August Alsina - Downtown lyrics

[Verse 1: August Alsina] Word got around that a n***a got shot Heard a n***a drew down and he bucked so his a** got popped We was on my block tryna move these rocks Tryna stack this cash on the low, gotta duck these cops We was right off 3rd and Pollock chilling in the back of the track n***as got packs, tryna get them racks, X5 I was riding in the back With the brother's fried chicken and the gat in my lap, 17 had no dreams, drinking 4 LOKO, Sprite and codeine First cla** I was on lean, said f** high-school, so I left Reed [Pre-Hook: August Alsina] No one told me life would be this way I swear nobody told me Guess this is the game we chose to play Crazy how it's always been the same [Hook: August Alsina] People dying every day That ain't nothing new when you from downtown, downtown Out here trying to make a way I won't let these n***as take me downtown, down (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em [Verse 2: August Alsina] Phone just ring, heard a n***a got got He was over in the east, last thing that he heard six shots He ain't get no love from the cops, nobody got caught Real talk when I heard who it was, my heart near damn stopped, somebody done k**ed my brother Now I gotta get back, letting off cause a n***a gotta feel that Sitting shotgun with the shot gun , when you hear the shots come, n***a don't run Already bad, it can only get worse, hand full of steel cause the sh** still hurts Cut so deep when they put him in the hearse, never saw 25, had to put 'em in the dirt [Bridge: August Alsina] No one told me life would be this way I swear nobody told me Guess this is the game we chose to play Crazy how it's always been the same [Hook: August Alsina] People dying every day That ain't nothing new when you from downtown, downtown Out here trying to make a way I won't let these n***as take me downtown, down (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em [Verse 3: Kidd Kidd] Once upon a time downtown in the 9, where they don't mind dying Sworn to a life of crime, was a young'n only stood 5'5, big money on his mind Clothes ain't wrinkled while his hands on his iron, shot six times right in front of my mom Had a .32, man, I'm lucky to survive, on that Pac "Juice" real n***as don't die b**h, I'm from A-town, slang crack on the same sac, blood stains there from a homie with his head cracked Bome Gs like A-Wax, they been doing this sh** way back since A-Track And we yell "Rida Gang Act", you can get fame there from the way you go and bang that Truth from the head watch how you aim that, price on your head and we gonna take that It's about to go down, you ain't about this then you better go now Sun going down, keep the 'dow down, everybody lay down, ski mask down All you gonna see is my eyes and my frown, last thing you hear is my gun going pow It happens every day round my way, this ain't nothing new you grew up downtown [Hook: August Alsina] People dying every day That ain't nothing new when you from downtown, downtown Out here trying to make a way I won't let these n***as take me downtown, down (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these n***as, I be riding, I be riding on 'em