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Check it out, oh |
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Detroit city got me gritty I'm filthy I can't help it |
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I really hope to make it with this hand I was dealt with |
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Staring out my rear view, looking for a clear view |
| [00:14] |
It's hard to pray to God when you feel the devils near you |
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Kids turn to burglars, streets are full of murders |
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Enough to turn you cold so we all pack burners |
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Junkies by the furnace and they trying to keep warm |
| [00:25] |
Doing right ain't feeling right so I rather do wrong |
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The world is on fire you can hear the bodies burning |
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The oil is running out but the wheels keep turning |
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Tomorrow ain't certain so I'm living for today |
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I hope to go to college but prison's in the way |
| [00:39] |
Enough stress to turn me crazed so I'm looking much older |
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You kill for colder if you turn the wrong corner |
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Life expectancy is shorter than you really can imagine |
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Hope to see 23, the only thing I'm asking |
| [00:51] |
It's another day alone, it's a war to survive |
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I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive |
| [00:56] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [00:59] |
It's the street life, street life |
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My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died |
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You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide |
| [01:07] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [01:10] |
It's the street life, street life |
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Now who the hell's there, someone's knocking on my door |
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I feel death is out to get me hope to make it out for sure |
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There ain't a star in the sky so it's hard to make a wish |
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I might be the next to die, hard to see through the mist |
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Blowing kiss from my mother, give a hug to my brother |
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Light a candle on the mantle, say a prayer, say another |
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It's a street life, we fight for everything we got |
| [01:33] |
It's the street life, three strikes, the only thing we got |
| [01:35] |
I make my money in the hallway, feast by the doorway |
| [01:39] |
Sell a pack, make a stack, I'll be here all day |
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Hustle when it's broad day, forget what the law say |
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Welcome to the jungle you a long way from broadway |
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Never knock the hustle and they really would've see is |
| [01:50] |
Pistol packin in my jeans, see the demons in my dreams |
| [01:52] |
Now what does it mean when your body turns numb? |
| [01:55] |
And you're scared of what's comin so you begin to run |
| [01:58] |
It's another day alone, it's a war to survive |
| [02:01] |
I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive |
| [02:04] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [02:06] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [02:09] |
My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died |
| [02:12] |
You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide |
| [02:15] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [02:18] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [02:21] |
Call the cops, call the swass team, gotta man-made a loose |
| [02:23] |
doose doose in my goose ain't no call it a truce |
| [02:26] |
I spit the truth and nothing but it, now why can't I kick the bucket |
| [02:29] |
I'm used to having nothing so I'm always having something |
| [02:32] |
why the hell would i lie |
| [02:35] |
I know exactly where I'm going, why the hell should I try |
| [02:38] |
Everybody's getting locked up, bodies turning chopped up |
| [02:41] |
Girls are being knocked up, money's being mocked up |
| [02:44] |
You could get socked up so watch how you talking |
| [02:46] |
The whole city's gorgeous so watch where you walking |
| [02:49] |
This can happen often so it's really nothing new to me |
| [02:52] |
Usually, you could catch a kiss before puberty |
| [02:55] |
People's screaming unity but nothing seems to change |
| [02:58] |
Everybody's on the way, diamond knows what's in my brain |
| [03:00] |
Enough to make a man insane, all I feel is the rain |
| [03:02] |
I wanna welcome you to the city full of pain |
| [03:06] |
It's another day alone, it's a war to survive |
| [03:09] |
I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive |
| [03:11] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:14] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:17] |
My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died |
| [03:20] |
You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide |
| [03:23] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:25] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:29] |
It's another day alone, it's a war to survive |
| [03:31] |
I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive |
| [03:34] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:37] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:40] |
My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died |
| [03:43] |
You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide |
| [03:45] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:48] |
It's the street life, street life |
| [03:57] |
It's the street life, street life |