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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 to find a better way, I've got a still to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some might say that I'm already but who are They to judge or question I do? Son, so I don't care of eating cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of all the playas from the same seat
So it's a life of crime, might sing or rhyme To escape the ghetto the flatline to make, what am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, they gonna 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, leave me deep in
And I can't 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 poverty and hell Brothers get jail and life's for sale, Since held me in her arms to tell me
That a cold world, I done held 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 trying to see the cell now Or see momma put her house up for 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 little store niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now with success and become a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down notches They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my 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 ain't to play with) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Face it, money is power and I'm a it) I'm gonna it, ooh
Yeah, I'm gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, cocked Fish scale, already rocked, shots, that we drop New on every block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, fathers, more 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, another store, house, indeed An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And you naked, basic, trying to make it out the P's Don't doubt a G, and have me spaz like Face with the K and my nose all It ain't about the streets, 'bout the beast within That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with and I've become a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me some notches They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, wanna clip me leave me 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 be cashing 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 worth yo'
No, a cold, cold, cold world You be playing games with my life gotta 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 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, niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with mobs
you in the back and smile, watch you bleed for a while Hating on the agile, ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a note, Goliath cutting David's throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to
Now with success and become a target They set me up I guess, more equals more 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 make it, ooh, yeah 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, cold You can't be playing games with my gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This a game, this is my life
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm push back And you won't like that, guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, laid