When we pass, just met a scent, kill a reaper behind tentWe take it to the extent, respect that it's ever deadThen we explode on contact, the streets is hotSee all my niggas getting locked up, and keep getting shotYou see, I can't go, it's like I only get to see my ghettoAnd if I ever get to leave, I don't knowIf I'ma come back to the street life no moreCause all these places that I see, I can't goCause I only, only get to see my ghettoAnd if I ever get to leave, I don't knowIf I'ma come back to the street life no moreEvery grist, y'all got X-DotOne times, pull the gauges in the VistotFlatline, tip-dive without a witnessH-Dot from natural causes, under a U.S. gateThe A's brought them out the clubs, and then we see enough as young blacksTo make us fall from the stress and catch a heart attackNever thought we'd be here, never thought we'd be hereNever too old, born dyin', and don't make niggas think they be flyin'But suicides die, come with another family cryin'And then we see enough as young blacksTo make us fall from the stress and catch a heart attackNever too old, born dyin', and don't make niggas think they be flyin'But suicides die, come with another family cryin'The aspirations of a athleteBut bad, bad feet cut the plateNo, being great, bustin' threes through a milk crateRight, folks can't relate, I be the first to sayCause this is what I do, this is what I doStep up, standin' at the stump, and that's if a chain since yesterdayAnd the fiends roam the block with the schemes and scamsAnd boys be willin' to murder if you sure stop with no grandThis what my niggas in the cemetery, from B1 to LegendaryBringin' light to the ghetto streets, collectin' on visual memoryAll these places that I've seen, I can't goIt's like I only get to see my ghettoBut if I ever, ever get to leave, I don't knowIf I'ma come back to the street lifeDon't know, cause all these places that I've seenI can't go, I only, only get to see my ghettoAnd if I ever get to leave, I don't knowIf I'ma come back to the street lifeDon't knowWhen we pass, just met a scent, kill a reaper behind tentTake it, take it to the extent, respect that it's evidentThat we explode on contact, the streets is hotSee all my niggas gettin' locked up, and keep gettin' shotWhen we pass, just met a scent, kill a reaper behind tentWe take it to the extent, we take it to the extentThat we explode on contact, the streets is hotSee all my niggas gettin' locked up, and keep gettin' shotMy whole life done been a seesaw, I'm up and I'm downI kept, I kept my balance well enough to stay off the groundI bump you down, real niggas from the south side of townWe come around, sippin' crime, bout to smoke on a poundGot enough, drank to drown, they lovin' the way it soundRealest, nearest niggas you found, triple platinum boundBut still on the ground, watchin' this callWorld revolved in the darknessWhere most of your problems can't be sawed, sparred, spotlessBut we gon' be the ones to escapeTwo livin' mansions with automatic guns at the gateIt's still a dream, but it's so vivid it can't be fakedAnd you won't ever get to see it if it can't relateWe don't stop, niggas, me and my niggas on topNigga, quit, quit, nigga, me and my niggas the *Nigga, stop, stop, nigga, me and my niggas on topNigga, we don't quit, nigga, me and my niggas the *My mind's just a game, and it's like I'm just addicted to my street life, ways of change, the sameAin't no hater finna put me to shameTo keep my, keep my mind on money and let my finances gainMy only, like, I'm just addicted to my street life, ways of change, the sameAnd I always know the tricks of the trade remain the sameAin't no hater finna put me to shameTo keep, to keep my mind on money and let my finances gainMy only aim is to make it when I don't have a chanceProbably * around in my sports club and turn around in epidemiology, if I come up with a word sometimes all the time can call Robotnik on the house, have theANV résult in the house or go to theuerauerTake just what I want in advanceYou feel the, feel the, there's a problem that we all gotta robCause we grew up in a hood where you know life is hardIt's probably gonna take a miracle to get it resolvedAnd if someone who's spiritual try to get involvedCause I know my whole community ain't getting no jobsSo tell me how can we find unity when all of us starveProbably gonna take a miracle to get it resolvedAnd if someone who's spiritual try to get involvedCause I know my whole community ain't getting no jobsSo tell me how can we find unity when all of us starveCause this world that we living in, it's all about dividendsAin't nobody giving * unless they can benefitCause most niggas counterfeitSo tell me how we all gonna surviveWhen all I see is this misery in this place I resideAll the places that I see, I can't goI only, only get to see my head toldAnd if I ever get to leave, I don't knowFor crying out loudIf I'ma come back, come back to the street lifeNo more, cause all these places that I see, I can't goIt's like I only get to see my head toldI ever, ever get to leave, I don't knowIf I'ma come back to the street lifeNo more