no, fool my nigga, Fred ain't
Neither is Pook or Kansas City, true OG's here with me My homie boo, boo up? And you know, I cant forget about my nigga, nigga, boats and Herbie
Shine and Cherelle ya pray for me I Genue death so dam senseless Big houses, what the radio been missing And there's one nigga that be true 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 shorty to My priority is to make sure this shit have to struggle like me And if I could ask for one wish I tell 'em, I wanna hug ya 'cuz I'm missing ya
I'm living the street life and I just can't get I don't know if I'ma gonna make it to day So every night I pray, oh, I
I'm living the street life and I just get away I don't know if I'ma gonna it to another day So every night, I
So I'm to pray for me, mama, pray for me Daddy, for me, baby, pray for me Please for me, pray for me for me, pray for me