Dear As we down here, struggle for as long as we In search of a paradise to touch (my ni**a J) are dreams, and reality seems to be the only place to go The only for us I know, try to make the of bad situations to be my life's story Ain't no in pain, a soldier's story in vain And nobody live this life for me It's a ride y'all, a hard ride
Somebody break me I'm dreamin, I started as a seed the Swimmin upstream, planted in the while screamin on the top, was my pops, my momma stop a single drop, this is what they got Not to disrespect my but my poppa was a loser Only plan he had for momma was to her and abuse her Even as a seed, I could see his plan for me on welfare, another broken family Now what was I to be, a product of this pa*sion Momma got pregnant, and got a piece of a*s Look how it began, nobody gave a about me in my hand, this cruel world can do without me How can I survive? Got me white Jesus will a ni**a live or die, cause the Lord 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 jump to the streets and get to I can live or die, hope I get some 'fore I'm gone I'm only 19, I'm tryin to on my own on the spot where everybody and they pops tryin to rocks I'd rather go to college, but this is where the game Don't get it wrong cause always on, from dusk to dawn You can buy rocks glocks or a You can ask my man Reed Keep my nine heated all the time this is how we Meet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, the weed ni**a That Hennessey'll keep me keyed Everywhere I go ni**az at me, "Keep it real G" And my reply til they me Act up if you feel me, I was born not to it but I did The tribulations of a ghetto kid, 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
[Hussein I stay as always Runnin ya bricks blitz, through ya project hallways Dumpin crews two's, ni**a all day Secrets of war prepare me for the A life that's full of cabbage or a life that's in a hearse But now my dreams it seeems though, be placin triple beams and bro Diamond pinkie ring got the poppin out my jeans
Now I plan to keep my cocked If trouble was searchin for me why not? Show em what I'm made of plus raised on, on my Chancellor Ave, where many turn to the street, snatchin bags We out for power, makin cash it wasn't fast it'll me mad I'm just like, My on the corner with his gat tucked, in they buckin somethin the life he leads the life he don't need, don't we all He tryin to rise up and we just go doe, he rise
Dreams of hope I hit the strip where the fiends get coke and I rise now I float cowards ghost Whenever we come around, I'm down a pound, live as sirens, duckin the sound I used to hustle with my til the sun came My homey doin time from this drug game Stolen cars, war scars, born a Behind bars, go to sleep to see the stars is ours, though we trapped on a firm block Crackheads only ten learn to cops
In ninety-six my glock's my plastic, pa*sion for bastards No for open caskets, peelin ya cap backwards Ya cowards ain't for pistol practice I my missiles through your mattress Leavin holes in your body like a While me and my crew be boppin more greens topic and loot to keep the seams in my motherf**kin jeans ya spleen to pick up Half of you is softer than a Snicker Let's go to war and see who 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 want 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 fake All day So now I got roller blades, you knew Your mouth is pops, let's go..