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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 everyday to find a better way, got a Hustle still to get my pay I hit bottom
Now some might say I'm already there but who are They to judge or question what I do? Son, so I care Tired of eating cheese sandwiches no meat Tired of all the playas from the same seat
So it's a of crime, some might sing or rhyme To the ghetto before the flatline Choices to make, am I gonna do? Got to use my talents, gonna pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, wanna set me up I guess, more money more problems They get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, me deep in ditches
And I can't take it but I'm make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, fight to alive
I was raised out on these streets You know where and hell meet Brothers get jail and life's for sale, Since momma held me in her arms to me
That a cold world, I done held heat And held myself down, bodies and shells found And niggas taking everything, that ain't nailed down We down, ain't 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 that Nigga, I'm hot with hustle
Go and get the cops I use my to get more figures these little corner store niggas Go your drawers, niggas
Now with success and become a target They wanna set me up, take me Or me down some notches They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't nothing to with) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Face it, is power and I'm a make it) I'm make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we New guys on block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, money, more problems So hungry, won't 'em, work hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got of weed I need some more, another store, house, indeed An X amount of G, the pounds'll squeeze
And strip you naked, basic, trying to it out the P's ever doubt a G, and have me spaz like Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't about the streets, it's 'bout the beast That won't give in to 'lice, to bleed, G
Now with success and I've become a They set me up, take me hostage Or me down some notches They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna it (Yeah, yeah, turn the 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 Chef be checks Killa, Cap be snapping necks, Street and 'Zilla the tech Sacrifice a savage if he trying to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, tell me, is it worth yo'
No, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be playing with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, light the night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight Major business, raise the digits, tried to 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, shaking are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz 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, steal ya and bite ya style you for a ransom 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 wanna set me up I guess, more money equals more They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I take it, no, no but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna make it, ooh, It's a cold, cold, world I got my hand on my gun, they got a on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, cold You can't be playing games with my I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay 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 down, laid flat