Anthony David - Backstreet lyrics

The air is still, the heat is rising Summertime's on the horizon Little girl with a baby crying 'Cause she's got no food to eat And it ain't that, nobody's listening And it ain't that, nobody cares* It's just that everybody's busy looking out for what is theirs I'm a hustler, on the corner, making very little money But down the block, on the other corner This n******g's down there getting paid What's he doing and I ain't doing? He got clothes and fancy things Big ole car and pretty women, watch what jealousy and envy brings On the backstreet, that's where I live On the backstreet, there ain't positive Now up the block comes my man Cee-Lo say what's happening, how you feel? He don't care about no 5 - 0 'cause he's known to keep it real Peep what's happening down the block yo, who is down there taking mine? Cee-Lo knows about his bizness, so he runs it down one time He get keys straight from Miami, hooks it up and sells it cheap You ain't getting none but O's from Sammy so your prices are too steep But I got just the thing you need son, if you really want to win Sun light sparkles on his gold fronts as he makes this evil grin Take a walk on down to my crib then let me show you something new I got loads of guns and ammo that I bought from this white dude He could tell that I was down that I was just the man to see And he fronted me at least a G's worth of artillery on the backstreet That's where I live, on the backstreet, yeah There ain't nothing positive Now in his bedroom it's amazing, he got guns of every kind He lights a blunt we start blazing then I picked the one that shined It's an old school Calicola, semi auto dark as night It's just the thing I need to make my situation tight So he shows me how to load it since I don't know what to do Aims towards the wall and it exploded, through this poster of Ice Cube Upon so much devastation that it's obvious to me That is just the thing to separate your soul from your body On the backstreet, that's where I live On the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive I went home and starting plotting for my come up at midnight In the darkest catch them slipping, take his re-up money his life I'll just catch him as he goes out to his car to make a run Now you can't front when you're confronted with the cold steel of a gun When night comes and I'm moving on the creep all dressed in black Wearing a ski mask so he won't know who just put him on his back So I hid behind the bushes at the people's house next door 3 shots rang out from behind me and my blood began to pour, no What? What now boy? Told you I was gonna get you boy Thought he's gonna catch me sleeping, in your dream Do it hurt? Let's go Everything happened in one swift action, sh** I just couldn't believe Cee-Lo told them what was happening, I been tricked,I been deceived And it ain't that, nobody heard it And it ain't that, nobody cares It's just that everybody was busy looking out for what was theirs Non-contributing citizens, what they call the NCC I don't really know what that means but it's what the cops called me They don't care what happens to me, they don't miss me on the beat All they know is that there's one less n******g Hanging on the backstreet, where I used to live On the backstreet, there ain't nothing, nothing, The choices you make can make or break you The choices you make can make or break you The choices you make can make or break you The choices you make can make or break you.