[Intro]
Look...
[Verse 1]
By doin this I'm becoming, an influence
So It's either do or die when it comes to this mic
I'm never waistin time, Cause I'm always on my grind
I'm workin 9 to 5 just to keep my dream alive
See I'm puttin up a fight
Cause I'm doin somethin right
Writtin all these rhymes down, up all night
Lil bro don't frown, It'll be alright
I know we've been down
But I'll better our lives
(...trust me, I got this)
None the less
Moms got a new man and I'm not sure to accept
Cause dads locked up and well you know the rest
He's hurt, ripped his heart out his chest
Counting every bar wishing his sentence would end
Says I'm the man now so I gotta do my best
On picking up whats broken, (hah...) it's sucha mess
[Hook]
But I keep my head up cause it's all I have left
If I had one last word before my fast d**h
I'd say f** the Feds till my very last breath
[Hook/Chorus]
So I just sit back
Reminiscing on better days
Smokin that loud pack with the homies (yeah)
You know I wouldn't have it no other way (x2)
[Verse 2]
Cause I've seen sh**, sh** that if you saw too
With one quick look, you wouldn't know what to do
It'd leave your a** shook
(Hah) It's just the truth
Cause theirs crazy sh**, out here on the streets
All I hear is sirens, and the sound of police
(No I'm not a g)
But I witnessed these things
When you were being tucked in, into your sheets
Just another hood kid (Yeah that was me)
Till I witnessed what they did, somethin I couldn't believe
A nine o clock drive by, right where I lived
Aimin at a man I knew had much to give
Three shots to his stomach
His life was ended quick
sh**, rest in peace to him...
Yeah, rest in peace to him...
(Rest in peace, rest in peace)
And fact is
You can't ever really know the difference
Between friends and foes, all I can say is
I've seen em play both
As people come and go watch who you trust
And those put in your way
Cause there's a bunch of snakes (Lookin for prey!)
Its got me wonderin, Why should I stay?
Cause honestly my life hasn't been great
But I gotta do this (Gotta stand out on somethin)
And achieve these goals
Cause I'm often wonderin, if my people
Will leave me forgotten, once I'm in a coffin bellow
(I don't want to be nothin... Nah, I don't want to be forgotten)
[Hook]
But I keep my head up cause it's all I have left
If I had one last word before my fast d**h
I'd say f** the Feds till my very last breath
[Hook/Chorus]
So I just sit back
Reminiscing on better days
Smokin that loud pack
With the homies yeah
You know I wouldn't have it
No other way