(Verse 1 - Deacon) Ice cube said laugh now, cry later It's sad to see us livin like that till pine's laid up Not straight up about d**h or missteps No regrets, just weed, s**, worldly patterns I miss Vatos and Bless, i miss my sister The other day my n***a was stabbed to d**h I laughed with step bout holy scripture Holdin blunts bigger than his casket, growed amongst gra** unkept Still smokin, bet he's still blowin Singin with sam cooke bout a change comin as we keep pourin Liquor out for those that pa**ed It's k**in our livers because we dyin so fast Low on cash, who ain't? ain't no jobs Either you slang and make music or you detail cars Ya cut hair, ya sell clothes or you live on charge I barely got enough bread to give a cell phone bars f** puttin bars on paper, there's bars in face of Half my n***as, spark the garcia vegas and ride country I'll be damned if they stealin my pride from me f** the world, i ain't destined to die hungry (hook) The lies, the pain, the truth, the hurt The music, the soul, it's all in the dirt
(bridge) Lay back and just ride Just ride (Verse 2 - Natti) Enter my zone, blunts stuffed enough for self Bravin this world, puttin up smoke for help Peace pipe under the street lights type of wealth Greenery coats the scenery, my whip turn left Right away from them rollers posted up at the corner Schemin to meet they quota off of n***as with soda They love to get em together like lime and corona Twisted, like my n***as still reppin they hood Don't own a brick up in that b**h but swingin they wood Goin to bat for that? sh**, i wish i would In the thick of it, only with my kin i stood Make sense of it with dollars only if i could To trade children and a beautiful wife for a crack pipe Or beaten in the system, just missin the daylight Or missin in the system of hustlin all night sh** must have been a'ight at some point in our sight Till in a fashion we rationed off a portion of life Coastin into a future that we strive to make bright, come on Coastin into a future that we strive to make bright, let's go