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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and hell 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 what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas the same seat
So a life of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the before the flatline to make, what am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, gonna pull me through
Now with success, I a target, they wanna set me up I guess, money equals more problems wanna get me, wanna 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 make it Yeah, ohh, fight to alive
I was out on these mean streets You know poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her to tell me
That it's a world, I done held heat And myself down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas into taking everything, ain't nailed 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 this hustle
Go and get the cops I use my to get more figures Unlike these little corner niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now success and I've become a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down notches They wanna hit me, 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 make it. (This no game, my life ain't nothing to play with) Yeah, I'm make it, ooh (Face it, is power and I'm a make it) I'm gonna 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, heavy shots, we drop New on every block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, 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, to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and me spaz 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 success and I've become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or take me down some They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna diss me, clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm make it (Yeah, yeah, the beat up a little 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 be cashing checks Killa, Cap be snapping necks, Street and flash the tech Sacrifice a savage life if he to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, tell me, is it yo' life?
No, a cold, cold, cold world You can't be playing with my life I've 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 Major business, the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, dice Times are hard, sew a job, scheming wanna rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with unruly
Stab you in the and smile, watch you bleed for a while on the agile, steal 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 and I've become a target They set me up I guess, more equals more problems They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want clip me, me stiff in ditches
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna 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, world You can't be playing games my life I've gotta fight to survive, to stay alive This ain't a game, is my life
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm push back And you won't like that, it's guaranteed you won't like When ya laid down, flat