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See, I was out on these mean streets I'm from the projects, right, where and hell meet I'm searching everyday to find a better way, got a still to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some say that I'm already there but who are to judge or question what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas the same seat
So it's a life of crime, some might or rhyme To escape the before the flatline Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, wanna set me up I guess, more equals more problems They wanna get me, hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in
And I can't take it but I'm gonna it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, fight to alive
I was out on these mean streets You know poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her arms to me
That a cold world, I done held heat And myself down, lotta bodies and shells found And into taking everything, that ain't nailed down We fell down, ain't to tell now
I trying to see the cell now Or see momma put her up for bail now So I'm a all I got, to try and get that gwop Nigga, I'm hot this hustle
Go and get the cops I use my talent to get figures Unlike these little corner niggas Go your drawers, niggas
Now success and I've become a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down some They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm make it. (This ain't no game, my ain't nothing to play with) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Face it, money is power and I'm a it) I'm gonna it, ooh
Yeah, I'm gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, semis Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we New guys on every block, blue eyes and red
Pregnant mothers, fathers, more money, more problems So hungry, won't 'em, work hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I some more, another store, another house, indeed An X amount of G, the pounds'll squeeze
And strip you naked, basic, to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me spaz Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't about the streets, it's 'bout the beast That won't give in to 'lice, to bleed, G
Now with and I've become a target They wanna set me up, me hostage Or me down some notches They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna it (Yeah, yeah, the beat up a little right here) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Yo, yo, yo, yeah, yo, just, Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang)
Aiyo, RZA, Meth, GZA, Deck, Ghost and Chef be checks Killa, Cap be necks, Street and 'Zilla flash the tech Sacrifice a savage life if he to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, tell me, is it yo' life?
No, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be playing games with my I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, fire, light the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight Major business, raise the digits, to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what like
Aiyo, making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, shaking Times are hard, sew a job, niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to ya knob, hit you with unruly mobs
Stab you in the back and smile, you bleed for a while on the agile, steal ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a ransom note, cutting David's throat Grab yo' vest, boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now with success and I've become a They set me up I guess, more money equals problems They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna diss me, want me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it, no, no but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it, ooh, yeah It's a cold, cold, world I got my on my gun, they got a brother on the run
Yeah, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be games with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This a game, this is my life
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna back And you won't like that, guaranteed you won't like that ya laid down, laid flat