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See, I was raised out on mean streets I'm from the projects, right, where and hell meet I'm searching to find a better way, I've got a Hustle to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now might say that I'm already there but who are They to judge or what I do? Son, so I don't care Tired of eating cheese with no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the same
So it's a life of crime, some might sing or To escape the ghetto the flatline Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, they gonna pull me
Now success, I become a target, they wanna set me up I guess, more equals more problems They get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in ditches
And I can't take it but I'm make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, to stay alive
I was out on these mean streets You know poverty and hell meet Brothers get jail and for sale, cheap Since held me in her arms to tell me
it's a cold world, I done held heat And held myself down, lotta bodies and shells And niggas taking everything, that ain't nailed down We fell down, ain't hard to now
I ain't to see the cell now Or see momma put her up for bail now So I'm a all I got, to try and get that gwop Nigga, I'm hot with hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get more these little corner store niggas Go change drawers, niggas
Now with and I've become a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me down some They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me in ditches
And I can't it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't nothing to with) Yeah, I'm make 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, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, Lies, semis cocked scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we drop New guys on block, blue eyes and red dots
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got of weed I some more, another store, another house, indeed An X amount of G, the reason squeeze
And you naked, basic, trying to make 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 within That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and I've become a They wanna set me up, take me Or take me some notches They wanna hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my They wanna me, wanna clip me leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm gonna 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 be cashing checks Killa, Cap be snapping necks, Street and 'Zilla the tech Sacrifice a life if he trying to bag my ice Tag a price on merchandise, tell me, is it yo' life?
No, it's a cold, cold, cold You can't be playing with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to alive
Aiyo, metal ignite, sparking fire, light the darkness night to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches taking flight Major business, raise the digits, to strike me for my life and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, dice are hard, sew a job, scheming 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 ransom note, cutting David's throat yo' vest, abandon boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now success and I've become a target They set me up I guess, money equals more problems They wanna hit me, wanna me, get me for my riches They diss me, want 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, It's a 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 playing games my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, this is my
Keep pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna back And you like that, it's guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, flat