On Tha Outside Lookin' In

Song On Tha Outside Lookin' In
Artist 8Ball & MJG
Album On the Outside Looking In

Lyrics

[00:02.87] The hammer hit the table leaving me with 7 years
[00:05.80] My history was shit so I could'nt shed a tear
[00:09.07] My future was a wall, surrounded by a cage
[00:12.39] Them laws got me locked down damn at an early age
[00:16.16] The only thing I got is a lust for the streets, the shit I gotta learn
[00:19.83] And the shit I gotta teach
[00:22.50] I'm living for the minute, muthafuck a whole hour
[00:25.82] And I ain't pickin shit up when It falls in the shower
[00:29.11] My lady sends me pictures with her pussy in the air
[00:32.39] But she ain't really there
[00:33.90] So I don't really care
[00:35.78] The only thing I got is a muthafuckin dinner
[00:39.11] So fuck what I had, cuz where I'm at I'm a beginner
[00:42.42] I gots to be a winner in this muthafuckin mix up
[00:45.79] Get my shit together, scope it out and try to fix up
[00:49.08] Some confidence to keep a real nigga going strong
[00:52.34] The system is my house, the system is my home
[00:55.75] The system was designed to keep a brotha on his back
[00:58.97] The system crackers caught me that's exactly where I'm at
[01:02.30] My lawyer was a snitch, got me framed started buggin
[01:05.72] My muthafuckin phone and the judge was his cousin
[01:09.00] It's hard thinkin positive with negative around me
[01:12.33] So I had to relate to the grounds that surrounded thee
[01:16.04] House and The Mound where I chill
[01:18.35] With the niggas who respected a real nigga
[01:20.72] Cuz MJG respect them too
[01:22.90] So I had to survive living my life with the street rule "stay cool"
[01:25.68] Disregard school and make my money fool, check it
[01:29.91] It's hard to understand where I'm comin from if you on the outside talkin shit
[01:34.42] Lookin in, then again if you was on the inside lookin out, 9 times outta 10
[01:41.28] You would probably be my friend
[01:42.72] Nigga how you figure, the system's gonna help ya
[01:45.67] The ghetto's where they put ya, the ghetto's where they kept ya
[01:49.09] See deep down in my heart I had this urge to go astray
[01:52.29] And knock out all my problems in one ordinary day
[01:55.54] The system got me thinkin cuz I'm locked down in a tank
[01:58.86] They saw a brotha strokin, so they had to make his ship sank
[02:02.26] So I can't get mixed up with them devils or no other
[02:05.60] With Ani.....mosity I hate when It's a brother, none other
[02:09.01] Than a buck, duck, hoodle up, shootin up thangs in the wind
[02:14.18] I'm in the Pen, you outside lookin in
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