[Verse 1: Havoc] Gun wars, money, hustle, the hoes n***as that don't get along for life, that's how it go Momma's that don't take care of there kids, and let 'em roam And you can see how he or she gon' be when they get grown Your childhood, ideals crushed, youth press due And stuffed that, basically just go f** your a** up You a volcano about to erupt, running the corrupt guns shiny But them basketball trophies covered in dust Them babies kids, the innocent that was lost in Not them, circumstances, and had that hand forced When I was little, yeah I dreamt of the Porshe, and of course Ain't get it, admitted, them loose rocks, the only source To that sh** that rob and lease, preech the riddle was in reach God, give me one last word, to k** her Yo, you looking down in the hood, willing with that advice But it's beat the other n***a, getting k**ed tonight [Hook] Some things'll never change [Verse 2: Prodigy] Make a n***a say, f** birthday, and f** Christmas f** a wishlist, I'm writing out my sh**list It got a lot of names, I got a lot of time Blow out brains, see now you out your f**ing mind You get gauged, for a pound of the wicked nine You playing games to the sound of them guns fire Cereal and powdered milk, that was then then A-1 Sauce sandwiches, we was children Growing up broke, snatching chains and coats Smoking weed with coke, selling fiends soap Drunk sleeping on the bench, I couldn't make it upstairs Woke up and seen the kids on they way to school, sh** Borrow money for my drug dealing friends So I can buy beer, yeah that'll put me on my feet again See, this real sh**, you probably never been through Ching-ching, now I got bling, but.. [Hook] [Verse 3: Havoc] Back to back, n***a, just getting knocked Since swallowing the pack, guess what? His heart stopped It all happens in the hood, it never seems to stop And even the good ones, get d** planted by them dirty cops [Prodigy] Back to back, n***as be getting shot You would think that they would learn from they first time being popped From the hospital, straight back to the block Can't budge my thugs, this is what we love and [Hook]