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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm everyday to find a better way, I've got a Hustle to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some say that I'm already there but who are to judge or question what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating cheese sandwiches with no Tired of watching all the playas from the same
So a life of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto before the to make, what am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, wanna set me up I guess, more money equals problems wanna get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, me deep in ditches
And I take it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, fight to alive
I was raised out on mean streets You where poverty and hell meet get jail and life's for sale, cheap Since momma me in her arms to tell me
That it's a world, I done held heat And held myself down, lotta bodies and found And niggas into taking everything, that ain't 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 this
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get more Unlike these little corner niggas Go change your drawers,
Now with success and become a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down some They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a clip me, me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm make it. (This ain't no game, my life nothing to play with) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Face it, is power and I'm a make it) I'm make 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, that we New guys on block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, money, more problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need some more, store, another 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 me spaz like Face the K and my nose all powdery It about the streets, it's 'bout the beast within That won't in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with and I've become a target They wanna set me up, me hostage Or take me down some They wanna hit me, stick 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 make it (Yeah, yeah, turn the 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, Ghost and Chef be checks 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, me, is it worth yo' life?
No, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be playing games with my I've fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, metal ignite, sparking fire, light the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all taking flight business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, 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 back and smile, watch you bleed for a Hating on the agile, steal ya name and ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to
Now success 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, want clip me, leave me stiff in
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 hand on my gun, got a brother on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be games with my life I've gotta to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, is my life
Keep me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you won't like that, it's guaranteed you won't that ya laid down, laid flat