Damn, a ride to my block My block, that's heh [Incomprehensible] on my motherfuckin'
They got a sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears 'Cause was hectic for me last year It appears that I've been for death, my heartless breath The cause of my arrest, my life is stressed And no rest weary, my eyes stay teary For all the brothers that are buried in the Shit is scary, how on black crime legendary But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is And certain death for us, bastards
What can we do we're arrested, but open fire? Life in the pen ain't for me, I'd rather die But cry through your despair I wonder if the still cares, for us niggaz on welfare And who if we survive The only time they notice a nigga is when he's on a four five My ain't the same all these little babies goin' crazy And they in the game and I swear it's like a trap But I ain't up on the hood, it's all good when I go back Hoes showin me love, niggaz me props Forever hope 'cause it don't stop on my
Livin' is but a dream times is all we see On my Every block is kinda But on our block we still But on our block we play
Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be Can't explain a mother's pain, her son drops Black male slippin' in hail, when we prevail? jail but crack sales got me livin' well And the system's suicidal this thug's life Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this life God me, 'cause I'm starvin' can't get a job So I resort to violent my life is hard sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
Put in work and shed for my dead peers Mislead from childhood where I astray Till this day I still pray for a way help but feel hopeless and heartbroke From the start I felt the racism 'cause I'm Couldn't quit the make me represent Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I In my heart, I alone out here on my own I close my eyes and picture home on my
Livin' life is but a times is all we see On my block is kinda mean But on our block we play But on our block we play
And I can't help but why, so many young kids had to die strays from A.K's in the drive by Swollen and homicide don't coincide Brothers cry for broken lives, mama inside 'Cause our block is filled with Used to be a knit community but now we're all cold strangers changes us to stone them crack pipes All up and down the block exterminatin' black But I blame the dealers
My mama's welfare check has brought the man chrome wheels real, I know you feel, my tragedy A single mother with a problem child, free Hangin' out pickin' up game, cheap liquor Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to with her It's a world, stayin' strapped Fantasies of a nigga livin' phat, but held Pipe dreams can make the night hopeless Wide eyed and losin' on my block
Livin' is but a dream Hard is all we see On my Every block is mean But on our block we play But on our block we play
And block parties in tha projects way past daylight A young nigga to break night to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen I 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend In my mind I see the same motherfuckers Alcohol will make a lazy nigga and fall, miss his call I the young niggaz understand this Growin' up in this world everythin' is scandalous I reminisce on tha times, past crimes
Tryin' to cop a slice of with my last dime Can't explain just attracts me to this dirty game Gold some extra change, and the street fame And what's strange is everybody knows my Swear they all me And lots of cash make a change I hit the just to maintain, feelin' pain For all the niggaz I lost to the game from my block right
Livin' life is but a Hard is all we see Rest in to all the muh'fuckers who passed away Every is kinda mean From all the blocks that I'm But on our block we still
One twelve street, Avenue, New York, Uptown what I'm sayin? But on our block we still 183rd and Walt, my block, that's But on our block we play 122nd and Morningside, my block, that's But on our block we still
Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's But on our block we play In the jungle of Atlantic city, my block, that's right But on our block we still
Los Angeles, aha, that's my too But on our we still play Oakland, forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure But on our block we play
And all the blocks around this motherfucker Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, All y'all stay kickin' up dust Representin' motherfuckin'