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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, poverty and hell meet I'm searching everyday to find a 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 of eating cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of watching all the playas from the same
So it's a of crime, some might sing or rhyme To escape the 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 equals more wanna get me, wanna hit me, strip me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, leave me deep in
And I can't it but I'm gonna make it Yeah, oh, I'm make it Yeah, ohh, fight to stay
I was raised out on mean streets You know where poverty and meet get jail and life's for sale, cheap Since momma held me in her to tell me
That it's a world, I done held heat And held myself down, lotta bodies and found And niggas into 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 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 more these little corner store niggas Go your drawers, niggas
Now with success and I've a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or take me down some They wanna hit me, stick me, get me for my riches They wanna diss me, 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 make it, ooh
Yeah, I'm survive, yo, yo, aiyo 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 every block, blue eyes and red
Pregnant mothers, broke fathers, more money, more So hungry, won't starve 'em, hard and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got of weed I need some more, another store, another house, An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And strip you naked, basic, trying to it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and me spaz like Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't the streets, it's 'bout the beast within That won't in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now with success and I've become a wanna set me up, take 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 gonna it (Yeah, yeah, turn the beat up a 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 'Zilla flash the a savage life 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 gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, fire, light the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight Major business, the digits, tried to strike me for my life Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA 'em what it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Rules, fuck the bacon Earthquaking, is aching, bank stop, dice shaking Times are hard, sew a job, scheming niggaz rob Use a hoe to slob ya knob, hit you with unruly
Stab you in the back and smile, watch you for a while Hating on the agile, steal ya name and bite ya you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting David's throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and you out at sea to float
Now with success and I've become a They set me up I guess, money equals more problems They hit me, wanna stick 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 gonna it Yeah, oh, I'm gonna it, ooh, yeah It's a cold, cold, cold 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 with my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay This a game, this is my life
pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you won't like that, it's guaranteed you like that When ya laid down, laid