This for the soldiers, Stay strong my Gangsters, up my niggaz, real niggaz
Leavin' the cut in a Loadin' up my Mac, to my crib, to get my 12 gauze One of my just got shot, huh Fuckin' around, in million dollar spot
A educated brother didn't have no for college he was taught The knowledge, part of the plan To us fightin' in the street of becomin' a strong black man
Every two I see Sam Pitchin' out my check with no respect but I still give a damn Because I gotta my dough My kill, rocked down, 'til I started seein' flow
Everything happens for a reason, choose the To the perfect treason Who me to the land, of unfree man? To move about and trout, by the dozens
Even had my cousin locked down, at the shackled A seat, to Milledgeville Nigga this real, how can you another When it's brother? Still standing
I never about, talked about what I did experimented life as a young Gump Them days long gone, bells done rung no mo' Spendin' hours at the house in my chair
Slow mo', custom funk fingerprinted to carry a Feelin' stuck with the art my skin carries, scary If I ever had to plot again, needin' my Yeah, to pidgits, moves to Philly and the crew?
else to prove, fold a plot like chrome Salt teddy bears in the college student's room Speed, got that too that dude, inspect that fool, still standing
Unscathed, cause is pain This for soldiers to MC's, are out of things to say Radio stations are out of songs to play
Still standing, unscathed, of pain for soldiers to feel MC's, are out of things to say Radio are running out of songs to play
On the sick side, of South 33rd Avenue, 600 Workers have wash and car The ese's got the fresh Chevrolet's for
Twenty G's or better, the neighborhood tanked up What? On the fortress walls, there is no Buddha say, the Bloods are strictly They besieged, on the beats, MoB, run the creeps
Y'all can have the streets, asphalt many suckers Slippin' on wet floors, we puttin' out the On krokers, C I T Y, such a Bein' dry, like a newborn
On his momma's before I retired I hit twenty True to cellulite with big pesquite on the porch Poundin', like cartoon Ennis, old school the Sunday down, Crenshaw sparkin'
Zoned out, off the ink, for Goin through and metal detectors I take my weapon And I can't be no dealer
'Cause they be done put a hit out on a nigga, I can't keep up With them keys, in the fo'-do' Backseat drivers havin' experiences Wakin up, somewhere else, still
Yeah, each and every element exists in this is manifested from a thought first Through the mind's eye of the unseen power in the sky Gave birth to Mother Earth and all it's to you and I
This most loved invention, my is an extension Of Him, yet I'm flesh and bone a mind of my own To dig deeper the surface, whether I learn From your or your downfalls we all have individual purpose
It's amazing, how the do the majority of raising Of children who end up dead before hearing you said And it's sad, so all I can about is what I had Interpretations of life and bad with a pen and pad
It seems abortion, when I just write a small portion It's either crumpled up or without lettin the thought be born minded, and blinded in those days, I didn't want to Have a thought that I raise, nurture, and care for
Be there for, help for, the times ahead When someone doesn't agree with is said, huh And if they did, get all arrogant 'cause that's my kid Just be thankful that it's and somebody overstood
Now, the listener in want the same flow but I gotta let it grow enough to let it go, if I don't wanna rap no mo' And I'll make sure that no one forgets It's immortalized forever, on wax and cassettes
And when someone goes to the and purchases it for ten The life cycle all over again And I was granted music as my soul mate, to procreate And give back what I was given, a life worth
And I, am still standing, Pain is for suckers to are running out of things to say, and radio stations running out of to play, shit!
We standing, unscathed And is for suckers to feel, huh And running out of things to say