[Intro: Jon Connor] This go to every hood Every city, every state Anybody living in poverty Anybody in f**ed up situations sh** getting stupid I don't give a f** where you from Ain't nothing cool about dying young [Verse 1: Jon Connor] Now every show is packed, full house I feel like Danny Tanner I've done been through hell and back You see I done got a little tanner When you think of real sh** you think of me I'm a walking banner When I say real sh** that's artistry that ain't be tampered And I just stay myself You'd be amazed with what that do for n***as Cause I ain't never shoot no n***a And I'm from where n***as be shooting n***as Give me your ear Get it clear Other than that I don't want nothin from you I rap like this because I'm from the hood And I don't want to go back to that motherf**er You like that sh** I don't buy that sh** I'm talkin to the n***as that buy that sh** Cause I'm from Flint, Michigan where it really goes down And I survived that sh** You talk about shooting this Selling this Buying sh** Supplying sh** Young n***as dying because they really go out and try that sh** Those punchlines that you pretend We see that sh** every weekend n***as get wet up everyday How about you letting that sink in Making a n***a go off the deep end That will make a n***a say f** that Because you keep on screamin n***a bust that In a city where n***as really bust that And no I'm not your dad I ain't preaching, we ain't in school But I refuse to let you dudes Talk about d**h like the sh** is cool Because it's the bullets, and it's the crime And it's the caskets at the funeral The retaliation back But you n***as can't see that sh** from the studio You buying in to that wack sh** Stop buying into this rap sh** That hood sh** look cool to you How cool he look in that casket They like Connor, he ain't no street n***a No, Connor he ain't no weak n***a My nerves are bad like a Vietnam vet Cause gunshots kept me from sleeping n***a How cool is that You want that sh** That ain't nothin for me to brag about Because if that's the crown We ain't even got to have it out You n***as want it you can have it now n***as slug it out n***as living and dying for stripes That nobody don't give a f** about When my n***as died Life just went on You ain't nothin about 'em Ain't nothing stop No schools got closed No work postponed No holidays for 'em They just were gone Birthdays gone Children go Christmas gone So this one is for them Stop the stupid sh** just for a minute That's what this was for And f** what people say Because life is worth living for [Outro - Sample from CB4] You ain't tough You ain't from the street I'm from the street And only someone who wasn't would think it was something to glorify