This for the soldiers, Stay strong my Gangsters, Stay up my niggaz, niggaz
Leavin' the cut in a up my Mac, goin' to my crib, to get my 12 gauze One of my just got shot, huh Fuckin' around, in that dollar spot
A educated didn't have no money for college he was taught The knowledge, part of the plan To keep us in the street Instead of a strong black man
Every two I see Sam Pitchin' out my check with no respect but I still don't give a Because I make my dough My kill, rocked down, 'til I started seein' flow
Everything for a reason, choose the season To commit the treason Who me to the land, of unfree man? To about and catch trout, by the dozens
Even had my cousin down, at the feet shackled A one-way seat, to this real, how can you kill another When your brother? Still standing
I never thought about, talked what I did Just experimented life as a young Them days long gone, bells done rung no mo' Spendin' hours at the house in my favorite
Slow mo', custom funk to carry a hucklebuck Feelin' stuck with the art that my carries, scary If I ever had to again, needin' my stick Yeah, to pidgits, moves to Philly and the crew?
Nothin' else to prove, a plot like chrome Salt lick teddy bears in the college room Speed, Gipp got too Watch that dude, inspect that fool, standing
Unscathed, cause is pain for soldiers to feel MC's, are out of things to say Radio stations are out of songs to play
Still standing, unscathed, 'cause of This for to feel MC's, are out of things to say Radio stations are running out of songs to
On the sick side, of South 33rd Avenue, 600 Workers have wash and car The got the fresh Chevrolet's for sale
Twenty G's or better, the whole tanked up What? On the walls, there is no letters Buddha say, the Bloods are outnumbered besieged, on the beats, Goodie MoB, run the creeps
Y'all can the streets, asphalt caught many suckers Slippin' on wet floors, we puttin' out the On krokers, C I T Y, a pity Bein' suckled dry, like a
On his momma's before I retired I hit twenty True to cellulite big room pesquite on the porch Poundin', like cartoon Ennis, old efforts Through the down, Crenshaw sparkin'
out, off the ink, for life Goin through and metal detectors I can't my weapon And I be no dope dealer
'Cause they be done put a hit out on a nigga, I can't keep up With them keys, locked in the Backseat drivers havin' out-of-body up, somewhere else, still standing
Yeah, each and every that exists in this Universe is manifested from a thought Through the mind's eye of the unseen power in the sky Gave to Mother Earth and all it's worth to you and I
This loved invention, my consciousness is an extension Of Him, yet I'm flesh and with a mind of my own To dig deeper than the surface, whether I From your upcomings or your downfalls we all have individual
It's amazing, how the do the majority of raising Of children who end up dead before what you said And it's sad, so all I can write is what I had Interpretations of life and bad with 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 didn't to a thought that I couldn't raise, nurture, and care for
Be there for, prepare for, the times ahead When someone doesn't agree with is said, huh And if did, don't get all arrogant 'cause that's my kid Just be thankful that it's and somebody overstood
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 I'll make sure that no one ever It's forever, on wax CD's and cassettes
And when goes to the store and purchases it for ten The life cycle starts all again 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 are running out of things to say, and radio stations running out of to play, shit!
We still standing, And pain is for to feel, huh And running out of things to say