I know a place where the trees dont grow
~#**************#~
Just another place where niggas live low
~#**************#~
I know a place where life is fucked up
~#**************#~
Make a wrong move and your ass get stuck up
~#**************#~
Time aint nothin but a frame of mind
~#**************#~
And life is like a mountain or a steep ass climb
~#**************#~
Ive been lookin for a place to leave
~#**************#~
The only free place is inside of me
~#**************#~
So lets take a trip, and you dont need a grip
~#**************#~
But you better be equipped cause it might be some shit
~#**************#~
African-American, nothin but a nigga
~#**************#~
Had our fingers on the trigger, but I pulled mine quicker
~#**************#~
I know a place where there aint no calm and
~#**************#~
You better stay away if youre soft like Charmin
~#**************#~
South Central, Los Angeles, Watts, and Compton
~#**************#~
A nigga from the west coast on his way to Harlem
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
Now its time to step into the light (Light)
~#**************#~
Put up your dukes, theres gonna be a fight (Fight)
~#**************#~
And when its time to fight, you better fight right
~#**************#~
‘Cause if it dont fight right, out goes your light
~#**************#~
Take a close look at what Im freakin on
~#**************#~
Niggas think Im tweakin, but Im speakin on
~#**************#~
Subject matter, data
~#**************#~
Information that I gather
~#**************#~
Through my travels
~#**************#~
‘Cause the hardest of the hard, hit hardcore killer
~#**************#~
Cant stop the slug of a nine millimeter
~#**************#~
Everybody thinks they know, but they know not
~#**************#~
If they havent caught a cap on the block *gunshot*
~#**************#~
So shine up your boots and pick up the pieces
~#**************#~
Grab a fresh pair of khakis with the sharp ass creases
~#**************#~
Ring the alarm, here comes the storm
~#**************#~
I got a firearm on my way to Harlem
~#**************#~
[Verse 3]
~#**************#~
I know a place where the sun dont shine
~#**************#~
Everybody is a victim of neighborhood crime
~#**************#~
I know a place where niggas walk the line
~#**************#~
One false step and they must do time
~#**************#~
Since Im in the same boat
~#**************#~
I must stay afloat
~#**************#~
And sing every note
~#**************#~
From the quotes that they wrote
~#**************#~
So, I look into the past and walk the path of the greats
~#**************#~
So I wont make the same mistakes that sealed my ancestors fates
~#**************#~
If I had to be a slave Id rather be in my grave
~#**************#~
If I get in how many lives could I save?
~#**************#~
One, two, three, a hundred, a thousand
~#**************#~
My heart is poundin, the devil keeps soundin
~#**************#~
But he dont want my money, he wants my soul
~#**************#~
So I reach like a tree, and like a weed I grow
~#**************#~
My stomach is full, but my mind is starvin
~#**************#~
Rollin in a g ride on my way to Harlem
