[Joey as My names Derrick, I'm from Queens right there on Raised of honesty, loyalty, merits lil sister and my pops just perished And I just home so my freedom I really cherish when they bagged me, seven in the can is torcher And I did that for manslaughter Odds was against me, murder in the second Made it less cuz I gave 'em a the past, now a dude home tryna clean up his past When all niggaz kno me for is the And my minds always thinking how to pocket some They know if something ever sparked it'll it and blast Now I'm tryna live and get my act together But my moms struggling, she putting scraps Long time ago, when I wasn't she was cleaning my room Cried when she found a gat in the no child of hers woulda had dat, never!!! But with all the dirt I was I felt like I hadda her, I hadda protect us of me sellin crack forever She be ina shop right, getting bags together Passing endeavors, wont allow me to get me to get work On apps they ask if you ever been to jail, like if I say yes you'll me NIGGA LIE TO ME!!! I gotta lil that's nine moms is chillin, wit some new dude I think she feeling But he don't help with the bills and I'm back on the So we go broke, I'm back to this hammer that I hafta tote Stash ya kno, I'm killin em, only on the Ave. with coke man in the house, I gotta bring in cash And those two chicks a month that mom get last Lil Sally young she developing fast Oh, you thinking the thing, it's a hell of a task Then it clicked me, plain close, came to get me But knew I had mine on threaten to hit me And I moved swiftly, said they had a knew about it all they said they had an informant I'm back in this caged up With the in jail, now I'm back in this eight by twelve See I tried to live But society ain't made for niggaz to right Mommy just Mommy make sure keep her shit tight And be home real soon, don't cry, it's iight
I know it might seem like all good But this is what like in the hood I rep my set you should But this is what like in the hood
[Joey as My names Sally, and I'm from I'm not happy Dad away, moms remarried I big bro, but he's in jail said for some things that he used to sell And I'm with step-dad, his names Beau And some things about him that my mom don't kno And he says if I that it won't be pretty And I'm scared of em, he's already hit me He touches me places I like it And I talking bout a hug or goodbye kiss I mean touch me places private And he don't just he put summin inside it He says the he does that, I'll start to like it over my mouth so I'm quiet Moms wit 'em cuz our money is low I'm but I'm shaped like a twenty year old And my moms in love so she makes But she looks at me and sees scrapes and Why step daddy gotta take me thru Help, somebody, I'm getting I cant do this understands I'm weary Get goosebumps a man come near me how it feel to have a man use you for a cushion All the while and pushin You try to him, he's getting bothered You and you scream but he starts going harder Trust me, it's summin you wanna be apart of Cuz even when it's over, your life, scare ya Visit my bro, he can I'm sad Staring hard at my stomach he can I'm fat He can I'm mad But step daddy touched me, fucked me, you think I can tell him that? Beau called the on him, could I tell him that? Yep, thought you'd so I keep it all to me Baby on the way, and I'm not And I kno it's his cause I used to be a Derrick he'll handle it, wipe my tears He don't know, this is what it's like for And it on def ears Damn mommy please come home, please mommy leave us alone Some secrets are to keep Some make it hard to sleep And is the only time I feel safe Still the act haunts me, and I kno I'ma up with step daddy on me
[Joey as My names Beau, gotta named Pam that I live with But she's always in church, religious I hadda son he was young he was Til a nigga killed him a week before shots close range with a handgun I knew before I met Pam it was Pam's son I knew when I pulled the Mill out And on a manhunt just to kill they father and my boy hadda mutual friend That put me on doing I gotta do for revenge Derricks home now, and he's gonna get it And I kno he'll be lookin for me with a Not hard to find, got them in handy, and I'm in his house sex with him family I got his mom on the bed and the And I'm his sister molesting her candy Now he kno it all His friend told em, and you can't hide nothing ina hood so small But then it Sunday, Beau ain't hafta work Just humped on Sally, in church Derrick bust in, Beau just White shit on his nose, Sally her clothes Screams, "Get ready for your Beau" And he reach to his hip and let a few of 'em go he's packin but Sally starts gaspin Holdin her stomach, I guess she started having Beau grabbed his, now both got heat Just gunnin, ignoring the seed that's coming Now Sally's in the crossfire, out stop Holes in the wall, now the scenes hott Next 30 seconds on the is the cops Yellow tape up, now the scenes blocked Barricades up, yep, you kno y'all Ambulance there, streets full of patrol Cops on the mega phone, "come now" But it all calmed down comes out, hands showing, carrying his arms Derrick comes down, little Sally in his Yep, nuttin to say, she was hit by a Nope! Shots ric-o-shade, cops take him away And now niggaz miss em But it wasn't the guns killed Sally, nah it was the dumb niggaz wit em When we gonna to treat our people sacred Theres some of way kid, we're all related When we grow and get rid of the hatred Cuz this shit happens on a regular basis, this shit happens on a basis This type of shit happens everyday