Hey yo, what's with the shootin' and the killin'?My homie got four to five years for drug dealin'The whole world's changed, know everybody wants a piece of the actionIt's now take then give, see that's how it isJealous, why must we be so selfish?For people of the world be actin' so rebelliousThink about the freedom in the country that you're livin'That explains it all, you even got your own religionThink about the luxuries in life, like life itselfAnd not bein' greedy for the wealth, which yours is to comeWho put you in that situation, havin' three babies with no education?No steady income, no steady jobGot you feelin' so broke that you wanna go and robYou feel so broke that you wanna go and robSo greedy and that's no way to actIt's just down on your luck and you can't hold it backNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goSeems nothing's gonna change in this day and ageAnother story to tellEvery time I flip the page, can you feel me?Homie got shot, now he's goneHave to tell Wheezy daddy ain't comin' homeSee the tears fallin' from her eyesShe cries, cause she just found out her daddy diedOnly twelve years old, what does the future hold?And the world's so cold, now don't nobody knowAnd I wonder if this is how it's gonna beAnd are we livin' in the land of opportunity?Though it ain't right, that somebody gotta dieHow long are our lives stuck up in this genocide?Oh Lord, tell me what I'm supposed to do?When I'm losin' everybody that I'm close to?And I'm livin' in a world full of painCaught up in the struggle and the hustle of the gameAnd I can't hold it backNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goNo, nowhere to goI got a homegirl named Betty, and she's a true friendBut she's been into *** ever since of age of tenMolested by her father, only after of age of sixGot thrown in the mix, now we're almost can't be fixedKnown as the high school groupieYou can catch her in the backseat of a hoopty old backseatBetty, that's what they called herThe only thing she could do was just blame it on her fatherIt wasn't for the fact she was the only childCause she had a cute smile, plus Betty had styleWearing short dresses, with short little topsEighteen, she was the only child in the worldAnd she would now start flirting with the copsThe guys in the neighborhood treated her badAnd it was just so sad that she was nothing but a hood ratShe never knew what it was like to be afraidCause now poor Betty got AIDS and she can't hold it backNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goNo you can't, can't let it goSaid you can't hold it back, no, nowhere to goNo, nowhere to goNo you can't, can't let it goNo you can't, can't let it goYou see I'm right here by your sideAnd I'll be here to guide and let it goAnd I'll be here to guide and let it goWhen you need a friend like meI'll be there to fill your needJust let it go