[Intro]
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Woah, woah, woah
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[Verse 1]
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Once you cross that line, it aint no tryin to fix it
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You want me to forgive you, lets be realistic
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I cant kick it with your kind like I tore my meniscus
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How you go from co-defendant to a fuckin witness?
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Theyll stand on couches with you, but wont stand on business
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Woah
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I watched everybody turn on my brother like he aint have em out here flyin jets and fuckin bitches
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This shit ridiculous
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I feel your pain, my brother
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I know you from the struggle
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I know how hard you hustled just to take care of your mother
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I know you took clothes off your back for niggas you call brother
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I know how hard it get in this jungle, tryna prevail without bein tried like you no sucker
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Huh, lifes a motherfucker, yeah
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I know aint nobody perfect
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But whats the point in makin it out if all they do is cuff ya?
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[Interlude]
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You know, we be comin from, like, the worst conditions, the worst circumstances
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The trenches, the gutter
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And sometimes we be forced to make decisions that we dont even wanna make
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It be about survival
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At the end of the day, we be havin good hearts
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They just be in bad places
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I guess thats life, though
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[Verse 2]
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Father God, forgive me for my sins
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Take the mask off all my enemies thats out here actin like my friends
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Did some shit Im prayin I never gotta do again
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I put blood, sweat, and tears inside this win
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If I take care of my hood, the prosecutor call me Gotti
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Turn my back on the hood, they probably kill me, probably rob me
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Its a Catch-22, Im bein honest
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Hard work, tryna keep the past behind me
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I still be havin flashbacks bout Johnny
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Fast forward and the major label signed me
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Had to hustle, had to focus, perseverance
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Mama used to go to TJ Maxx and shop on clearance
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Tayman and CJ, I can still feel they spirits
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Skinny and Wanwan used to rap, I know they hear it
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It aint that easy, puttin pain inside of lyrics
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Send this up to Heaven so they can clear it
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[Outro]
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Yall know, like, real street niggas gon feel this shit
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And I dont want niggas to get misunderstood
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‘Cause the rules we live by, dont even matter no more
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Just a, just a setback for you to come back
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Cant hold a nigga down forever
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Know what Im sayin?
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‘Til then, we gon hold this shit down, straight up
