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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 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 They to judge or question I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating cheese sandwiches with no Tired of watching all the playas from the seat
So a life of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto the flatline Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, gonna pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, wanna set me up I guess, more equals more problems They get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in ditches
And I take it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was raised out on mean streets You know where poverty and hell Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since held me in her arms to tell me
it's a cold world, I done held heat And held down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, that ain't down We fell down, ain't hard to 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 this hustle
Go and get the cops I use my talent to get figures Unlike these little corner store Go your drawers, niggas
Now with success and I've become a 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 take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't to play with) Yeah, I'm make it, ooh (Face it, money is and I'm a make it) I'm make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm survive, yo, yo, aiyo N.Y. City, gritty blocks, little love, cops Few rise, drop, True Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we New guys on every block, eyes and red dots
mothers, broke fathers, more money, more problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got of weed I need some more, 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 doubt a G, and have me spaz like Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't about the streets, it's 'bout the within That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and I've a target They set me up, take me hostage Or me down some notches They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm make it (Yeah, yeah, turn the beat up a little 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 cashing Killa, Cap be snapping necks, and 'Zilla 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, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be games with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, pipes ignite, sparking fire, light the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, stop, dice shaking Times are hard, sew a job, niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with mobs
Stab you in the and smile, watch you bleed for a while on the agile, steal ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a note, Goliath cutting David's throat yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now with success and I've a target They set me up I guess, more money more problems They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want clip me, leave me in ditches
And I can't it, no, no but I'm gonna make 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, world You can't be playing games with my gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, this is my
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna back And you won't that, it's guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, laid