作词 : Eric Kaiser 作曲 : Eric Kaiser Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? He was fresh out the pin still in his prime Changed his life for the better while he did his time It's amazing how he was able too keep his mind Came home started searching for illegal grind Lost years mentally hard to digest Had a woman on the side through the process Brainstorming off of ideas they plot it big She agreed to hold him down until he got a gig Month after month somebody forgot to tell him It's hard to get a job once you a convicted felon Accumulation of trepidation and frustration Plus alot of dust collected on his application He stayed honest straight up and down like 6 O'clock And clicked yes in that "have you been convicted" box Everything you try to do just seem to fall though "Thank you sir, please don't call us will call you" Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Eight months deep, still same situation Now his woman on the daily running out of patience This scenario they looking at is typical Now she want him to walk it out like an elipitacl So fast forward and his manhood got targeted And lack of him resloving it escalading those arugments Cause how can he run his house properly When he's clocking no profit and she constantly makes mockery And what added to the overall discrepancy Was the suprise unexpectably of a pregnancy Ooh, and when the time came she straight dissed him And took they buisness straight to the dirty court system Knew he was trying hard there was nothing but greed Took him out cause he wasn't moving at her speed She put a good man out and let hatred in Now he gotta make it work so let the games begin Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Now it's crunch time everyday stormy weather The need to go and get some bread is more intense than ever Odd jobs all day try'na stack some mail Have that money every month or go back to jail Couldn't believe that she would place him in that situation Though he was paying she's still hating on his visitations With his paper slow she threatin to tell them folks He even contipated going back to selling **** He was getting checks he just wasn't cashing enough Plus his baby momma's new dude started gassing her up "Forget that fool we need that money he don't pay a question What'chu trippin' on he ain't never gave you nothing" All and all it was a dirty thang to do because The real truth is he knew what kind of dude he was He kept grinding but once again it's not enough Failed behind, chased and licked got caught and they locked him up Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough? Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough I could of raised up and went back to the cut Try'na do it right the old me I put it up How can you win when your best ain't good enough?
[00:00.000] 作词 : Eric Kaiser [00:01.000] 作曲 : Eric Kaiser [00:11.34]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [00:14.40]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [00:17.65]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [00:20.08]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [00:22.15]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [00:25.77]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [00:28.72]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [00:31.65]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [00:33.97]He was fresh out the pin still in his prime [00:37.47]Changed his life for the better while he did his time [00:40.40]It's amazing how he was able too keep his mind [00:43.40]Came home started searching for illegal grind [00:45.77]Lost years mentally hard to digest [00:47.65]Had a woman on the side through the process [00:51.97]Brainstorming off of ideas they plot it big [00:54.65]She agreed to hold him down until he got a gig [00:57.71]Month after month somebody forgot to tell him [01:00.02]It's hard to get a job once you a convicted felon [01:03.46]Accumulation of trepidation and frustration [01:05.40]Plus alot of dust collected on his application [01:08.46]He stayed honest straight up and down like 6 O'clock [01:11.40]And clicked yes in that "have you been convicted" box [01:14.65]Everything you try to do just seem to fall though [01:17.96]"Thank you sir, please don't call us will call you" [01:20.84]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [01:23.72]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [01:26.78]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [01:29.53]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [01:32.40]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [01:35.34]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [01:38.59]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [01:41.53]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [01:43.71]Eight months deep, still same situation [01:45.90]Now his woman on the daily running out of patience [01:49.71]This scenario they looking at is typical [01:51.84]Now she want him to walk it out like an elipitacl [01:55.09]So fast forward and his manhood got targeted [01:57.10]And lack of him resloving it escalading those arugments [02:00.53]Cause how can he run his house properly [02:03.84]When he's clocking no profit and she constantly makes mockery [02:06.47]And what added to the overall discrepancy [02:09.09]Was the suprise unexpectably of a pregnancy [02:12.15]Ooh, and when the time came she straight dissed him [02:15.53]And took they buisness straight to the dirty court system [02:17.78]Knew he was trying hard there was nothing but greed [02:21.22]Took him out cause he wasn't moving at her speed [02:24.09]She put a good man out and let hatred in [02:27.15]Now he gotta make it work so let the games begin [02:29.61]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [02:33.12]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [02:35.94]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [02:38.83]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [02:41.83]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [02:44.72]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [02:47.65]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [02:50.53]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [02:53.34]Now it's crunch time everyday stormy weather [02:55.84]The need to go and get some bread is more intense than ever [02:58.90]Odd jobs all day try'na stack some mail [03:01.35]Have that money every month or go back to jail [03:04.79]Couldn't believe that she would place him in that situation [03:07.10]Though he was paying she's still hating on his visitations [03:10.41]With his paper slow she threatin to tell them folks [03:13.54]He even contipated going back to selling **** [03:16.59]He was getting checks he just wasn't cashing enough [03:18.78]Plus his baby momma's new dude started gassing her up [03:22.35]"Forget that fool we need that money he don't pay a question [03:25.10]What'chu trippin' on he ain't never gave you nothing" [03:28.10]All and all it was a dirty thang to do because [03:31.04]The real truth is he knew what kind of dude he was [03:33.91]He kept grinding but once again it's not enough [03:36.54]Failed behind, chased and licked got caught and they locked him up [03:40.34]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [03:42.53]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [03:45.22]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [03:48.28]How can you win when your best ain't good enough? [03:50.41]Fell victim to the system cause the hood is tough [03:53.78]I could of raised up and went back to the cut [03:56.98]Try'na do it right the old me I put it up [03:59.84]How can you win when your best ain't good enough?
