| [00:06.05] | Ay it's like me and this nigga Eclipse |
| [00:09.07] | Been working on this shit hella hard for hella days |
| [00:11.49] | |
| [00:12.07] | You know saying Been since like |
| [00:14.67] | 95 both graduated and shit |
| [00:17.33] | |
| [00:18.32] | Shit changed a grip for me this year |
| [00:20.09] | |
| [00:21.16] | 95 was some shit check it out |
| [00:23.85] | |
| [00:24.86] | It was 95 the year of my graduation |
| [00:27.02] | I was in great anticipation of my date of release |
| [00:30.41] | From this educational prison |
| [00:31.93] | Moms made the decision |
| [00:32.90] | To throw me from the residence |
| [00:34.38] | It seems weed and hip-hop had taken precedence |
| [00:36.82] | Over my responsibilities but it was alright |
| [00:39.66] | Because that day to day bullshit was killing me |
| [00:41.96] | So willingly I left the home |
| [00:43.82] | And set out on my own |
| [00:45.20] | Shacked up with some crew Saga and Rhythm |
| [00:47.37] | Didn't have to give them any rent |
| [00:49.05] | So hella time was spent up late night |
| [00:50.88] | Freestyling getting high |
| [00:51.62] | |
| [00:52.51] | Not knowing how I would make it to school the next day |
| [00:54.63] | From the Westside of L A I had to hit the 33 |
| [00:56.97] | And now I hear them fools from Red |
| [00:58.33] | Dots is out to murder me |
| [00:59.57] | So certainly stresss built |
| [01:01.02] | Taking bus to night school every day |
| [01:02.48] | |
| [01:02.99] | Could got my ass kilt |
| [01:04.08] | But I had to get my credits straight |
| [01:06.11] | Plus the bus ride gave me time to meditate |
| [01:08.14] | On how to set this shit straight |
| [01:09.69] | So late one night |
| [01:10.67] | I called up moms then we reached an agreement |
| [01:12.89] | Which only delayed |
| [01:13.44] | It didn't prevent what was bound to happen |
| [01:15.53] | She said she wasn't tripping |
| [01:16.63] | Just as long as I got a gown and cap |
| [01:18.62] | Then came graduation day |
| [01:19.32] | |
| [01:20.05] | The only nigga to walk the stage |
| [01:21.64] | With a zero point five four five GPA |
| [01:24.11] | I hand her the diploma and she still have shit to say |
| [01:26.99] | And it's f**kin off my vibe |
| [01:28.44] | And the album's on its way |
| [01:29.76] | I couldn't prolong the day when Murs |
| [01:31.06] | And the real world would collide |
| [01:33.21] | The year was nine-five |
| [01:34.50] | The year was nine-five |
| [01:35.74] | I thought I wouldn't survive |
| [01:37.05] | Living in the city |
| [01:38.16] | Where it's a day to day struggle to survive |
| [01:40.17] | |
| [01:41.17] | The year was nine-five |
| [01:42.66] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
| [01:45.03] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
| [01:47.70] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
| [01:50.33] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
| [01:52.99] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
| [01:55.64] | I struggled my way in the summer |
| [01:56.95] | And now the album's almost done |
| [01:58.32] | But now is when the crew starts to fall apart |
| [02:00.49] | One by one we disassembled |
| [02:02.20] | Which sorta resembles my life |
| [02:03.54] | Falling apart right before my eyes |
| [02:05.49] | So I fantasized about having a video |
| [02:07.33] | And being on tour |
| [02:08.62] | To keep my mind off my empty stomach |
| [02:10.27] | And sleeping on the floor |
| [02:11.40] | Being that I'm broke |
| [02:12.60] | I'm stealing groceries from the store |
| [02:14.04] | And now it seems every battle I have turns to beef |
| [02:16.32] | And me broke with no heat |
| [02:18.10] | I'm looking over both shoulders whenever I hit the streets |
| [02:20.84] | And just when I thought I escaped defeat |
