[00:00.00]Yo this is going out to all my peeps locked down
[00:12.69]Charlie rock, ld
[00:15.09]All my peeps who passed away, yeah
[00:21.13]I remember when we used to chill on a hill
[00:24.11]When forest projects, used to be godsville
[00:27.14]Brothers was wilin, others was cool
[00:29.70]Some hit the island, some smoked fools
[00:32.49]Me i chose the life of crime since day one
[00:34.89]13 years old, already trying to cop a gun
[00:37.79]I never understood why my pops would beat me
[00:40.38]No matter what i did, yo he'd still mistreat me
[00:43.12]That's why i never listened to a thing he said
[00:45.84]And i wasn't just mad when i used to wish him dead
[00:48.61]Instead, me and ma dukes kept tight
[00:51.33]Promised that one day everything would be alright
[00:54.23]14 years old, cutting mad classes
[00:56.73]Puffing on a bone, breaking car glasses
[00:59.48]Nothing but dreams of cream on my mind
[01:02.17]Shook motherfuckers on the block dropping dime
[01:04.80]Everybody knew joey crack represented
[01:07.50]And if i told then i'd take your life
[01:09.40]Hey yo, i meant it
[01:10.63]That's the way it goes
[01:12.28]When you deal with the real fake jacks
[01:13.90]And get your cap peeled
[01:16.74]Hey joey, let's just get this money
[01:22.72]Brothers just be wiling
[01:27.17]Hey joey, you can't trust nobody
[01:33.46]Brothers they been trifling
[01:37.38]Yeah momma never said life would be so hard
[01:39.81]Sometimes i find myself alone just praying to god
[01:42.63]Hoping that today won't be the last
[01:44.95]I mean, just the other day this kid i knew got blasted
[01:47.91](say word) word, it wasn't over no cash.
[01:50.52]It was over some broad who liked to auction off the ass
[01:53.31]He was a cool kid, although we lost him big
[01:55.74]If he was a real nigga, then he wouldn't have got did
[01:58.62]Life's trife, and then you die
[02:00.97]Nobody dies of old age, but in the hands of another guy
[02:04.23]That's why i keeps an alibi
[02:06.61]Juliani wants to see a brother fry
[02:08.47]So i maintain to keep my mind peace focused
[02:12.72]Keep the gat there in case a nigga wanna smoke this
[02:15.20]Times are difficult on the streets of new york
[02:17.45]It's kinda hard trying to hope for and not get caught
[02:20.27]Blue eyes is on my back with intentions of arresting me
[02:23.38]But they won't get the best of me
[02:24.66]Cause riches are my destiny
[02:26.91]Hey joey, let's just get this money
[02:32.89]Brothers just be wiling
[02:38.32]Hey joey, you can't trust nobody
[02:43.60]Brothers they been trifling
[02:47.39]No one expected me to blow like this
[02:50.10]What was once hand me downs
[02:51.62]Is now the best of ??atanovich??
[02:53.27]Yukon jeeps creeping through the streets
[02:55.51]Catching the eye of every big booty cheek freak
[02:57.94]Daten rims so shiny you can see your reflection
[03:00.66]Green plush interior, under the seat
[03:03.24]The heat for protection
[03:05.07]Momma look at me now
[03:06.43]Got a house in long isle for my spouse and my child
[03:08.81]D.e.l. condos for first impression hoes
[03:11.32]No more holes in my gibros
[03:12.94]Strictly denim and clothes
[03:14.66]Airwaves blasting my latest single
[03:17.09]All up in the mecca club
[03:18.84]Making lucci while i mingle
[03:19.75]Jingle jewels in the face of past enemies
[03:22.55]Eat your heart out son, you never was a friend to me
[03:25.89]Hey joey, let's just get this money
[03:32.27]Brothers just be wiling
[03:36.71]Hey joey, you can't trust nobody
[03:43.03]Brothers they been trifling
[03:46.97]Joey,keep really here those might be really ,keep the really
[03:57.60]Hey joey south bronx
[04:02.67]Represeeeeeent