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See, I was raised out on mean streets I'm from the projects, right, poverty and hell meet I'm searching to find a better way, I've got a still to get my pay before I hit bottom
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 same
So it's a life of crime, some might or rhyme To escape the ghetto before the Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna pull me
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 wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in ditches
And I can't it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, fight to alive
I was raised out on mean streets You know where poverty and hell Brothers get jail and life's for sale, momma held me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done held And held myself down, lotta bodies and found And niggas into taking everything, that nailed down We fell down, 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 this hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my to get more figures Unlike these corner store niggas Go change your drawers,
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me some notches They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a 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 life ain't nothing to 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 gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, little love, cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we New guys on every block, eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, money, more problems So hungry, starve 'em, work hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need some more, another store, another house, 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 like Face with the K and my nose all It ain't about the streets, it's 'bout the beast 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 me down some notches They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me 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, and Chef be cashing checks Killa, Cap be snapping necks, Street and flash the tech Sacrifice a savage life if he to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, me, is it worth yo' life?
No, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be games with my life I've fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, light the darkness Trying to me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking 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, making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, dice are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with 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 boat and you out at sea to float
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up I guess, more money 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 can't take it, no, no but I'm gonna it Yeah, oh, I'm make it, ooh, yeah a cold, cold, cold world I got my on my gun, they got a brother on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, cold You can't be games with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, this is my
pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you like that, it's guaranteed you won't like that ya laid down, laid flat