Man, first I just wanna salute my soldiers Knahmean? We just tryin' to stay above water Feel me? I mean, I speak for the Gs, the hustlers They understand me, knahmsayin'? *****tLock into this time an' lock out, always I mean ain't nothin' promised to *****z like us You know?Just another day, another dollar Now look what you got, another hater, another plotter *****t, you know the drill, a brother pay, a brother holla Watch 'em, they creepin', another raid, another copper Aw, man, another case, another lock-up What? Another bail, know that cake better pop up Yup, that's just day to day *****t we go through And results of the day to day *****ts we go through You know, some *****z day to day pitch, they local An' some *****z day to day bricks, they coastal An' some *****z day to day snitch, they vocal I don't honor them fools Them type of dudes get they tonsils removed I speak from the heart of the hood From the boarded up apar**ents with wood From the cracked down crack houses To the burnt up black houses To fiends inside with that burnt up glass out An' puffin' ***** makes my actions switch I'm at the window with the pistol Like Malcolm, ain't that a *****? An' I'm paranoid, paranoid but still I got to get it Got to have it, make it happen, boy Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord, my soul to keep If I should die before I wakeI pray the Lord, my soul to take An' may this song play all the way An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me Look now, another dead, another born Vice versa, another here, another gone Pay attention, another smile, another mourn Another funeral, another baby shower goin' on Get it, huh, that's just life in the hood You earn scars, you earn stripes in the hood Huh, get it, I live the life of a hustler No sleep all night for a hustler, buster An' if your coke weak, cut it with Bo PeepI swear fiends'll chase that high for four weeks Plus I'm still dealin' with the day to day beef An' stress, hunger, patience, the day to day basics Yep, *****t that we go through, you know *****t, look at the *****t that we go through, you know *****z come home, can't get jobs *****z gettin' money, actin' like they can't get robbed An' that don't mix Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord, my soul to keep If I should die before I wakeI pray the Lord, my soul to take An' may this song play all the way An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me
Man, first I just wanna salute my soldiers Knahmean? We just tryin' to stay above water Feel me? I mean, I speak for the Gs, the hustlers They understand me, knahmsayin'? *****tLock into this time an' lock out, always I mean ain't nothin' promised to *****z like us You know?Just another day, another dollar Now look what you got, another hater, another plotter *****t, you know the drill, a brother pay, a brother holla Watch 'em, they creepin', another raid, another copper Aw, man, another case, another lock-up What? Another bail, know that cake better pop up Yup, that's just day to day *****t we go through And results of the day to day *****ts we go through You know, some *****z day to day pitch, they local An' some *****z day to day bricks, they coastal An' some *****z day to day snitch, they vocal I don't honor them fools Them type of dudes get they tonsils removed I speak from the heart of the hood From the boarded up apar**ents with wood From the cracked down crack houses To the burnt up black houses To fiends inside with that burnt up glass out An' puffin' ***** makes my actions switch I'm at the window with the pistol Like Malcolm, ain't that a *****? An' I'm paranoid, paranoid but still I got to get it Got to have it, make it happen, boy Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord, my soul to keep If I should die before I wakeI pray the Lord, my soul to take An' may this song play all the way An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me Look now, another dead, another born Vice versa, another here, another gone Pay attention, another smile, another mourn Another funeral, another baby shower goin' on Get it, huh, that's just life in the hood You earn scars, you earn stripes in the hood Huh, get it, I live the life of a hustler No sleep all night for a hustler, buster An' if your coke weak, cut it with Bo PeepI swear fiends'll chase that high for four weeks Plus I'm still dealin' with the day to day beef An' stress, hunger, patience, the day to day basics Yep, *****t that we go through, you know *****t, look at the *****t that we go through, you know *****z come home, can't get jobs *****z gettin' money, actin' like they can't get robbed An' that don't mix Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord, my soul to keep If I should die before I wakeI pray the Lord, my soul to take An' may this song play all the way An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me An' if it skip a beat, hit repeat This the realest *****t I ever wrote, this is me