Dear As we down here, struggle for as as we know In search of a paradise to (my ni**a Johnny J) Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the only to go The only for us I know, try to the best of bad situations Seems to be my life's Ain't no glory in pain, a soldier's story in And can't nobody live this for me a ride y'all, a long 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 screamin From a drop, this is what they got Not to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a Only he had for momma was to f**k her and abuse her Even as a seed, I could see his plan for me Stranded on welfare, broken family Now what was I to be, a product of heated pa*sion got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of a*s Look how it began, nobody gave a about me Pistol in my hand, cruel world can do without me How can I survive? Got me askin Jesus will a ni**a live or die, cause the Lord see us in the deep clouds of the projects, ain't no sunshine No sunny days and we only sometimes everybody's sleepin I open my window to the streets and get to creepin 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 slang I'd rather go to college, but is where the game stops Don't get it wrong cause it's always on, dusk to dawn You can buy rocks glocks or a You can ask my man Ishmael my nine heated all the time this is how we grind Meet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, pa*s the weed Hennessey'll keep me keyed ni**a Everywhere I go ni**az 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 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 don't you to cry
Fatal] I stay as always ya bricks with blitz, through 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 life in a hearse But now my dreams it seeems though, be placin triple and things bro Diamond ring got the loot poppin out my jeans
Now I plan to keep my cocked If trouble was searchin for me then why Show em I'm made 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 just like, My homey on the corner his gat tucked, in Youngest they buckin somethin the he leads the he don't need, don't we all know He tryin to up and we just go doe, still he rise
Dreams of lost I hit the strip broke where the fiends get and still I now I float cowards ghost Whenever we come around, I'm runnin clutchin a pound, live as sirens, the sound I used to hustle with my moms til the sun My homey Harm doin time from this game Stolen cars, war scars, a Outlaw bars, go to sleep just to see the stars Freedom is ours, though we trapped on a block Crackheads only ten learn to cops
In my glock's my plastic, pa*sion for blastin bastards No faces for open caskets, ya cap backwards Ya cowards ain't prepared for pistol I send my missiles through your holes in your body like a cactus While me and my be boppin more greens than topic and loot to keep the seams in my jeans poppin Leavin ya spleen to up Half of you ni**az is softer 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) give me to the sky (the sky) And if (and if) I die (I die) I want you to cry
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
[some kid] Y'all ni**az All day So now I got blades, bi**h you knew Your is rich C'mon pops, go..