[Intro] Child: Why you by the window?, what's wrong daddy? Mother: I know what's wrong with that crazy motherf**er He just stand by the goddamn window With that f**in' AK all day (there you go) You don't work, you don't f**, you don't You don't do a goddamn thing [Verse 1] I see d**h around the corner, gotta stay high while I survive In the city where the skinny n***as die If they bury me, bury me as a G n***a, no need to worry I expect retaliation in a hurry I see d**h around the - corner, any day Tryin to keep it together, no one lives forever anyway Strugglin' and strivin', my destiny's to die Keep my finger on the trigger, no mercy in my eyes In a ball of confusion, I'm thinkin' 'bout my daddy Madder than a motherf**er, they never shoulda had me I guess I seen too many murders, the doctors can't help me Got me stressin' with my pistol in my sheets, it ain't healthy Am I paranoid? - Tell me the truth I'm out the window with my AK, ready to shoot Ran out of indo and my mind can't take the stress, I'm out of breath Make me wanna k** my damn self; but I see d**h around the corner [Hook] ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") I see d**h around the corner ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") [Verse 2] I see d**h around the corner, the pressure's gettin' to me I no longer trust my homies - them phonies tried to do me Smokin' too much weed, got me paranoid, stressed Pack a gat and my vest, under my clothes when I dress Here's hopin' I die the way I lived, straight thuggin' Huggin' my trigger for all them n***as that was buggin' My homie told me once, don't you trust them other s**ers They front like they your homies but they phony motherf**ers And even if I did die young, who'd care All I ever got was mean mugs and cold stares Got homies in my head that done pa**ed away screamin', please Young n***a, make G's I can't give up, although I'm hopeless, I think my mind's gone All I can do is get my grind on, d**h around the corner [Hook] ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") I see d**h around the corner ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") [Verse 3] (I was raised) I was raised in the city, sh**ty Ever since I was an itty bitty kitty Drinkin' liquor out my momma's titty And smokin' weed was an everyday thang in my household And drinkin' liquor til' you out cold And though I'm grown now, n***a it's still on - Pow! Bustin on them n***as 'til they gone How many more jealous a** b**hes, comin' for my riches Now I gotta be suspicious when I bone Cause if I ain't sharp and heartless, them b**hes'll start sh** Excuse me, but this is where we part b**h No more game for free, please explain to me Why n***as trip b**h, who you came to see? Murder me now but see me later man, that's on my pops I got homies that will hunt you 'til you drop I hope the Lord can forgive me, I was a G And gettin' high was a way of bein' free; I see d**h around the corner [Hook] ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") I see d**h around the corner ("When we were kids, belonging felt good..") I see d**h around the corner ("But having respect, that feels even better..") I see d**h around the corner [Outro] This is for all the real motherf**in' n***as out there I know you ain't scared to die; we all gotta go, y'know? A real motherf**er will pick the time he goes And make sure he handles his motherf**in' business ("You think you're gonna live long enough to spend that money You f**in hump?" - ) Y'all n***as stop actin' like pussies out there, all right {*movie samples*} "If any of you.. Are tired of gettin' ripped off by guys like that.." - "I want his family dead! I want his house burnt to the ground! I wanna go there in the middle of the night I wanna piss on his ashes!" "I want his family dead! I want his house burnt to the ground! I wanna go there in the middle of the night I wanna piss on his ashes!" "I want that son of a b**h dead, I want him dead! I want him dead, I don't care.."