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See, I was raised out on mean streets I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm searching everyday to find a way, I've got a still to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some say that I'm already there but who are They to judge or what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the seat
So it's a of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto before the Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, they gonna me through
Now with success, I a target, they wanna set me up I guess, more money 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 it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was raised out on these mean You know where poverty and meet Brothers get jail and life's for sale, Since momma held me in her to tell me
it's a cold world, I done held heat And held myself down, bodies and shells found And niggas into everything, that ain't nailed down We down, ain't hard to tell now
I ain't trying to see the now Or see put her house up for bail now So I'm a all I got, to try and get that gwop Nigga, I'm hot with hustle
Go and get the cops I use my talent to get more Unlike little corner store niggas Go your drawers, niggas
Now with 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 wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This no game, my life 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 survive, yo, yo, aiyo N.Y. City, blocks, little love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, we drop New on every block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got to feed, I got pounds of weed I need some more, another store, house, indeed An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And you naked, basic, trying to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me spaz Face the K and my nose all powdery It ain't the streets, it's 'bout the beast within That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me some notches They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, wanna me leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna it (Yeah, yeah, the beat up a little right here) Yeah, I'm make 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 life if he trying to bag my ice Tag a on merchandise, tell me, is it worth yo' life?
No, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be playing games my life I've gotta fight to survive, to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, light the night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what it's
Aiyo, money making, flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, shaking are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to ya knob, hit you with unruly mobs
Stab you in the back and smile, watch you for a while Hating on the agile, ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a note, Goliath cutting David's throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and you out at sea to float
Now with success and become a target They set me up I guess, money equals more problems wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want clip me, leave me in ditches
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it, ooh, yeah It's a cold, cold, cold I got my on my gun, they got a brother on the run
Yeah, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be playing with my life I've 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, it's guaranteed you won't like ya laid down, laid flat