(Intro)
[Halftime] Who am I to be blind to what goes on outside ? To put it behind is a crime. To say its not is a lie. Days fly by. They just go. So there is nothing left to do but get this dough. Lets go
(Verse 1) [G5 Elz]
9:30 me and T
Boulevard Yawning
Church on 199 Free
Breakfast every Saturday morning
Orange juice bu*ter bagel
Yea I ate it up
Parents left me and my sister
Nana raised us up
1 room bunk bed TV no cable
Nana social security check
Made things stable
Bills paid on time
And food on the table
But I still walked up the block
Summer lunch in my navel
Back wen
Every night was a shoot out
Too dangerous to go
To ya window And just look out
I was only 9
Learning what the hood about
After school no parent came up
But they took Kevin out
Life's a movie funny and scary
Living in wary
Young n***as getting buried
Yesterday's news
New obituary
No wake up at the wake
Sleep in the cemetery
Uhhh me and my n***as just
Looking for a better way
But back in 9th grade
We used to rob the train
I-pods and sidekicks
Jamaica ave make a flip
Just to cop
New fits to match our kicks
(Hook)
[G5 Elz]
Lord forgive us
Hustlers and Sinners
Benz Whippers
Mother Strippers
Wanna be bread winners
[Carter Brown]
And All I ask is for a helping hand
From the Womb to the Tomb
Struggle makes me a better man
[G5 Elz]
A better man a better man
Only struggles in life
Makes me a better man
(Verse 2) [G5 Elz]
9:30 looking good
For that fresh cut
Sitting in Kah chair
He tell me that I'm next up
That's my big bro
Giving motivation
Since he pulled the bent out
He always getting funny faces
Penthouse top floor
Popping rose cases smoking
Wit some gangstas out on bail
Open cases
July fourth
I'll never forget that day
Moda rooftop changed
My whole view a different way
Free my brother Dimmy
He talking like he never left
Did 3 so far D.A talking
He got 7 left
Until then more
More chicken more fly sweats
Since Nana left
I'm on my Tin man sh**
No heart in my chest
(Hook)
[G5 Elz]
Lord forgive us
Hustlers and Sinners
Benz Whippers
Mother Strippers
Wanna be bread winners
[Carter Brown]
And All I ask is for a helping hand
From the Womb to the Tomb
Struggle makes me a better man
[G5 Elz]
A better man a better man
Only struggles in life
Makes me a better man
(Verse 3) [G5 Elz]
9:30 shackled up
QUEENS court house
Did a few weeks
Til my case got thrown out
I was 15
But they charged me like a man
They said I pistol whipped
And robbed the Chinese man
Now they got my prints
Hope you n***as taken hints
The jail system not cool
It's not what you think
Role call eat sleep sh**
Tell when wake up
Been out 2 years
Thank god on the wake up
This is for my n***as
Getting their cake up
Punching in time clocks
Moving that shake up
Watch these hoes
They lining n***as like shape ups
Guns wit lasers
Will Take you outta ya lace ups
Just a young n***a
Tryna kick knowledge
R.I.P Darryl
They kilt him in his projects
Babean 40 park
Northside Hamo and Sam
n***a's need to stop being p**y
Take those guns out their hands
(Verse 4) [Carter Brown]
Lord forgive em
Thou shall not act like i dont sin
Cause money holds the key to the room that im locked in
I kind of wish in the womb i could of stayed lock in
But in this world holding n***as up ain't an option
Unless you holding n***as up for that cinnamon dropped benz
You ride around in circles get b**hes and drop friends
Snap moments of friends with benefits post on instagram
But its supposed to be the bigger picture
Is your instant fam man
The ones trying to k** you, helping you run
The ones giving you ciggeret's give you medicine
This ain't my verse its a prologue to the f**ing song
Pull all yo daughters in and grab yo f**ing sons
Cause the war outside .. gotta be one
Lives will be taken they dont gotta be one
In order for us to work we gotta be one
So take all that hate and divide it by love
(Hook)
[G5 Elz]
Lord forgive us
Hustlers and Sinners
Benz Whippers
Mother Strippers
Wanna be bread winners
[Carter Brown]
And All I ask is for a helping hand
From the Womb to the Tomb
Struggle makes me a better man
[G5 Elz]
A better man a better man
Only struggles in life
Makes me a better man