Here's the tale of a young black raised in these city streets Out here to make ends meet in a world that's so corrupt ran by greed, money and the power 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 yourself in the And ask somebody to for you 'Cause that's all I'm asking is to pray for me,
I was born around gangstas, hustlers and Drug with math figures making hella 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 brought up at an age Learned how to cook cane, started to bang And a damn shame, I chose game But see I'ma headed nigga with no one to blame
And I'ma gonna on tipping under the street lights And be wondering which nigga take my life Until then I'm staying two feet in of you haters
I'm living the street and I just can't get away I know if I'ma 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 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 whats in for me god Will I reach 21? Why is life so hard?
See the question that's asked And is there a or hell can the young black live Or he be chained in the cell I don't know as for me I trusted a few I had to to survive now, what else could I do
They say, there's chances for that's bullshit That 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 life and I 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 make it to another day So every night, I
'Til the day that I die, I'll stay true to my with my neighborhood nigga, I wish you would Ain't shit changed like, oh, once And oh, no, fool my nigga, Fred dead
Neither is Pook or Kansas City, true still here with me My homie boo, boo up? And you know, I forget about my nigga, nigga, Novesnake boats and Herbie
Shine and would ya pray for me I rock Genue so dam senseless Big houses, the fucking radio been missing And there's one more nigga be true to my heart Mr. Motion, you the while I'm breaking 'em off, so our
I peed 'em to dead, reason was love To that twist for believing in me, I got a shorty to feed My priority is to make sure this shit don't to struggle like me And if I could ask for one more I 'em, I wanna hug ya 'cuz I'm missing ya since
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 pray, oh, I
I'm living the street life and I just can't get I don't if I'ma gonna make it to another day So every night, I
So I'm asking to for me, mama, pray for me Daddy, for me, baby, pray for me Please for me, pray for me for me, pray for me