Dice Raw - Thin Air lyrics

[Verse 1] I reached my lifetime limit on lies And I reached my lifetime limit on tries And I'm running low on hellos and goodbyes So I'm here to stay baby, you know you can wipe the tears from your eyes Heard your [??] take so many years thought I'd never see the morning sky again From hearing grown men cry in a cell, that kind of makes it hard to pretend When you been close to winning it kind of makes it hard to give in It makes it hard to throw in the towel and that's never been my style And around here we still take a beating for our pal And old ladies when they see us they don't ever smile They shake their heads from side to side, look us up and down But I know where that frustration come from They look at our generation like a bunch of dumb-dumbs And I don't know if that's wrong or right But is it wrong for me to just want something different in life For my family who's only ever saw poverty And deep down inside that sh** bothers me I wonder if I'm being the proper man I can be Don't leave the d** alone start working break my back Til my knees start hurting for five bucks an hour with a boss that's a jerk when I can get a brick, flip it and get paid that's for certain But if I get caught with a brick, it's the curtains [Hook They say that things are different and it ain't like it was before Any young man like myself in life really should want more Maybe I never knew what's out there Maybe I never even cared Enough to find myself one day pull something out of thin air Thin air, thin air thin air thin air [Verse 2] n***as shootin every night can't hustle on a war block Baby two weeks old and they sleepin on a warm cot Hand to hand [??] rock only way on top Hundred and fifty dollars that I need that's a long shot Out on the ave. you know it's swollen with cops One said, up against the wall routine stop Fifteen dimes on me and a sixteen shot Now I'm upstate with a shake and a slingshot Gangs run you inside so I'm running with a crew n***as from the other side boys saying f** a truce They put me in a box they should put me in a noose Ropes still around my neck even though they cut me loose A barefoot negro running through the jungle Every man's equal try to be humble So everyday of my life filled with struggle So everyday of my life I'm gonna hustle And I can do a hundred pushups trying to push thru Slice another brother through even if he push you f** what you would do On the outside no compa**ion, no questions asked on the inside [Hook]