Dear As we down here, struggle for as as we know In of a paradise to touch (my ni**a Johnny J) Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the only to go The place for us I know, try to make the best of bad to be my life's story Ain't no in pain, a soldier's story in vain And can't nobody live life for me It's a ride y'all, a long hard
Somebody break me I'm dreamin, I as a seed the semen Swimmin upstream, planted in the while screamin on the top, was my pops, my momma stop From a single drop, this is they got Not to disrespect my peoples but my was a loser Only plan he had for momma was to f**k her and her Even as a little seed, I see his plan for me Stranded on welfare, another broken Now was I to be, a product of this heated pa*sion Momma got pregnant, and poppa got a of a*s Look how it began, nobody a f**k about me Pistol in my hand, this world can do without me How can I Got me askin white Jesus will a ni**a live or die, the Lord can't see us in the deep dark of the projects, ain't no sunshine No days and we only play sometimes everybody's sleepin I open my window to the streets and get to creepin I can live or die, hope I get some money I'm gone I'm 19, I'm tryin to hustle on my own on the spot everybody and they pops tryin to slang rocks I'd rather go to college, but this is where the stops get it wrong cause it's always on, from dusk to dawn You can buy glocks or a herringbone You can ask my man Reed Keep my nine heated all the this is how we grind Meet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, the weed ni**a Hennessey'll keep me keyed ni**a Everywhere I go holla at me, "Keep it real G" And my reply til kill me Act up if you feel me, I was not to make it but I did The of a ghetto kid, still I rise
Still I (still I) I (I rise) give me to the sky (the sky) And if (and if) I die (I die) I want you to cry
Fatal] I stay sharp as Runnin ya bricks blitz, through ya project hallways Dumpin like two's, ni**a all day Secrets of war me for the worst A that's lavish full of cabbage or a life that's in a hearse But now my dreams it seeems though, be triple beams and things bro Diamond pinkie got the loot poppin out my jeans
Now I plan to my glock cocked If trouble was searchin for me then why Show em what I'm of plus raised on, on my block Chancellor Ave, where turn to the street, thugs snatchin bags We out for power, makin cash it fast it'll make me mad I'm like, pimpin My on the corner with his gat tucked, in Youngest they buckin the life he leads the life he need, don't we all know He tryin to rise up and we just go doe, he rise
Dreams of lost I hit the strip broke where the fiends get and I rise now I float cowards ghost Whenever we come around, I'm runnin clutchin a pound, live as sirens, duckin the I to hustle with my moms til the sun came My homey Harm doin time from drug game Stolen cars, war scars, a Outlaw Behind bars, go to sleep just to see the is ours, though we trapped on a firm block Crackheads only ten to duck cops
In ninety-six my glock's my plastic, pa*sion for bastards No faces for open caskets, ya cap backwards Ya ain't prepared for pistol practice I send my missiles through mattress Leavin holes in your like a cactus While me and my be boppin more greens than topic and loot to the seams in my motherf**kin jeans poppin Leavin ya to pick up Half of you is softer than a Snicker go to war and see who draw quicker and still I rise, and I rise...
Still I (still I) I (I rise) Please me to the sky (the sky) And if (and if) I die (I die) I don't you to cry
I (still I) I rise (I rise) Please me to the sky (the sky) And if (and if) I die (I die) I want you to cry
[some kid] Y'all ni**az All day So now I got roller blades, you knew Your mouth is C'mon pops, go..