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See, I was raised out on these mean I'm from the projects, right, where poverty and hell I'm searching everyday to find a way, I've got a Hustle still to get my pay before I hit
Now some might say that I'm already but who are They to judge or question what I do? Son, so I don't Tired of eating cheese 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 ghetto the flatline Choices to make, what am I do? Got to use my talents, they pull me through
Now with success, I become a target, they set me up I guess, more equals more problems They wanna get me, wanna hit me, me of my riches They wanna cut me up in pieces, me deep in ditches
And I can't it but I'm gonna 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 get jail and life's for sale, cheap Since momma me in her arms to tell me
That it's a cold world, I held heat And held myself down, lotta bodies and shells And niggas into taking everything, that ain't down We down, ain't hard to tell now
I ain't to see the cell now Or see put her house up for bail now So I'm a give all I got, to try and get that Nigga, I'm hot this hustle
Go 'head and get the I use my talent to get figures Unlike these little store niggas Go change your drawers,
Now with and I've become a target wanna set me up, take me hostage Or me down some notches They hit me, wanna stick me, get me for my riches They diss me, want a clip me, leave me stiff in ditches
And I can't it, no, no but I'm gonna make it. (This ain't no game, my ain't nothing to play 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 gon' survive, yo, yo, N.Y. City, gritty blocks, little love, cops Few rise, many drop, Lies, semis cocked Fish scale, already rocked, heavy shots, that we New guys on every block, eyes and red dots
mothers, broke fathers, more money, more problems So hungry, won't starve 'em, work and so pardon I got mouths to feed, I got pounds of I need some more, store, another house, indeed An X amount of G, the reason pounds'll
And strip you naked, basic, to make it out the P's Don't ever doubt a G, and have me like Face with the K and my all powdery It ain't the streets, it's 'bout the beast within won't give in to 'lice, down to bleed, G
Now success and I've become a target They set me up, take me hostage Or take me down notches They 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 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 flash 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 games my life I've gotta fight to survive, fight to stay
Aiyo, metal pipes ignite, fire, light the darkness night Trying to stick me for my riches, now y'all bitches flight Major business, raise the digits, tried to strike me for my Slice and dice, men or mice, GZA tell 'em it's like
Aiyo, money making, people flaking, Cash Rules, 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, ya name and bite ya style Hold you for a ransom note, Goliath cutting throat Grab yo' vest, abandon boat and you out at sea to float
Now with and I've become a target wanna set me up I guess, money equals more problems wanna 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 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, world You be playing games with my life gotta fight to survive, fight to stay alive This ain't a game, is my life
pushing me to the edge, I'm gonna push back And you won't like that, guaranteed you won't like that When ya laid down, laid