E-40 - Get It Together lyrics

[Chorus: Mac Mall] Young brothers gotta get it together Young brothers gotta get it together I know you're out there gettin' ya cheddar But we still gotta get it together And work hard, work smarter Work hard, work smarter Work hard, work smarter You're somebody's son and you're somebody's father [Verse 1: Mac Mall] Young brother, just know I want you to live Don't wanna see you popped up in the pen like brother and father did Don't wanna see you bust your steel and another brother get k**ed Still, we do it to ourself and that's ill for real Youngin's f**in' up they future tryna be treal D.A. give you forever, now he wanna make a deal But he shoulda made a plan instead of fast petty scams Shoulda thought about his fam instead of tryna be the man Grands in his hand, now he stand in the can feelin' ‘damn' Now you're finally on your knees prayin' Askin' God for forgiveness, wish you thought about God before you did it Shoulda listened instead of being out there trippin' Can't play the victim, must hold yourself accountable You don't want your kids growin' up without you, fool Man up is what you need to do To yourself, you got somethin' to prove and everything to lose [Chorus] [Verse 2: Mac Mall] You gotta live to learn but you gotta learn to live Sick of seein' our kids dyin' tryna get rich Seen too many die for blocks that they threw up On corners that we grew up Blood drainin' down into the sewers Surrounded by d**h, it can do somethin' to ya I'm prayin' for our future, hope we remember the true us We was rulers, not just dealers and users Scholars and builders, not just thieves and shooters Remember that before you k** another black Before you serve some more crack Remember it's us caught in the trap Like sheeps to the slaughter, every day is gettin' harder When you're gone, put your face on a shirt, a ghetto martyr That's why we gotta be smarter and work harder And if we work together, brother, we can get farther You know they run game, mane, the same divide and conquer That's why we come up, don't let the system take us under [Chorus] (E-40: Cuzo, let me holla at ‘em) [Verse 3: E-40] Let's put our money together, let's put our money together Let's beat the system, too many of us in prison I know I'm always gone but I love my town Rest in peace Mac Dre, I know you're lookin' down People think we hated each other but we respected each other You was from one side and I was from the other Two Vallejo brothers, none of us s**ers, legendary Just like Studio Ton and Khayree I can go on and on to shout out the V So much talent, so much history So many memories when it used to be cool To leave your screen door open and walk home from school Without gettin' stolen or shot in the process It's difficult for these kids to make some progress It's a mess, my city need a prayer (What you need to do?) 40 need to have a sitdown with the mayor (For real) [Chorus]