This for the soldiers, strong my niggaz 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 around, in that million dollar spot
A educated brother didn't have no money for he was taught The street knowledge, part of the To keep us fightin' in the 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 make my dough My kill, rocked down, I started seein' cash flow
Everything happens for a reason, the season To commit the perfect Who brought me to the land, of man? To move about and trout, by the dozens
Even had my cousin locked down, at the feet A one-way seat, to Nigga this real, how can you another it's your brother? Still standing
I thought about, talked about what I did Just experimented life as a Gump Them days gone, school bells done rung no mo' hours at the house in my favorite chair
Slow mo', custom funk fingerprinted to a hucklebuck stuck with the art that my skin carries, scary If I ever had to plot again, needin' my Yeah, gidgets to pidgits, moves to Philly and the
Nothin' else to prove, a plot like chrome Salt teddy bears in the college student's room Speed, got that too Watch that dude, inspect that fool, standing
Unscathed, this is pain for soldiers to feel MC's, are running out of to say Radio are running out of songs to play
standing, unscathed, 'cause of pain This for soldiers to MC's, are out of things to say stations are running out of songs to play
On the sick side, of South Avenue, block 600 Workers have and car details The ese's got the Chevrolet's for sale
Twenty G's or better, the whole neighborhood up On the fortress walls, there is no letters Buddha say, the Bloods are outnumbered besieged, on the beats, Goodie MoB, run the creeps
Y'all can have the streets, asphalt caught many Slippin' on wet floors, we out the signs 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 room on the porch Poundin', cartoon Ennis, old school efforts Through the Sunday down, sparkin'
out, off the ink, for life Goin through time and detectors I take my weapon And I be no dope dealer
'Cause they be done put a hit out on a nigga, plus I can't up With them keys, locked in the drivers havin' out-of-body experiences Wakin up, somewhere else, standing
Yeah, each and element that exists in this Universe is manifested from a thought 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
most loved invention, my consciousness is an extension Of Him, yet I'm flesh and with a mind of my own To dig than the surface, whether I learn From your upcomings or your downfalls we all have individual
It's amazing, how the streets do the of raising Of children who end up dead before hearing you said And sad, so all I can write about is what I had Interpretations of life good and bad a pen and pad
It seems like abortion, when I just write a small It's either up or torn without lettin the thought be born Young minded, and blinded in those days, I want to Have a thought that I couldn't raise, nurture, and for
Be there for, prepare for, the times ahead When doesn't agree with what is said, huh And if they did, don't get all 'cause that's my kid Just be thankful it's good and somebody overstood
Now, the listener in here want the same but I gotta let it grow Clever enough to let it go, if I don't rap no mo' And I'll make that no one ever forgets It's immortalized forever, on wax CD's and
And when someone to the store and purchases it for ten The life cycle starts all again And I was this 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 still standing, And pain is for to feel, huh And MC's out of things to say