And now the neighborhood hot and he can't move the crack
Me and my niggaz ride
This is coming from where I'm from, I'm from
Now I lay me down and sleep
Never run in or hide 'cause some niggaz hate it
Roll 3 dice and name our dope ice cream
Cuffed and crimed on the bus heading straight to the Island
I'm like an angel that put on a halo
Except but us, who surprised when these kids get killed on the streets"
We all walk back in line
Never run in or hide 'cause some niggaz hate it
First we dustin' off the rounds and we slip in the mag'
Me and my niggaz ride
How I could just kill a man?
We probably could freak 'em and do it every other weekend
If I don't have to kill niggaz, I never would leave the ghetto
Summer time top down with the wood finish
Survive my weight how these ghetto streets of mine
This is coming from where I'm from, I'm from
'Cause they don't know about the hood and them love in it
Survive my weight how these ghetto streets of mine
Even when the sun don't shine and it's cold outside
But then these snitch's get to talking and it's colder than ours
Even when the sun don't shine and it's cold outside
Me and my niggaz ride
Then we slip on the masks and go out and mash
Can I get a moment of silence?
Instead of struggling or strive
It's the same ego spiritual, we thuggin' in harmony
Instead of struggling or strive
But in New Yitti niggaz follow they dreams, where I'm from
Back to back Benz and jeeps, blowin' weed with my niggaz
And I pray for the Lord, my soul to keep
Now everybody know that everybody said, "Nobody can hide from beef
Watch his blood flow like a river then rinse his blood off of my hand
Kids get killed in ghettos, shot up over the car Limos
But I can't get faded 'cause I done made it
If I'm wrong pardon me, I'm just tired of poverty
Never run in or hide 'cause some niggaz hate it
Pushin' hard, uptown windows slightly tinted
But I can't get faded 'cause I done made it
On our way to a house party, gonna fuck with some bitchs
And if we get 'em drunk enough
While they shed they joke and laugh puttin' a choke round us
This is coming from where I'm from, I'm from
If you hearing me speak please Lord give me a chance
The ghettos in horror 'cause in this boy shot went back
Matter fact that's a stereo typical thought of livin'
Survive my weight how these ghetto streets of mine
Set trends and y'all follow our lead
'Cause where I'm from in the ghetto we rock white tee's and Nike's
Where women in the middle in a seminal funereal
While they mom was at home, tears hittin' the pillow
Why them niggaz in the hood never hit the lottery
He was only 13 but tried us in the dope and as high as the coast
Shed a tear 'cause he lost his son the same way a year ago
Even when the sun don't shine and it's cold outside
Unless they go lottery, first round in the draft
But I can't get faded 'cause I done made it
We all walk back in line
Because ain't no more children in the ghetto where I'm from
Survive my weight how these ghetto streets of mine
Please forgive me of my sins 'cause we cleansed where I'm from
They say, "Death brings life, there exchange no robbery"
Instead of struggling or strive
This is coming from where I'm from, I'm from
Me and my niggaz ride
And he'll individually get murdered 'cause money is power
We all walk back in line
Let's get some liquor for shorty who said she make us some chicken
But I can't get faded 'cause I done made it
And we call it feeding our family, y'all call it a tragedy, damn
Poppin' the blue colla' with shots soon to follow
We ain't all killers in prison
Look how these animals eat that's how they talk 'bout us
Never run in or hide 'cause some niggaz hate it
If I should die before I wake
'Cause they claimin' it's the murderers that's causin' all the violence
Instead of struggling or strive
Pray for the Lord, my soul to take, oh, oh yeah
What 'bout the ones that protect to serve our honor
Even when the sun don't shine and it's cold outside
When it's all about the dollars
Cradle the grave of my niggaz that we lost in the ghetto
Pray to the Lord, my soul to take, yeah
