This for the soldiers, strong my niggaz Gangsters, Stay up my niggaz, niggaz
the cut in a rage Loadin' up my Mac, to my crib, to get my 12 gauze One of my boys got shot, huh Fuckin' around, in that million dollar
A educated brother didn't have no money for college he was The street knowledge, part of the To keep us fightin' in the Instead of a strong black man
two weeks I see Sam Pitchin' out my check with no respect but I still don't a damn Because I gotta my dough My kill, down, 'til I started seein' cash flow
Everything for a reason, choose the season To the perfect treason Who brought me to the land, of unfree To move and catch trout, by the dozens
Even had my cousin down, at the feet shackled A one-way seat, to Nigga real, how can you kill another When it's brother? Still standing
I never thought about, talked what I did Just experimented life as a Gump Them days long gone, school bells 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 had to plot again, needin' my stick Yeah, gidgets to pidgits, moves to Philly and the
Nothin' else to prove, fold a plot chrome Salt teddy bears in the college student's room Speed, got that too Watch that dude, that fool, still standing
Unscathed, cause this is This for soldiers to MC's, are out of things to say Radio are running out of songs to play
Still standing, unscathed, of pain This for soldiers to MC's, are out of things to say Radio stations are running out of to play
On the sick side, of South 33rd Avenue, 600 have wash and car details The ese's got the Chevrolet's for sale
Twenty G's or better, the whole neighborhood up What? On the fortress walls, is no letters Buddha say, the are strictly outnumbered besieged, on the beats, Goodie MoB, run the creeps
Y'all can the streets, asphalt caught many suckers on wet floors, we puttin' out the signs On krokers, C I T Y, such a Bein' suckled dry, a newborn
On his momma's titty before I I hit twenty True to cellulite with big room pesquite on the Poundin', like cartoon Ennis, old efforts Through the Sunday down, sparkin'
Zoned out, off the ink, for through time 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, plus I can't up them keys, locked in the fo'-do' Backseat drivers out-of-body experiences Wakin up, somewhere else, standing
Yeah, each and every element that exists in Universe is from a thought first Through the inner eye of the unseen power in the sky Gave birth to Mother Earth and all worth to you and I
This most loved invention, my is an extension Of Him, yet I'm and bone with 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 who end up dead before hearing what you said And it's sad, so all I can about is what I had of life good and bad with a pen and pad
It seems like abortion, I just write a small portion It's either crumpled up or torn without lettin the thought be minded, and blinded in those days, I didn't want to Have a thought that I couldn't raise, nurture, and for
Be there for, help prepare for, the ahead When someone doesn't with what is said, huh And if did, don't get all arrogant 'cause that's my kid Just be thankful that it's good and somebody
Now, the listener in here the same flow but I gotta let it grow Clever to let it go, if I don't wanna rap no mo' And make sure that no one ever forgets immortalized forever, on wax CD's and cassettes
And when someone to the store and purchases it for ten The life cycle starts all over And I was granted music as my soul mate, to procreate And give back what I was given, a life livin'
And I, am still standing, Pain is for suckers to MC's are running out of to say, and radio stations out of songs to play, shit!
We standing, unscathed And pain is for to feel, huh And running out of things to say