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See, I was raised out on mean streets 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 might say 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 no meat of watching all the playas from the same seat
So a life 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 gonna pull me
Now with success, I become a target, wanna set me up I guess, more money equals problems They get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in
And I can't it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was raised out on these mean You know where poverty and meet Brothers get jail and life's for sale, Since held me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done heat And held myself down, bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, that ain't down We fell down, ain't 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 with hustle
Go and get the cops I use my talent to get more Unlike these corner store niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now success and I've become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or take me some notches They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, a clip 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 to play with) Yeah, I'm make it, ooh (Face it, money is power and I'm a it) I'm make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm survive, yo, yo, aiyo N.Y. City, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, we drop New on every 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 to feed, I got pounds of weed I need some more, another store, another house, An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And strip you naked, basic, to make it out the P's Don't ever a G, and have me spaz 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 They wanna set me up, take me Or take me down notches They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my wanna diss me, wanna 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 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, Street and 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, a cold, cold, cold world You be playing games with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to alive
Aiyo, metal 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 and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what 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, niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you unruly mobs
Stab you in the and smile, watch you bleed for a while Hating on the agile, steal ya name and bite ya Hold you for a ransom note, cutting David's throat yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now success and I've become a target They set me up I guess, more equals more problems They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want me, leave 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 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 with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, this is my
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm push back And you won't that, it's guaranteed you won't like that When ya down, laid flat