[00:19.22]Yea, this is where the
[00:20.78]Yea, this is where the fathers ain't living
[00:23.12]At least not with us
[00:24.82]Might see em round the city and won't even say wassup
[00:27.31]When niggas play tough, won't even smile in mirrors
[00:29.68]And we learn to f**k hoes off trial and error
[00:32.43]Just a small time nigga, big city hustle
[00:35.23]Glued to the TV, Jigga, Diddy, Russell
[00:38.00]These were our heroes, strictly for them zero's
[00:40.72]For that Robert Deniro, niggas reload on them kilo's
[00:43.33]Dodgin them people,
[00:44.99]Mad at myself cause I done seen some things that I'd rather not tell
[00:48.82]Shawty smole crack and her boyfriend too
[00:51.51]Sometimes he touch her daughter like them boyfriends do
[00:54.50]Pull up to the club where the boys went too
[00:56.84]See that yellow tape and the boys in blue
[00:59.58]A nigga on a strecther and though I never met ya
[01:02.28]I'm thinking God Bless ya, they city try and get ya
[01:06.11]Man, don't let the city get ya
[01:08.02]F**k the horoscopes, know the ropes lke a wrestler
[01:10.42]If them bullets wet ya bet ya momma need a tissue
[01:13.20]Your face on the front of our shirts saying we miss ya
[01:16.24](We miss ya)
[01:17.36]Come with me,
[01:19.31]Run quick see, what do we have here
[01:22.65]Now, do you wanna ride or die
[01:25.16]La dadada, la la la la
[01:28.32]Come with me,
[01:30.91]Run quick see, what do we have here
[01:33.75]Now, do you wanna ride or die
[01:36.07]La dadada, la la la la
[01:38.63]Yea, let's see God
[01:40.07]I know you only do what's best for me
[01:41.93]But is it cool if we negotiate my destiny
[01:44.35]They always tellin' me it's temporary
[01:46.58]Than why it's feelling like a cemetary
[01:48.59]My dreams ain't got no obituaries
[01:50.58]My city hurting and none of us were equiped here
[01:52.63]You heard me say I was ballin'
[01:54.80]I probably make tears
[01:56.02]I'm trying to get clear
[01:57.37]I'm tryna quit fear
[01:58.60]Who wrote the scripts here
[01:59.95]These kids live there whole life just killing time
[02:01.84]Running the race with no finish line
[02:04.65]They tryna noose us with they ropes
[02:07.47]But I'm tryna climb
[02:08.59]I think my foolish pride might become my suicide
[02:10.40]But I ain't tryna go, no baby
[02:12.88]And through these lines and quotes you gotta find some hope
[02:15.64]Cause I ain't dying
[02:16.75]My words gon' last forever,
[02:18.60]You can hold the treasure
[02:19.83]Look inside you can see a diamond in my mind
[02:21.91]I'm tired of seeing dope fiends, wiping they nose clean
[02:25.01]Is my neighbourhood just a smoke screen
[02:27.03]I think I'm in the Dungeon Fam, I see lo green
[02:29.51]Sons raised by bo queens but there's no kings
[02:32.46](No kings, no kings)
[02:34.26]Come with me,
[02:36.56]Run quick see, what do we have here
[02:39.80]Now, do you wanna ride or die
[02:42.09]La dadada, la la la la
[02:45.20]Come with me,
[02:47.99]Run quick see, what do we have here
[02:50.58]Now, do you wanna ride or die
[02:52.91]La dadada, la la la la
[02:55.67]It seems like niggas either feel ya or they try and kill ya
[02:58.20]I face the sky and hope to God ain't acting unfamiliar
[03:00.83]You play whatever cards he deal no matter how peculiar
[03:03.47]They tell me that it's God's will, I'm asking God will ya
[03:06.08]Heal a nigga from all this pain, momma smoking cocaine as it rains out
[03:09.64]Am I to blame, try to stay sane so I came out-side
[03:12.83]Where they rock with them thangs out
[03:15.20]To clear my mind at the same time they blew that boys brains out
[03:17.35]But will it change, it's like niggas is free but our minds still in the chains
[03:21.37]Brothers killing eachother, the blood spill it's a shame
[03:24.05]Will it ever slow up
[03:25.16]Alot of niggas getting older but they never grow up
[03:27.80]And do they son's like they fathers did and never show up
[03:30.43]Don't even cry about it, just another episode of life
[03:33.19]Watch the season nigga no re-runs
[03:36.02]The devil buying soul's nigga no refunds
[03:40.25]Man, don't let the city get ya
[03:41.83]F**k the horoscopes know the ropes like a wrestler
[03:44.38]If them bullets wet ya bet ya momma need a tissue
[03:47.15]Your face on the front of our shirts screaming we miss ya
[03:49.99]Another day, another song, a mother prays
[03:54.61]Another gone
[03:55.95]But still we play like ain't nothing wrong
[03:58.24]Like ain't nothing wrong
[03:59.74]Cause ain't nothing wrong
[04:01.44]I'm not as fast, I'm not as tall
[04:03.84]But before I pass
[04:05.09]I gotta ball
[04:06.45]I gotta ball
[04:08.08]I gotta ball
[04:09.24]Nigga I gotta ball