[VERSE 1]
Up early in the morning
Looking for another way
Thank God for another day
Police on the news
Shootin n***as again
Hope its nobody I know
Or my next of kin
What the f** they wanna do
k** us all off slow
Make it so - we can't walk through the hood no mo
Tip toe through the ghetto
Gotta think fast
Just going to the store
Might be your last (n***a)
That's how it is
When you're living in the hood
In they eyes - everybody's no good
Gotta live your life - surrounded by trife
Playing cats and mice - every day throw the dice
They not giving a f**
Every day - police locking n***as up
They care less about you - about me
Once you in a cage - throw away the key
Ass out - with no support
Just how they want it - a n***a going to court
Thinking of a master plan for a way out
Five in the morning - bullets getting sprayed out
Don't ask me why - n***as just wildin
There's room on the streets - but there's none on the island
Judge giving out time to the newcomers
No second chances - football numbers
You gotta do what you gotta do
Family gotta eat - baby need new shoes
And it ain't no jobs
Gotta hit the streets
Gotta go hard
I ain't mad at ya
I just don't wanna hear
That the man got ya
Its too many ways to get trapped up
So don't act up - don't get racked up
Be on point when you on the grind
Keep a low pro - don't try to shine
Get money - stack doe - get paper
And stay away from those no good haters