This *** was hectic for me last year It appears that I've been morphin' My heartless breast, the underlying cause of my arrest My life is stressed, and no rest for ever weary My eyes stay teary for all the brothers that I've buried in the cemetery This *** scary, I'm black on black, crime legendary But at times unnecessary I'm gettin' worried, tear drops enclose me It's acting strikes, law is drastic In certain depth for us ghetto groups It's how can we do when we're arrested Put a house report Life in the pen ain't for me cause I'd rather die But don't cry through your despair I wonder if the Lord still cares for us It's against home welfare, and who cares if we survive? The only time he notice it again is when he's himself known to I've lost my neighborhood ain't the same Cause all the lil' babies gone crazy Or they sufferin' in the game And I swear it's like a trap But I ain't givin' up on the hood It's all good when I go back Georgia on me love, cause it give me props Forever hot cause it don't stop, on my block Living life is but a dream, hard times is all we see Every block is kinda mean, but on our block we still pray But on our block we still pray Can't explain the mother's pain when the sun drops Black males livin' in hell, when will we prevail? Fear in jail, but ourselves got me livin' well Innocence in us, so what's wrong with this thug's life? Stayin' last forever trapped in this outhouse God help me cause I'm starvin', can't get a job So I resort and I fight the violence, my life is hard Can't sleep cause all the dirt make my heart hurt Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers Misled from childhood, way I went astray To this day I still pray for a better way Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroken From the start I felt the racism cause I'm dark Couldn't quit, but the issues make me represent Hit the bar, played the star, everywhere I went In my heart, I felt alone, now here on my own I close my eyes and picture home, on my block Living life is but a dream, hard times is all we see Every block is kinda mean, but on our block we still pray But on our block we still pray And I can't help but wonder why so many young kids Had to hide, caught the air from the air In the high rise, trolling pride and lies So I don't go inside, brothers cry for broken lives Mama come inside, cause our block is filled with danger Used to be a close knit community, but now it all grows strange As time changes us to stone, spout heroin All up and down the block, an immersed black life But I can't blame it, my mama's welfare check Has bought the next man chrome whips It's real, I know you feel my tragedy A single mother with a problem, child daddy free Hanging out, picking up games, sipping, lickin' You should've gamed me once, you're screwing me But now I can get music with her, it's a man's work Staying air-shaped fantasies, up again, never looking back Put hell back, y'all dreams can make the night seem hopeless Wide-eyed and losing focus, on my block Living life is but a dream, hard times is all we see Every block is kinda mean, but on our block we still pray And block parties and the projects, last them to wait past daylight A young lookin' learned to be on, here I used to play fight With my homies, but they stuck in the pen I've seen them flinch, but it's tough on a friend In my mind, I see the same two up in my maulin' Law her papa, make her lazy, but she been deformed Mrs. Carl, I know the young, she loves to get amnest Growing up in this world where everything is scandalous I reminisce on the fast times, past crimes Trying to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime Can't explain just what attracts me to this dirty game Gold chains, some extra change, and the street fame And what's strange is everybody know my name Swear they all know me, and lots of cash make a stick in the bank I hit the disney earth to maintain Feelin' pain for all the diggin' that I lost to the gang From my block, that's what Living life is but a dream, hard times is all we see Every block is kinda mean, but on our block we still pray But on our block we still pray My block, that's right 127 and Morningside, my block, that's right Cato Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right In the jungle, Marin City, that's my block, that's right Los Angeles, that's my block too Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure And all other blocks around us Gulf of America, Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago All y'all if you're interested in enough dust Represent my Gulf of America block