[Intro: The Game]
Punk-a** motherf**er, checking sh**
What you was gonna do?
k** me in my sleep, you b**h-a** n***a?
2Pac, Biggie – shut the f** up!
f**ing dogs, barking and sh**
(Don't shoot, don't shoot!) f** you, n***a!
[Hook: Lil Wayne]
And I'm grindin' till I'm tired
‘Cause they said: "You ain't grindin' till you tired."
So I'm grindin' with my eyes wide
Looking to find a way through the day, a light for the night
Dear Lord, you done took so many of my people
I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life
Like what the hell am I doing right? My life
[Verse 1: The Game]
Take me away from the hood, like a state penitentiary
Take me away from the hood, in a casket or a Bentley
Take me away, like I overdosed on c**aine
Or take me away, like a bullet from Kurt Cobain
Suicide, I'm from a windy city, like Do or Die
From a block close to where Biggie was crucified
That was Brooklyn's Jesus, shot for no f**ing reason
And you wonder why Kanye wears Jesus pieces?
‘Cause that's Jesus, people - and Game, he's the equal
Hated on so much, "Pa**ion of Christ" need a sequel
Yeah, like Roc-a-Fella needed Siegel
Like I needed my father, but he needed a needle
I need some meditation so I can lead my people
They asking: "Why, why did John Lennon leave The Beatles?"
And why every hood n***a feed off evil?
Answer my question 'fore this bullet leave this Desert Eagle
[Hook: Lil Wayne]
And I'm grindin' till I'm tired
‘Cause they said: "You ain't grindin' till you tired."
So I'm grindin' with my eyes wide
Looking to find a way through the day, a light for the night
Dear Lord, you done took so many of my people
I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life
Like what the hell am I doing right? My life
[Verse 2: The Game]
We are not the same, I am a Martian
So approach my Phantom doors with caution
You see them 24's spinnin'? I earned 'em
And I ain't no preacher, but here's my Erick Sermon
So eat this black music and tell me how it taste now
And f** Jesse Jackson, ‘cause it ain't about race now
Sometimes I think about my life, with my face down
Then I see my sons and put on that Kanye smile
Damn, I know his mama proud; and since you helped me sell my dream, we can share my mama now
And like M.J.B.; no more drama now
Living the good life, me and Common on common ground
I spit crack, and n***as could drive it out of town
Got a Chris Paul mind state, I'm never out of bounds
My life used to be empty like a Glock without a round
Now my life full, like a chopper with a thousand rounds
[Hook: Lil Wayne]
And I'm grindin' till I'm tired
‘Cause they said: "You ain't grindin' till you tired."
So I'm grindin' with my eyes wide
Looking to find a way through the day, a light for the night
Dear Lord, you done took so many of my people
I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life
Like what the hell am I doing right? My life
[Verse 3: The Game]
Walk through the gates of hell, see my Impala parked in front
With the high beams on
Me and the devil sharing chronic blunts
Listening to the Chronic album, playing backwards
Shooting at pictures of Don Imus for target practice
My mind f**ed up, so I cover it with a Raider hood
I'm from the city that made you motherf**ers afraid of Suge
Made my grandmother pray for good
It never made her happy, but I bet that new Mercedes could
Ain't no bars, but n***as can't escape the hood
And it took so many of my n***as that I should hate the hood
But it's real n***as like me that make the hood
Ridin' slow in that Phantom just the way I should
With the top back, in my Sox hat
I'm paid in full, the n***a Alpo couldn't stop that
Even if they brought the n***a Pac back
I'll still keep this motherf**er co*ked back
[Hook: Lil Wayne]
And I'm grindin' till I'm tired
‘Cause they said: "You ain't grindin' till you tired."
So I'm grindin' with my eyes wide
Looking to find a way through the day, a light for the night
Dear Lord, you done took so many of my people
I'm just wondering why you haven't taken my life
Like what the hell am I doing right? My life