[Intro: Jon Connor]
This go to every hood
Every city, every state
Anybody living in poverty
Anybody in f**ed up situations
sh** getting stupid
I don't give a f** where you from
Ain't nothing cool about dying young
[Verse 1: Jon Connor]
Now every show is packed, full house
I feel like Danny Tanner
I've done been through hell and back
You see I done got a little tanner
When you think of real sh** you think of me
I'm a walking banner
When I say real sh** that's artistry that ain't be tampered
And I just stay myself
You'd be amazed with what that do for n***as
Cause I ain't never shoot no n***a
And I'm from where n***as be shooting n***as
Give me your ear
Get it clear
Other than that I don't want nothin from you
I rap like this because I'm from the hood
And I don't want to go back to that motherf**er
You like that sh**
I don't buy that sh**
I'm talkin to the n***as that buy that sh**
Cause I'm from Flint, Michigan where it really goes down
And I survived that sh**
You talk about shooting this
Selling this
Buying sh**
Supplying sh**
Young n***as dying because they really go out and try that sh**
Those punchlines that you pretend
We see that sh** every weekend
n***as get wet up everyday
How about you letting that sink in
Making a n***a go off the deep end
That will make a n***a say f** that
Because you keep on screamin n***a bust that
In a city where n***as really bust that
And no I'm not your dad
I ain't preaching, we ain't in school
But I refuse to let you dudes
Talk about d**h like the sh** is cool
Because it's the bullets, and it's the crime
And it's the caskets at the funeral
The retaliation back
But you n***as can't see that sh** from the studio
You buying in to that wack sh**
Stop buying into this rap sh**
That hood sh** look cool to you
How cool he look in that casket
They like
Connor, he ain't no street n***a
No, Connor he ain't no weak n***a
My nerves are bad like a Vietnam vet
Cause gunshots kept me from sleeping n***a
How cool is that
You want that sh**
That ain't nothin for me to brag about
Because if that's the crown
We ain't even got to have it out
You n***as want it you can have it now
n***as slug it out
n***as living and dying for stripes
That nobody don't give a f** about
When my n***as died
Life just went on
You ain't nothin about 'em
Ain't nothing stop
No schools got closed
No work postponed
No holidays for 'em
They just were gone
Birthdays gone
Children go
Christmas gone
So this one is for them
Stop the stupid sh** just for a minute
That's what this was for
And f** what people say
Because life is worth living for
[Outro - Sample from CB4]
You ain't tough
You ain't from the street
I'm from the street
And only someone who wasn't would think it was something to glorify