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See, I was raised out on mean streets I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm searching to find a better way, I've got a Hustle still to get my pay I hit bottom
Now some might say that I'm already but who are They to judge or question what I do? Son, so I don't Tired of eating cheese sandwiches no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the seat
So it's a life of crime, some sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto the flatline Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna pull me
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more equals more 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 take it but I'm make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was raised out on these streets You where poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and life's for sale, Since momma held me in her arms to me
it's a cold world, I done held heat And myself down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, ain't nailed 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 give all I got, to try and get that Nigga, I'm hot with this
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get figures Unlike little corner store niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now with success and I've a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me down some They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They diss me, want 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 and I'm a make it) I'm make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, little love, plenty Few rise, drop, True Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, shots, that we drop New guys on every block, eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, fathers, more money, more problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, work 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 ever doubt a G, and me spaz like with the K and my nose 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 become a target They wanna set me up, me hostage Or take me down some They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me stiff in
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 make 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 snapping necks, Street and 'Zilla the tech Sacrifice a savage if he trying to bag my ice Tag a on merchandise, tell me, is it worth yo' life?
No, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be playing games my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what it's
Aiyo, making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, is aching, bank stop, dice shaking Times are hard, sew a job, scheming wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with mobs
Stab you in the back and smile, you bleed for a while Hating on the agile, ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and you out at sea to float
Now success and I've become a target wanna set me up I guess, money equals 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 can't take it, no, no but I'm 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, cold You be playing games 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 back And you like that, it's guaranteed you won't like that ya laid down, laid flat