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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm the projects, right, where poverty and hell meet I'm searching everyday to find a better way, got a Hustle still to get my pay before I hit
Now some might say that I'm already but who are They to or question what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating cheese sandwiches no meat Tired of all the playas from the same seat
So it's a life of crime, some might or rhyme To escape the before the flatline Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna pull me
Now with success, I a target, they wanna set me up I guess, money equals more problems They wanna get me, hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me 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 and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done heat And myself down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, that ain't nailed We fell down, hard to tell now
I ain't to see the cell now Or see momma put her house up for now So I'm a all I got, to try and get that gwop Nigga, I'm hot with hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my to get more figures Unlike these little corner niggas Go change your drawers,
Now with success and become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or me down some notches wanna 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 gonna it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't nothing to with) Yeah, I'm gonna 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, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, drop, True Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, rocked, heavy shots, that we drop New guys on every block, blue eyes and red
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, problems So hungry, won't 'em, work 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 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 all powdery It ain't about the streets, it's 'bout the beast That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and become a target 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 me stiff 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, and Chef be cashing checks Killa, Cap be necks, Street and 'Zilla flash the tech a savage life if he trying to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, tell me, is it worth yo'
No, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be games with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, light the night Trying to me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, tried to me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the Earthquaking, is aching, bank stop, dice shaking Times are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with unruly
Stab you in the back and smile, watch you bleed for a Hating on the agile, steal ya name and bite ya Hold you for a note, Goliath cutting David's throat yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now with and I've become a target They set me up I guess, money equals more problems wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They diss me, want clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna make it, ooh, 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 games my life I've fight to survive, fight to stay alive ain't a game, this is my life
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna back And you won't like that, it's you won't like that When ya laid down, flat