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See, I was raised out on mean streets I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and meet I'm everyday to find a better way, I've got a Hustle to get my pay before I hit bottom
Now some might say that I'm there but who are They to judge or question what I do? Son, so I care Tired of cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the seat
So a life of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the before the flatline Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, they gonna me through
Now success, I become a target, they wanna set me up I guess, more equals more problems They wanna get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me in ditches
And I can't take it but I'm make it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it Yeah, ohh, fight to stay
I was out on these mean streets You know where poverty and meet Brothers get and life's for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her arms to me
That it's a world, I done held heat And held down, lotta bodies and shells found And niggas taking everything, that ain't nailed down 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 this
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get figures Unlike these little corner store Go change your drawers,
Now success and I've become a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me down notches They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches wanna diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't take it, no, no but I'm gonna it. (This ain't no game, my life ain't nothing to 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 survive, yo, yo, aiyo N.Y. City, gritty blocks, love, plenty cops Few rise, many drop, True Lies, semis Fish scale, already rocked, shots, that we drop New guys on every block, blue eyes and red
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, more So hungry, won't starve 'em, work hard and so I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need some more, another store, another house, An X amount of G, the reason 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 That give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with and I've become a target They wanna set me up, me hostage Or take me some notches 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 it (Yeah) No, no, but I'm make it (Yeah, yeah, the beat up a little 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 '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, a cold, cold, cold world You be playing games with my life I've gotta fight to survive, to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, sparking fire, the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em it's like
Aiyo, money making, flaking, Cash Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, head is aching, bank stop, shaking 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 bleed for a Hating on the agile, steal ya name and ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting David's Grab yo' vest, boat and leave you out at sea to float
Now with success and become a target wanna set me up I guess, more equals more problems They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, want clip me, leave me stiff in
And I can't 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 on my gun, they got a brother on the run
Yeah, it's a cold, cold, world You can't be playing games with my I've gotta fight to survive, to stay alive This ain't a game, is my life
pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you like that, it's guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, laid