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See, I was raised out on these streets I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm searching everyday to find a better way, 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 question 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 before the flatline Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, they pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more money equals 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, fight to stay
I was raised out on these streets You know where poverty and meet Brothers get and life's for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her to tell me
That a cold world, I done held heat And held myself down, lotta 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 give all I got, to try and get that Nigga, I'm hot this hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get more Unlike these little corner niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now success 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, a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't 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, drop, True Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, we drop New guys on every block, blue and red dots
mothers, broke fathers, more money, more problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, work hard and so I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need some more, another store, house, indeed An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And strip you naked, basic, to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me like Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't about the streets, 'bout the beast within That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or take me down notches They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me in ditches
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm make it (Yeah, yeah, turn the beat up a 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 be cashing checks Killa, Cap be snapping necks, Street and 'Zilla the tech Sacrifice a life 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 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 tell 'em it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, shaking Times are hard, sew a job, scheming wanna rob Use a hoe to ya knob, hit you with unruly mobs
you in the back and smile, watch you bleed for a while Hating on the agile, steal ya name and ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting David's Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to
Now with success and I've a target wanna set me up I guess, more money equals problems wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want clip me, me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm gonna it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it, ooh, yeah It's a cold, cold, world I got my hand on my gun, got a brother on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be playing with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to alive ain't a game, this is my life
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push And you won't like that, guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, flat