[00:19.22]Yea, this is where the

[00:20.78]Yea, this is where the fathers ain't living

[00:23.12]At least not with us

[00:24.82]Might see em round the city and won't even say wassup

[00:27.31]When ****** play tough, won't even smile in mirrors

[00:29.68]And we learn to **** hoes off trial and error

[00:32.43]Just a small time *****, big city hustle

[00:35.23]Glued to the TV, Jigga, Diddy, Russell

[00:38.00]These were our heroes, strictly for them zero's

[00:40.72]For that Robert Deniro, ****** reload on them kilo's

[00:43.33]Dodgin them people,

[00:44.99]Mad at myself cause I done seen some things that I'd rather not tell

[00:48.82]Shawty smole crack and her boyfriend too

[00:51.51]Sometimes he touch her daughter like them boyfriends do

[00:54.50]Pull up to the club where the boys went too

[00:56.84]See that yellow tape and the boys in blue

[00:59.58]A ***** on a strecther and though I never met ya

[01:02.28]I'm thinking God Bless ya, they city try and get ya

[01:06.11]Man, don't let the city get ya

[01:08.02]**** the horoscopes, know the ropes lke a wrestler

[01:10.42]If them bullets wet ya bet ya momma need a tissue

[01:13.20]Your face on the front of our shirts saying we miss ya

[01:16.24](We miss ya)

[01:17.36]Come with me,

[01:19.31]Run quick see, what do we have here

[01:22.65]Now, do you wanna ride or die

[01:25.16]La dadada, la la la la

[01:28.32]Come with me,

[01:30.91]Run quick see, what do we have here

[01:33.75]Now, do you wanna ride or die

[01:36.07]La dadada, la la la la

[01:38.63]Yea, let's see God

[01:40.07]I know you only do what's best for me

[01:41.93]But is it cool if we negotiate my destiny

[01:44.35]They always tellin' me it's temporary

[01:46.58]Than why it's feelling like a cemetary

[01:48.59]My dreams ain't got no obituaries

[01:50.58]My city hurting and none of us were equiped here

[01:52.63]You heard me say I was ballin'

[01:54.80]I probably make tears

[01:56.02]I'm trying to get clear

[01:57.37]I'm tryna quit fear

[01:58.60]Who wrote the scripts here

[01:59.95]These kids live there whole life just killing time

[02:01.84]Running the race with no finish line

[02:04.65]They tryna noose us with they ropes

[02:07.47]But I'm tryna climb

[02:08.59]I think my foolish pride might become my suicide

[02:10.40]But I ain't tryna go, no baby

[02:12.88]And through these lines and quotes you gotta find some hope

[02:15.64]Cause I ain't dying

[02:16.75]My words gon' last forever,

[02:18.60]You can hold the treasure

[02:19.83]Look inside you can see a diamond in my mind

[02:21.91]I'm tired of seeing **** fiends, wiping they nose clean

[02:25.01]Is my neighbourhood just a smoke screen

[02:27.03]I think I'm in the Dungeon Fam, I see lo green

[02:29.51]Sons raised by bo queens but there's no kings

[02:32.46](No kings, no kings)

[02:34.26]Come with me,

[02:36.56]Run quick see, what do we have here

[02:39.80]Now, do you wanna ride or die

[02:42.09]La dadada, la la la la

[02:45.20]Come with me,

[02:47.99]Run quick see, what do we have here

[02:50.58]Now, do you wanna ride or die

[02:52.91]La dadada, la la la la

[02:55.67]It seems like ****** either feel ya or they try and kill ya

[02:58.20]I face the sky and hope to God ain't acting unfamiliar

[03:00.83]You play whatever cards he deal no matter how peculiar

[03:03.47]They tell me that it's God's will, I'm asking God will ya

[03:06.08]Heal a ***** from all this pain, momma smoking ******* as it rains out

[03:09.64]Am I to blame, try to stay sane so I came out-side

[03:12.83]Where they rock with them thangs out

[03:15.20]To clear my mind at the same time they blew that boys brains out

[03:17.35]But will it change, it's like ****** is free but our minds still in the chains

[03:21.37]Brothers killing eachother, the blood spill it's a shame

[03:24.05]Will it ever slow up

[03:25.16]Alot of ****** getting older but they never grow up

[03:27.80]And do they son's like they fathers did and never show up

[03:30.43]Don't even cry about it, just another episode of life

[03:33.19]Watch the season ***** no re-runs

[03:36.02]The devil buying soul's ***** no refunds

[03:40.25]Man, don't let the city get ya

[03:41.83]**** the horoscopes know the ropes like a wrestler

[03:44.38]If them bullets wet ya bet ya momma need a tissue

[03:47.15]Your face on the front of our shirts screaming we miss ya

[03:49.99]Another day, another song, a mother prays

[03:54.61]Another gone

[03:55.95]But still we play like ain't nothing wrong

[03:58.24]Like ain't nothing wrong

[03:59.74]Cause ain't nothing wrong

[04:01.44]I'm not as fast, I'm not as tall

[04:03.84]But before I pass

[04:05.09]I gotta ball

[04:06.45]I gotta ball

[04:08.08]I gotta ball

[04:09.24]***** I gotta ball