Yo, I seen it all, coke rise and kingdoms fall Profits in sneaker boxes, riches hidden between the walls The hood agony, I'm one of the few who ever understood Tragedy Batteries not included in my music or holdin' up my spinal cord ******s be lyin' on wax, committin' vinyl fraud Denyin' the fact they never slung or fired a Gat Mega's tongue is ghetto, dun, hello Where I'm from is the crime and graffiti and NYPD Broken glass, .44's, open caskets Shorty ballers pop ******t when they rock hits the basket The only life we know I flow so precisely, though My chain got the icy glow B-Mer Jeep ******ne with Lorenzos ******ne brightly, yo Laugh now, cry later, one day I might be broke And tellin' ******s I need coke, ******t is real See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand Yo, visualize Mahdi as a shorty Fidel Castro Snotty nose, nappy afro Never realized in due time what I would have though, yo Before I spit at a ho I used to bag up blow Little bastard, rockin' Pumas under two-tones As we roam from the streets to the group home, yo Watchin' mob flicks, clappin' at imaginary targets Adolescents up in Spofford, facin' hard******p Newborns grew up on Anita Baker songs In the 'hood, wonderin' why the police hate us all Up late nights waitin' for the next day to fall We're up late nights waitin' for the next day to fall My stomach hurtin', still searchin' for a way out On an island where P.C. was a gay house Made my first board, stabbin' ******s on the way out I knew cats who got bagged they first day out, yo See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand, yeah See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand Yo, Trag, we been down for years From rappin' in the 'hood to promisin' careers It's all good, yo, the rap game is new to me The crack game true to me Accept the consequences and the blood money cruelty Yo, remember you and me? Back in the days You had a sheepskin, I had a goose and Pumas in gray We even did the same dorm in C-74 More than boys we were ******' outlaws If I could break you out the courtroom and clap through reporters Kidnap the jurors and whack all their daughters The Montanas, Al Po's and Rich Porters Mandela time get smacked with two quarters A life speed ******' with cracks and ****** Yo, I sniffed so much coke, I froze with nosebleeds Jumpin' over snow cliffs without the skis Then I saw ******t was real and I switched my steez See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand
Yo, I seen it all, coke rise and kingdoms fall Profits in sneaker boxes, riches hidden between the walls The hood agony, I'm one of the few who ever understood Tragedy Batteries not included in my music or holdin' up my spinal cord ******s be lyin' on wax, committin' vinyl fraud Denyin' the fact they never slung or fired a Gat Mega's tongue is ghetto, dun, hello Where I'm from is the crime and graffiti and NYPD Broken glass, .44's, open caskets Shorty ballers pop ******t when they rock hits the basket The only life we know I flow so precisely, though My chain got the icy glow B-Mer Jeep ******ne with Lorenzos ******ne brightly, yo Laugh now, cry later, one day I might be broke And tellin' ******s I need coke, ******t is real See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand Yo, visualize Mahdi as a shorty Fidel Castro Snotty nose, nappy afro Never realized in due time what I would have though, yo Before I spit at a ho I used to bag up blow Little bastard, rockin' Pumas under two-tones As we roam from the streets to the group home, yo Watchin' mob flicks, clappin' at imaginary targets Adolescents up in Spofford, facin' hard******p Newborns grew up on Anita Baker songs In the 'hood, wonderin' why the police hate us all Up late nights waitin' for the next day to fall We're up late nights waitin' for the next day to fall My stomach hurtin', still searchin' for a way out On an island where P.C. was a gay house Made my first board, stabbin' ******s on the way out I knew cats who got bagged they first day out, yo See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand, yeah See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand Yo, Trag, we been down for years From rappin' in the 'hood to promisin' careers It's all good, yo, the rap game is new to me The crack game true to me Accept the consequences and the blood money cruelty Yo, remember you and me? Back in the days You had a sheepskin, I had a goose and Pumas in gray We even did the same dorm in C-74 More than boys we were ******' outlaws If I could break you out the courtroom and clap through reporters Kidnap the jurors and whack all their daughters The Montanas, Al Po's and Rich Porters Mandela time get smacked with two quarters A life speed ******' with cracks and ****** Yo, I sniffed so much coke, I froze with nosebleeds Jumpin' over snow cliffs without the skis Then I saw ******t was real and I switched my steez See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand See the good Lord giveth and he taketh away But ******s talk it and don't live it then they forced to pay I'm just tryin' to be a man in this poison land Forgive me, Father, they forced my hand
