I remember Jay Rich we grew up together Spitting game at little dames trying to **** whatever Ten years old, already with a lust for cheddar He was smart though for real the young buck was clever A few years went by, we still stuck together Plotting armed robberies to get bucks for leathers Played with guns, it was fun to clutch Berettas But up in school my dude still had his stuff together On the court he would score I would scream on the refs He used to study on the low, I would cheat on the test When he started selling crack said it was easy to chef Then I heard he caught a body, stabbed a fiend in the steps I needed a breath, his dream was to grow up to be rich Be an astronaut with a house and the V6 But he switched, the streets turned to man to a goon I always thought he’d be the first black man on the moon, damn I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry Guess that they’re broken These lies mask and disguise My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken Yeah the sidewalks are lined with trapdoors The city maze is impossible to escape All the ****ty days that remind us of environments so mindless And violence is followed by foot chases and sirens Leap frog with police dogs, dirty piece tossed Palms greased cause these pigs gotta eat more Phil had the ill took connect down in? Every other week it’s up and down like a seesaw Cold blooded beast, dude even fed his niece raw Used to be a good girl turned to a cheap whore Nowadays everybody’s caught up in that street law They found that *****’s body blue down by the seashore I ain’t write **** to glorify it or exaggerate I ain’t write these lyrics to be shocking or to agitate Every other week it seems I see another tragic wake Inside this broken world full of kids who never had a break I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry Guess that they’re broken These lies mask and disguise My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken This life is real, got friends doing life in jail And we all trying to eat so we fight for meals Never been the type to squeal, I stand on my own two Funny how when you’re broke your people disown you The actuality of this life is stabbing me with a knife You see the flames when the heaters ignite Fiends with a pipe, hustlers moving greed in the night The demon’s in sight, the devil still scheming is trife And all I see is this beast that keeps eating its young Deceit and lies from the serpent that’s the media’s tongue On the surface it would seem easy for me to become Drunk on hard liquor, chewing pills, I need to be numb Not to sound stupid really, I don’t mean to be dumb But all it takes where I’m from is a scheme and a gun And a whip and a ***** and some coke and a drink And some ***** and a crew, **** I’m broke and I think I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry Guess that they’re broken These lies mask and disguise My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken
[00:20.30]I remember Jay Rich we grew up together [00:22.51]Spitting game at little dames trying to **** whatever [00:25.13]Ten years old, already with a lust for cheddar [00:27.58]He was smart though for real the young buck was clever [00:30.17]A few years went by, we still stuck together [00:32.42]Plotting armed robberies to get bucks for leathers [00:34.86]Played with guns, it was fun to clutch Berettas [00:37.67]But up in school my dude still had his stuff together [00:40.11]On the court he would score I would scream on the refs [00:42.92]He used to study on the low, I would cheat on the test [00:45.36]When he started selling crack said it was easy to chef [00:47.74]Then I heard he caught a body, stabbed a fiend in the steps [00:50.42]I needed a breath, his dream was to grow up to be rich [00:53.05]Be an astronaut with a house and the V6 [00:55.42]But he switched, the streets turned to man to a goon [00:57.92]I always thought he’d be the first black man on the moon, damn [01:00.92]I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry [01:07.08]Guess that they’re broken [01:10.50]These lies mask and disguise [01:14.31]My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken [01:19.78]Yeah the sidewalks are lined with trapdoors [01:22.23]The city maze is impossible to escape [01:24.95]All the ****ty days that remind us of environments so mindless [01:28.39]And violence is followed by foot chases and sirens [01:30.86]Leap frog with police dogs, dirty piece tossed [01:33.72]Palms greased cause these pigs gotta eat more [01:36.10]Phil had the ill took connect down in? [01:38.35]Every other week it’s up and down like a seesaw [01:41.10]Cold blooded beast, dude even fed his niece raw [01:43.47]Used to be a good girl turned to a cheap whore [01:46.22]Nowadays everybody’s caught up in that street law [01:48.85]They found that *****’s body blue down by the seashore [01:51.42]I ain’t write **** to glorify it or exaggerate [01:53.85]I ain’t write these lyrics to be shocking or to agitate [01:56.48]Every other week it seems I see another tragic wake [01:58.72]Inside this broken world full of kids who never had a break [02:01.35]I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry [02:07.60]Guess that they’re broken [02:10.91]These lies mask and disguise [02:14.86]My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken [02:21.51]This life is real, got friends doing life in jail [02:23.82]And we all trying to eat so we fight for meals [02:26.37]Never been the type to squeal, I stand on my own two [02:28.98]Funny how when you’re broke your people disown you [02:31.65]The actuality of this life is stabbing me with a knife [02:34.33]You see the flames when the heaters ignite [02:36.13]Fiends with a pipe, hustlers moving greed in the night [02:38.82]The demon’s in sight, the devil still scheming is trife [02:41.51]And all I see is this beast that keeps eating its young [02:44.07]Deceit and lies from the serpent that’s the media’s tongue [02:46.81]On the surface it would seem easy for me to become [02:48.94]Drunk on hard liquor, chewing pills, I need to be numb [02:51.44]Not to sound stupid really, I don’t mean to be dumb [02:54.19]But all it takes where I’m from is a scheme and a gun [02:56.55]And a whip and a ***** and some coke and a drink [02:58.99]And some ***** and a crew, **** I’m broke and I think [03:01.74]I just don’t know why my eyes won’t cry [03:07.94]Guess that they’re broken [03:11.30]These lies mask and disguise [03:15.28]My past I can’t hide, I guess that I’m broken