| [02:22.75] | I'm sitting with my homey and we smoking a beadie |
| [02:24.93] | When this cop see me and he decides to procede |
| [02:27.30] | A young black male with dreads it gotta be weed |
| [02:29.70] | So he comes over with the usual disrespect |
| [02:31.42] | |
| [02:32.35] | But that's all I've come to expect |
| [02:33.94] | From a motherf**ker with a badge and a God Complex |
| [02:36.14] | Next he's asking questions testing my patience |
| [02:38.56] | Finds out I'm underage now he's writing a citation |
| [02:41.16] | Asking me to stand up to be frisked |
| [02:42.86] | I'm like Man f**k this |
| [02:44.39] | Then this bitch cop snatched me up from the back |
| [02:46.45] | I turned around to counter the attack |
| [02:48.43] | But I'm surrounded by five cops |
| [02:49.86] | Who don't appreciate the reply |
| [02:51.22] | So it's me they hogtie and throw on the asphault |
| [02:53.92] | Steady talking shit standing over me like it's all my fault |
| [02:57.04] | And now I got a court case to face |
| [02:59.02] | And in the first place I barely got enoughs to survive |
| [03:01.50] | So when the court date arrived |
| [03:03.08] | I damn sure don't got enough for a f**king bus ride |
| [03:05.81] | So they give me a warrant failure to appear |
| [03:08.13] | The next week I'm at the pier with my crew |
| [03:10.30] | I seen this fool I battled a couple days back |
| [03:12.37] | Hadn't seen him in a few I stepped to him |
| [03:14.59] | He's like Dude we need a rematch |
| [03:16.16] | You see my ego's been scratched |
| [03:17.21] | And when I tell him that shit ain't gonna happen |
| [03:19.47] | His ese partner went and opened up his trap |
| [03:21.29] | And tell me that the odds was uneven instead of leaving |
| [03:23.64] | I turned around and put this motherf**ker in his place |
| [03:26.18] | And at the same time |
| [03:27.37] | His homey all up in my nigga T S face |
| [03:29.63] | So I'm think we about to squab; |
| [03:31.09] | But then the cops mob |
| [03:32.11] | And break it up now they feeling like |
| [03:33.99] | They did they job |
| [03:34.85] | But here they come back up the street hella deep |
| [03:37.61] | Talking shit like we wasn't gonna trip |
| [03:39.05] | |
| [03:39.66] | So I took the first hit |
| [03:40.71] | And now we squabbing in the middle of the streets |
| [03:42.68] | The odds was 3-on-6 and we still held it down |
| [03:45.61] | Except for the one so called homey |
| [03:47.07] | Who stood there held the radio and looked around |
| [03:48.98] | |
| [03:49.66] | And it seems like forever that we fought |
| [03:51.54] | But it eventually came to a halt |
| [03:53.46] | So then we hit the park to discuss what happened |
| [03:56.28] | I wake up the next day |
| [03:57.50] | These fools is talking bout capping me |
| [03:59.22] | Taking my life over a fight nah that couldn't be right |
| [04:02.07] | Lost sight of where I'm living Los Angeles |
| [04:03.72] | Where fools ain't giving a f**k |
| [04:05.48] | Stuck in the same place |
| [04:06.68] | With decisions to make |
| [04:07.61] | Either I kill them they kill me or I make an escape |
| [04:10.59] | So I took the money |
| [04:11.48] | That my step-pops left me when he passed away |
| [04:13.54] | And moved up to the Bay only to find out |
| [04:15.73] | Niggaz gonna have problems wherever you stay |
| [04:17.83] | And it's been a couple of years |
| [04:19.20] | And some of these fools is still tripping to this day |
| [04:21.55] | So I feel I can safely say |
| [04:22.96] | That on this planet there ain't no place like L A |
| [04:25.30] | There ain't no place like L A |
| [04:27.24] | Mid-City fool bitch |
| [04:29.16] | Heated defeated day after day |
| [04:32.21] | Daily survival tactics in L A |
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