I it like it is, then how it could be
or hell boy, freedom or jail boy A Jansport bag full of shit I sell for The higher, the low boy, just me and my The police kill us so we made up our own Been fighting this long war, there's in this shores sand young but a grown man, could tell by my stash Been stackin' money and problems as I for the rapture Death never been no threat, I be chillin', Everybody
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the things done I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, like her only son I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one everything I need, with everything I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done
When I was in seventh my grandfather told me don't get caught Lovin' the streets cause they never love you back But I feel like it's all we got so it's all we do love At the end of the day I like the problem is the people that control It don't really come from here, so they can't do nothing but down on us We at them, we see somebody that could help but they look at us and all see is a nigga It don't really anyway, we all gon' die one day man, one day
Do doves cry when the man dies, or do we croak with crows The young catch gun shots, the old catch the ghost Ho I not, I never seen no pot of gold Just ball and six fours with no switches Was broke no bitches, she love me though You'll kill me if it you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the is, the brain that stained the love below And life is what you it so I'm makin' money for my folks
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To it up to heaven, despite the things I've done I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, feel her only son I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one With everything I need, with I want I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done
When most look at a person who does what I Do they look at us with these notions as if a set way for us all to be, but we all people at the end Of the day so I why we don't treat each other like it You're looking at a person telling them that they don't Matter when they're no better me, walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody 'Cause all we got is these man and y'all ain't never had to not have nothing And the last thing you want from anybody Is to not really nothing
I been through hell and back, I seen my cry Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to a sack I done seen my homies die then on rides to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you never had to get that? We live for amusement like they view us from behind the glass No matter what we grow into, we never gonna our past So in this cage made for me, exactly where you find me at Whether it's my time to leave or not, I never turn my
I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To make it up to heaven, despite the I've done I be, I gotta be, I gotta be the one To make my momma proud, feel her only son I gotta be, I gotta be, I be the one With everything I need, with everything I I gotta be, I be, I gotta be the one To do it like has ever done