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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, poverty and hell meet I'm searching everyday to find a way, I've got a Hustle still to get my pay before I hit
Now some might say I'm already there but who are They to judge or what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of cheese 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, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna me through
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more money equals more wanna get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me in ditches
And I can't take it but I'm make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was out on these mean streets You know poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since momma me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done heat And held down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas taking everything, that ain't nailed down We down, ain't hard to tell now
I trying to see the cell now Or see put her house up for bail now So I'm a give all I got, to try and get gwop Nigga, I'm hot with this
Go and get the cops I use my to get more figures Unlike these corner store niggas Go your drawers, niggas
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down notches They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm gonna it. (This no game, my life ain't nothing to play with) Yeah, I'm make it, ooh (Face it, money is and I'm a make 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, True Lies, cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, we drop New guys on every block, blue and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, more So hungry, starve 'em, work hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need more, another store, another house, indeed An X amount of G, the pounds'll squeeze
And strip you naked, basic, trying to 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, 'bout the beast within 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 take me down notches They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna it (Yeah, yeah, turn the beat up a 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 snapping necks, Street and flash the tech Sacrifice a savage if he trying 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 games with my life I've gotta fight to survive, to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, fire, light the darkness night to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, dice Times are hard, sew a job, scheming wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you unruly mobs
Stab you in the back and smile, watch you for a while Hating on the agile, steal ya and bite ya style Hold you for a ransom note, cutting David's throat Grab yo' vest, abandon and leave you out at sea to float
Now with and I've become a target They set me up I guess, more money more problems wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm gonna it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna make it, ooh, a cold, cold, cold world I got my hand on my gun, they got a on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, cold You can't be playing with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay ain't a game, this is my life
Keep me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you won't that, it's guaranteed you won't like that ya laid down, laid flat