Mmm, yeah, keep ya head up! Yeah
Our lifestyles be close-captioned
Addicted to fatal attractions
Pictures of actions be played back
In the midst of mashin'
No fairy tales for this young black male
Some see me stranded in this land of hell, jail, and crack sales
Hustlers hardly think of culture
Or the repercussions while bustin' on backstabbin' vultures
Sellin' my soul for material wishes, fast cars, and b–
Wishin' I live my life a legend, immortalized in pictures
Why shed tears? Save your sympathy
My childhood years were spent buryin' my peers in the cemetery
Here's a message to the newborns waitin' to breathe
If you believe, then you can achieve: just look at me
Against all odds, though life is hard we carry on
Livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on
To all the seeds that follow me, protect your essence
Born with less, but you still precious, just smile for me now!
Smile for me
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F– the world as we elope and witness furious speeds
Of nasty questions keep us all stressin', curious G's
Backstabbed and bleedin', f– thoughts laced with weed
Learnin', duckin' stray shots, bullets be hot, they burnin'
Inhalin' sherm smoke, visualized the flames
Will I be smothered by my own pain?
Strange whispers, cowards conversate, so quick to diss us
Takin' pictures for the Feds and desperate hopes they'd get us
Hit us off, give us plenty centuries, forgive my sins
Since I ain't in many penitentiaries, the best revenge is f– friends
We military minded soldiers, bustin' shots blindly
Tryin' to find Jehovah to help me, somebody save me
Lost and crazy, scared to drop a seed
Hopin' I ain't cursed my babies, maybe now n–s feel me now
Picture my pain, embrace my words
Make the world change and still I smile n–
And now a moment of silence