Here's the tale of a young black male in these city streets Out hustling 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 what I to and only God can judge me for that
So before you your stones down on me I want you to a look at yourself in the mirror And ask to pray 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 hella In the city of Chi, the of the Gs If ya don't work, ya don't eat that's been the of the streets
As for me, I was brought up at an age Learned how to cook cane, started to bang And it's a damn shame, I game But see knuckle headed nigga with no one to blame
And I'ma gonna keep on tipping under the lights And be wondering which nigga wanna my life Until then I'm two feet in front of you haters
I'm living the street life and I can't get away I don't know if gonna make it to another day So every I pray, oh, I pray
I'm living the street and I just can't get away I don't know if I'ma gonna it to another day So night, I pray
Well, I'm surrounded by rats, and dope fiends My whole world is being weighed up on a triple Man, I don't know in store 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 live Or will he be in the cell I don't know as for me I only a few I had to to survive now, what else could I do
They say, there's chances for everybody that's little girl had no chance when that bullet hit I mean it 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 know if gonna make it to another day So every I pray, oh, I pray
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 I die, I'll 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, OG's still here with me My homie boo, boo up? And you know, I cant forget my nigga, nigga, Novesnake Nightime boats and
Shine and Cherelle would ya for me I Genue death so dam senseless Big houses, what the radio 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 'em to dead, whole reason was love To that nigga twist for believing in me, I got a shorty to My priority is to make sure this don't have to struggle like me And if I ask for one more wish I tell 'em, I hug ya 'cuz I'm missing ya since
I'm living the street and I just can't get away I don't know if gonna make it to another 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 make it to day So every night, I
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