[Verse 1] ~#**************#~ They got a nigga shedding tears, reminiscin on my past fears ~#**************#~ ‘Cause shit was hectic for me last year ~#**************#~ It appears that Ive been marked for death ~#**************#~ My heartless breath, the underlying cause of my arrest ~#**************#~ My life is stressed, and no rest forever weary ~#**************#~ My eyes stay teary for all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery ~#**************#~ Shits scary, our black on black crime legendary ~#**************#~ But at times unnecessary, Im gettin worried ~#**************#~ Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic ~#**************#~ And certain death for us ghetto bastards ~#**************#~ What can we do when were arrested, but open fire ~#**************#~ Life in the pen aint for me, cause Id rather die ~#**************#~ But dont cry through your despair ~#**************#~ I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggas on welfare ~#**************#~ And who cares if we survive ~#**************#~ The only time they notice a nigga is when he clutchin on a four-five ~#**************#~ My neighborhood aint the same ~#**************#~ ‘Cause all the little babies goin crazy and they sufferin in the game ~#**************#~ And I swear its like a trap ~#**************#~ But I aint given up on the hood its all good when I go back ~#**************#~ Hoes show me love, niggas give me props ~#**************#~ Forever hop cause it dont stop… on my block ~#**************#~ [Richie Rich & 2Pac mini skit] ~#**************#~ [Verse 2] ~#**************#~ Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots ~#**************#~ Cant explain a mothers pain, when her son drops ~#**************#~ Black male living in hell when will we prevail ~#**************#~ Fearin jail but crack sales got me livin well ~#**************#~ In a sense Im suicidal with this Thugs Life ~#**************#~ Stayin strapped, forever trapped in this drug life ~#**************#~ God help me, cause Im starvin, cant get a job ~#**************#~ So I resort to violent robbings, my life is hard ~#**************#~ Cant sleep cause all the dirt make my heart hurt ~#**************#~ Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers ~#**************#~ Misled from childhood where I went astray ~#**************#~ Till this day I still pray for a better way ~#**************#~ Cant help but feel hopeless and heartbroke ~#**************#~ From the start I felt the racism cause Im dark ~#**************#~ Couldnt quit, the bullshit make me represent ~#**************#~ Hit the bar and played the star, everywhere I went ~#**************#~ In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own ~#**************#~ I close my eyes and picture home… on my block ~#**************#~ [Richie Rich & 2Pac mini skit once again] ~#**************#~ [Verse 3] ~#**************#~ And I cant help but wonder why ~#**************#~ So many young kids had to die ~#**************#~ Caught strays from AKs in a drive-by ~#**************#~ Swollen pride and homicide, dont coincide ~#**************#~ Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside ~#**************#~ ‘Cause our block is filled with danger ~#**************#~ Used to be a close knit community but now were all cold strangers ~#**************#~ Time changes us to stone, them crack pipes ~#**************#~ All up and down the block exterminatin black life ~#**************#~ But I cant blame the dealers ~#**************#~ My mamas welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels ~#**************#~ Shits real, I know ya feel, my tragedy ~#**************#~ A single mother with a problem child, daddy free ~#**************#~ Hangin out pickin up game, sippin cheap liquor ~#**************#~ Gamin the hoochies hopin I can get to sleep with her ~#**************#~ Its a mans world, stayin strapped ~#**************#~ Fantasies of a nigga livin phat, but held back ~#**************#~ Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless ~#**************#~ Wide eyed and losin focus… on my block ~#**************#~ [Richie Rich & 2Pac skit once again] ~#**************#~ [Verse 4] ~#**************#~ And block parties in the projects lastin way past daylight ~#**************#~ A young nigga learned to break night ~#**************#~ Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen ~#**************#~ I send them ends, but its tough on a friend, in my mind ~#**************#~ I see the same motherfuckers ballin ~#**************#~ Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, misses call ~#**************#~ I know the young niggas understand this ~#**************#~ Growing up in this world where everything is scandalous ~#**************#~ I reminisce on tha fast times, past crimes ~#**************#~ Tryin to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime ~#**************#~ Cant explain, just what attracts me to this dirty game ~#**************#~ Gold chains, some extra change, and the street fame ~#**************#~ And whats strange is that everybody knows my name, swear they all know me ~#**************#~ And lots of cash make a nigga change ~#**************#~ I hit the green just to maintain, feelin pain ~#**************#~ For all the niggas that I lost to the game… from my block ~#**************#~ [2Pac & Richie Rich] ~#**************#~ Muh fucka cant lie, tho ~#**************#~ Outta all them… ~#**************#~ Rest in peace to all the motherfuckers who passed away ~#**************#~ From all the blocks that I’m from ~#**************#~ One-twelve street, 7th Avenue, New York, Uptown, knahmsayin? ~#**************#~ 183rd and Walt, my block, that’s right ~#**************#~ 122nd and Morningside, my block, that’s right ~#**************#~ Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that’s right ~#**************#~ In the jungle of Marin City, that’s my block, that’s right ~#**************#~ Los Angeles, haha, that’s my block too ~#**************#~ Oakland, can’t forget Oaktown, that’s my block for sure ~#**************#~ And all the other blocks around this motherfucker ~#**************#~ Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago ~#**************#~ All yall niggas stay kicking up dust