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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm searching everyday to find a way, I've got a still to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some might say I'm already there but who are They to or question what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating cheese with no meat Tired of all the playas from the same seat
So it's a 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, they gonna pull me
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more money equals more They wanna get me, hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me 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 out on these mean streets You know where poverty and meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since momma me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I done heat And held myself down, lotta bodies and shells And niggas into taking everything, ain't nailed down We fell down, ain't hard to 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 this
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get figures Unlike these corner store niggas Go change your drawers,
Now with and I've become a target They wanna set me up, me hostage Or take me down some wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm make it. (This ain't no game, my life nothing to play with) Yeah, I'm gonna it, ooh (Face it, is power and I'm a make it) I'm gonna it, ooh
Yeah, I'm survive, yo, yo, aiyo N.Y. City, blocks, little love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, semis Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, we drop New on every block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, more So hungry, won't starve 'em, work and so pardon I got to feed, I got pounds of weed I need more, another store, another house, indeed An X amount of G, the pounds'll squeeze
And you naked, basic, trying to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me spaz with the K and my nose all powdery It ain't about the streets, it's the beast within won't give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and I've a target They wanna set me up, 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 in ditches
And I can't it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm make it (Yeah, yeah, turn the beat up a little here) Yeah, I'm gonna 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 flash the Sacrifice a life if he trying to bag my ice Tag a on merchandise, tell me, is it worth yo' life?
No, it's a cold, cold, world You be playing games with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, dice Times are hard, sew a job, niggaz wanna rob Use a hoe to ya knob, hit you with unruly mobs
Stab you in the back and smile, watch you for a while Hating on the agile, steal ya and bite ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting David's Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to
Now with and I've become a target wanna set me up I guess, money equals more problems 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, no, no but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna make it, ooh, It's a cold, cold, cold 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 my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, this is my
pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you won't like that, it's guaranteed you won't that When ya laid down, laid