Dear As we down here, struggle for as long as we In search of a paradise to (my ni**a Johnny J) Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the place to go The only for us I know, try to make the best of bad Seems to be my life's Ain't no in pain, a soldier's story in vain And can't nobody live this 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, in the womb while screamin on the top, was my pops, my momma stop From a single drop, this is what got Not to disrespect my but my poppa was a loser Only plan he had for momma was to f**k her and her Even as a seed, I could see his plan for me Stranded on welfare, another family Now was I to be, a product of this heated pa*sion got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of a*s Look how it began, gave a f**k about me Pistol in my hand, this cruel can do without me How can I Got me askin white Jesus will a ni**a live or die, cause the Lord see us in the deep dark clouds of the projects, no sunshine No days and we only play sometimes everybody's sleepin I open my jump to the streets and get to creepin I can live or die, hope I get money 'fore I'm gone I'm 19, I'm tryin to hustle on my own on the spot where everybody and pops tryin to slang rocks I'd rather go to college, but this is the game stops get it wrong cause it's always on, from dusk to dawn You can buy rocks or a herringbone You can ask my man Ishmael Keep my nine heated all the time this is how we Meet up at the then get smoked out, pa*s the weed ni**a That Hennessey'll keep me ni**a I go ni**az holla at me, "Keep it real G" And my reply til they me Act up if you me, I was born not to make 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 don't you to cry
[Hussein I sharp as always Runnin ya bricks with blitz, ya project hallways Dumpin crews two's, ni**a all day Secrets of war prepare me for the A life that's lavish full of cabbage or a that's in a hearse But now my dreams it seeems though, be placin beams and things bro Diamond ring got the loot poppin out my jeans
Now I plan to my glock cocked If trouble was searchin for me why not? Show em what I'm of plus raised on, on my block Chancellor Ave, where many to the street, thugs snatchin bags We out for power, makin cash it wasn't fast make me mad I'm like, pimpin My homey on the with his gat tucked, in Youngest they buckin the life he leads the life he don't need, we all know He tryin to rise up and we just go doe, he rise
Dreams of hope I hit the broke 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 moms til the sun My homey doin time from this drug game cars, war scars, born a Outlaw Behind bars, go to sleep to see the stars Freedom is ours, though we trapped on a block Crackheads only ten to duck cops
In my glock's my plastic, pa*sion for blastin bastards No faces for open caskets, peelin ya cap Ya cowards ain't prepared for practice I my missiles through your mattress Leavin holes in body like a cactus While me and my crew be boppin more than topic and loot to the seams in my motherf**kin jeans poppin Leavin ya to pick up Half of you ni**az is softer than a Let's go to war and see who draw and I rise, and 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
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
little kid] Y'all fake All day So now I got roller blades, Thought you mouth is rich C'mon pops, go..