Hey yo!
Yo sham!
Yo sham!!!
-yo,yo,yo!
Come here n***a, wa**up man?
-whats the deal, son?
How you doin man?
-chillin man
What you f**in with that cat over there for?
-he is my n***a, son.
Nahah, don't f** around with that n***a, yo.
-what you sayin,god?
I know that n***a--
-what? i gotta hold it down for my homes, son
Lemme talk to ya for a second,man, c'mere, c'mere
I been through bullsh**, forced to pull sh** at the enemy
If i did it homes, it was the end of me
Back in the days, i'ma say like around your age
-what makes you figure that?
Yo, i used to move the same ways
Carying guns, sell a nickle chums to bums
Run away from home, running through the streets with a chrome
-n***a, f** that, you see i'm livin on my own
-my life is based on the same place and the same zone
-thugs call me the don, but never feel my calm
-at the same time you know it's hard for me to stay on
Yeah i'm feelin ya, but at i gotta keep it real with ya
Only when you got dough, n***as wanna be with ya
They feel ya out, find out about your whereabouts
Best friends turn enemies, plotting to take you out
-but it's all good, becuz they show me love in tha hood
-i got this sh** locked,don't worry bout it. lemme cross ya out
Chorus:
Hey yo, i walk by myself,i die by myself
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I do for my self,make moves for my self
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I walk by myself,i die by myself
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I do for my self,make moves for my self
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
Verse 2:
You see them cats that you run with, they allways in some dumb sh**
I'm tellin you right now, them cats shouldn't f** with
-now who the f** is you? to tell me what to do?
-tryin to start some real sh**, tryin to make me flip on my crew
Go ahead and play harda**! live your life fast
Tryin to warn you, seem like these streets got you ga**ed
-i got a problem right now, and i can't maintain
-i got some big time cat tryin ta split my fame
-yo, you see me in the street and wanna scream my name
-with some caked up voice, yo i made my chioce
-tim and his boys foul plans was to leave me moised
-so i stood up,prayin to god that this ain't my last luck
-yo they got me judged, call tha blue cross cops ran up
*freeze!!!*
-say please don't move too much, i think my man sat me up
-on a fact(?) shining to much
Left you wet up,same muthaf**as used to friend up
Got you hospitalized, look how you end up
Hooked up to a respirator, body all bent up
Your moms callin me at my home,cryin on the phone
Why the f** you didn't listen? wouldn't be in this position
You still breathing, a chance to change the way you living
-no more claiming the streets, i got a daughter to raise
-if i would've listened to you, i would never have got blaised
-now i'm f**ed up,laying in this bed cramped up
-needles in my arm, thinkin how these cats play tough
-real thoughts in my head,oh how i showed 'em love
-f** it, from now on gotta keep my sh** real calm
-plans to move up outta there, and grab my family to be gone
Chorus
*chorus playin in the background while they talks*
Yo...sham?
-yo..
Wake up n***a
How you doing man,
-f**ed up right now, son
Didn't you see
I saw you earlier on the day,kicked it to ya man
The streets ain't no muthaf**in joke, n***a
-yo, son , see what they did to my f**in leg, son?
I'm tired of that bullsh**, i'm sorry--
-can't even lift my sh** no more.
Got holes up in this sh**, you holy now?
You believe in tha lord now, don't ya, muthaf**a?
-yeah...
When you get outta this b**h,
You better know how to walk the path muthaf**a.
-you grabbin me to get up outta here?
There's lot of things you can do in the world,
You're to young for this bullsh**
You hear me?
-i know
-definitely
When you get better you come out, make your mama proud,
Make yourself proud, you keep ya head up, n***a
-definitely
You understand?
-i understand
What the f**, n***a, at the end of the day you's a man.
Act like one
-definitely