Loaded Lux - Time lyrics

[Intro: Shaquille O'Neal] Loaded Lux, Shaq Diesel, Superstar J. Kwik 3 Times [?], Harlem [Hook] I could remember Nana saying, "Everyone can be saved" Some people just go through life playing It hits 'em when it's too late As time goes by, we're moving closer to the grave The Gods don't lie As the cops roll by, knowing that he need a change Your heart won't lie [Verse 1: Loaded Lux] Only Lord knows the crossroads Until then let me walk this world in some soft soles A boy's growing a mental stories before told The poor souls in the ghetto that think them doors closed We keep it knocking, out on the block where it's war mode The lost code that the elders held up are long gone I tell my girl, "You the first teacher for sure though" And our babies be better You studied them like them talk shows It's a stronghold, how I see it ugly, the evil cruddy Then I let this light of mine shine, people love me The streets are bloody A man shouldn't stand where his feet get muddy Watch your step, lil n***a will k** you for sneaker money He got a rep out here to protect with his lion heart Just got it wrong, I remember a time when I was lost But now it's on, how the young warrior story go That's how he live, cause all the years is all he know Just more to grow [Hook] [Verse 2: Loaded Lux] A whole nother different arrangement So much for people with hope for the system changing Shorty's in the stories, a glory in living dangerous Ain't nothing 'bout it, colorful flowers and pretty paintings It's just straight gray Weight from the chip that his shoulders holding Ain't safe, feel the heavy stress in his face Look for God and stranded by strangers, trying keep it in place And moms out working just trying keep her a place Say yo she straight by the day he grown Slang them bones Hearing voices from choices he made it wrong All the paid phone, stable home, with the cable on He said, "Feel me Lux cause the bill collector afraid he won't" And if I miss a lap, just trying to get my decisions back My condition wack, I can't eat if I don't flip this crack I know it's wrong, but it's real as facts And I ain't got a job for my n***a Black [Hook]