Plies - Tryin To Beat Da Odds lyrics

chorus They say one outta ten blacks we gonna die behind bars say we was born in the ghetto and we aint gonna make it far ain't know avoiding getting k**ed was never gonna be this hard to keep it real wit you my n***a Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds They say one outta ten blacks we gonna die behind bars say we was born in the ghetto and we aint gonna make it far to keep it real wit you my n***a Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds n***az don't wanna see me with sh** the white man don't either thats why I ride everyday drank my liqour and smoke my reefer the mexicans the only muthaf**ers they put beneath us I guess if ya poor and white the world don't f** with ya neither I get it I understand Im black so I aint equal when you from the hood tho that sh** run a lil deeper ain't one muthaf**er in my hood that ever became a doctor ain't one body in my family who done ever became a lawyer my daddy sold dope that sh** hard not to follow my mamma did her best but she had her own problems my brother a two time looser thats a whole nother saga every n***a in my click at some point was a robber its hard to think different cause sh** im from the projects as soon as you make a lil money gotta spend it fightin charges ain't put somethin a hunid so I can live with caution Im just tryna make sure my wins out win my loses chorus It's a thousand n***az that die for every one n***a that make it out My homie can't even read but do his thang wit them pots his momma been dead his daddy smoke rocks He can't get a job some might say its his own fault sometimes situations can change what you was taught My mama and daddy was together I wonder where I would be cause most of the sh** I know now I learned it from the streets cause being a certain color it attracks the police and when you live in certain areas you can never get peace my mammas biggest fear is me dying in these streets but if I ain't up in it how the f** im gone eat Its sad to say but nobody in my family got a degree a n***a played ball and droppped out for the streets and got involved in hustlin and got in to deep and sh** got on my head and n***a couldn't even see the streets ain't the army but I wanna be all I can be chorus I just got one wish before they drop me in the casket to wake up one mornin and see my momma happy I wanna salute God for all the bad sh** that happened cause everythang that went wrong now i understand it protect me from my enemies protect me when I was trappin He left when i was little but I still forgive my daddy the world done got rough everythang done got drastic I'm just a black man thats the color of my fabric if im ever gone make it the hustle I got to marry the road done been rough but I refuse to let it trap me I done made some mistakes but sh** I ain't embarra**ed I gotta beat the odds cause one day I'm gone perish chorus They say one outta ten blacks we gonna die behind bars say we was born in the ghetto and we aint gonna make it far ain't know avoiding getting k**ed was never gonna be this hard to keep it real wit you my n***a Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds They say one outta ten blacks we gonna die behind bars say we was born in the ghetto and we aint gonna make it far to keep it real wit you my n***a Im just tryna beat the odds Im just tryna beat the odds