[00:20.43]I hit the **** I told myself the last time would be my last

[00:23.81]I don't trust my own n-ggas now my mind racing fast

[00:26.57]got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash

[00:29.19]if the police run up on me I aint stopping for their ass

[00:31.93]boy you know my L's dirty if they stop me I'm goin to jail surely

[00:34.92]I'll be next to my brother in the cell no bail for me

[00:38.52]man let me out send me back to ******* that smell Purdy (pretty)

[00:41.92]and all I gotta do is call once and she'll be all ready

[00:43.92]yeah buddy cant you tell im goin thru hell

[00:46.39]I don't even open my mail

[00:47.83]I'm in the shower with soap on the towel

[00:49.84]I need cleansing

[00:51.26]bad ******* all on the prowl they need Benzes

[00:53.62]p-ssy n-ggas running they mouth but we aint flinching

[00:56.28]they names aint even mentioned

[00:58.16]I got dreams bigger then your whole team

[01:00.18]You n-ggas so broke but yet somehow you seem so green

[01:02.97]I guess its envy, started with a penny now i'm getting plenty money

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[01:07.98]one time for the city, yeah

[01:11.33]two times for you

[01:16.25]hey

[01:19.13]and one time for the city, hey

[01:23.70]two times for you

[01:26.98]hey

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[01:28.23]Look kid, its raining outside boy

[01:29.72]f-ck an umbrella, n-ggas banging outside boy

[01:32.36]they guns dumb bell a n-gga

[01:34.16]tired of telling n-ggas thats a cease rest in peace

[01:36.26]we tired of only having just a peace

[01:38.53]and f-ck policing, they killing n-ggas whats the reason

[01:41.29]his daughter starving and she f-cking freezing

[01:43.20]so no wonder why he f-cking squeezing

[01:44.96]they out here bussin' leavin' n-ggas stuck in bleedin' on the flo'

[01:47.40]bullets wet you like a ***** on a hoe

[01:50.06]breathing slow man I inhale

[01:52.14]one day you tryna make rent, next day you in jail

[01:54.58]lord knows he meant well

[01:56.07]so I take the pencil and write like a pen pal

[01:58.78]Some ***t that's darker than the tints up on the wind***eld

[02:01.38]welcome to sinville where n-ggas on base

[02:03.89]sh-t is looking like an infield

[02:05.56]high as a Sprint bill

[02:06.91]what you think, thats the reason why this ink in my pen kills

[02:08.99]phoney n-ggas until they are extinct, b-tch I've been real

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[02:13.61]one time for the city, hey

[02:18.56]two times for you

[02:22.52]yeah

[02:25.32]and one time for the city, hey

[02:29.82]two times for you

[02:32.53]hey

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[02:34.40]The more n-ggas sayin'

[02:35.32]Cole the wrong one bringin' the city ***ne

[02:37.15]All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime

[02:39.72]Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of ****

[02:42.41]***** if you listen I'm paintin' pictures of hope

[02:45.23]That boy in class embarrassed because he broke

[02:47.90]Hopin' the day he won't be the butt of somebody's jokes

[02:50.79]See me; I lived it all from dirt-poorin' and trailer

[02:53.55]Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors

[02:56.32]To middle-class with a backyard and my own room

[02:58.80]To bein' the only black kid in my homeroom

[03:01.80]academically gifted and followed my own rules

[03:04.53]Was runnin' the streets hey ma I'll be home soon

[03:07.56]Was out chasin' ho's, was out hoopin'

[03:10.31]Them n-ggas wasn't ballin' but yet they was foul shootin'

[03:13.06]So meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this sh-t

[03:16.60]Never sold a rock and look I made it *****

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[03:20.29]One time for the city, yeah

[03:25.40]two times for you

[03:29.26]hey

[03:31.27]and one time for the city, yeah

[03:36.00]and two times for you

[03:39.71]hey

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[03:42.14]Girl it's been so long, I've been gone from you

[03:44.36]But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the thangs I do

[03:46.66]It's hard but the thought of you would ease my pain

[03:49.42]Girl I promise they gon' know our name

[03:52.18]Ain't seen you smile in awhile

[03:56.14]But I been dreamin' 'bout you

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