Joe Budden - Cold World lyrics

You are now listening to The Growth (haha) Let me talk to them... [Verse 1] See I was always looking for an out Knew what I ain't want to be about Ain't want to fall victim to the crowd 'Street Dreams' like Fab, but not dreams like that Cuz even his is better than the dreams I've had They say you are where you're from, maybe to some But I won't let a n***a label me slum and make me succumb If I'm a grown a** man with no job, no money, that would make me a bum It's not o.k. with me none It's what they called me, I hated that y'all Wasn't a 'College Dropout,' least Kanye made it that far Tenth grade parted ways, like later for that y'all I was bored with it, wasn't no paper in that, naw So I pulled a few capers, that came to a stop When I realized that ain't no bigger gang than the cops Pray tell, I could rebel and blast a shot Cuz jail's a revolving door, but the casket's not (ya herd) [Hook: Musiq Soulchild] Cuz everyday, of my life (yea) I've tried so hard to get right (talk to them) But nothing seems to matter when you Got so much coming at you (oh) In this world they say, just be strong But it ain't easy when you hurt so long And it's a shame Nothing's changed no matter how far you go In this cold cold world... [Verse 2] O.k., now we got little brothers that wanna deal on the strip (cold, cold world) Or we got little sisters that feel they gotta strip Swinging on the pole have us feening over tits And a lot of us horny n***as, we ain't even gonna tip BUT! Nothings wrong with it at all, I respect it But we always take something short term and try to stretch it Bread's gonna G a lot of n***as when they learn that fast Money comes fast and it leaves a lot quicker n***a, we in a place that's to every extreme In a place where n***as die over the pettiest things And it seems to been deterrent sh** But we don't carry guns to k** now, n***as carry burners to live So, God it's me a-gain, our father who art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name, pray them hollows never hit my frame Everyday I'm around it Everyday I'm surrounded Everyday I try to say grounded in this cold, cold world [Hook] [Verse 3] We living in a place where n***as tooling each other Where the President and terrorists are cool with each other Sending millions in the war make us duel with each other And hit Bin Laden on his cell like 'I got em making fools of each other' Got us in a hole, pigeoned Why I can't talk to n***as, that's just so indignant People are so ignant Till a wise man sat me down, like 'Joe listen' You can't 'conversate' with a n***a with no diction And I don't watch the news (nah) I don't wanna hear about another kidnapping, another kid clapped in Mom k**ing her seed, got another kid trapped In the car, kid gasping like, *cough* So you clowns can run around with your pounds and your war stories But I ain't choose to be hood, sh** was forced on me It's not what I endorse homey Cuz I know that's where they wanna keep us, stop us from being leaders (you know) [Hook]