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See, I was raised out on these streets I'm from the projects, right, poverty and hell meet I'm searching everyday to find a way, I've got a Hustle still to get my pay before I hit
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 cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the seat
So a life of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto the flatline Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna me through
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more money equals more They wanna get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my They wanna cut me up in pieces, me deep in ditches
And I can't it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, fight to stay
I was raised out on these streets You where poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap momma held me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done held And held myself down, bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, that nailed down We fell down, ain't to tell now
I ain't 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 that Nigga, I'm hot this hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my to get more figures Unlike these little store niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now with success and become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or take me some notches wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm make 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 make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, little love, plenty Few rise, many drop, 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, more So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got of weed I need some more, another store, another house, An X of G, the reason pounds'll squeeze
And you naked, basic, trying to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me like with 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 success and become a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me some notches wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me stiff in
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna 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, Ghost and Chef be cashing Killa, Cap be necks, Street and 'Zilla flash 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 with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, the darkness night to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, tried to me for my life and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, shaking Times are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz rob Use a hoe to ya knob, hit you with unruly 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 David's throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up I guess, more money equals problems They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna diss me, clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
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 on my gun, they got a brother on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, cold You can't be 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 push And you like that, it's guaranteed you won't like that ya laid down, laid flat