Dear Lord As we down here, struggle for as long as we know In search of a paradise to touch (my nigga Johnny J) Dreams are dreams, and reality seems to be the only place to go The only place for us I know, try to make the best of bad situations Seems to be my life`s story Ain`t no glory in pain, a soldier`s story in vain And can`t nobody live this life for me It`s a ride y`all, a long hard ride
[2Pac] Somebody wake me I`m dreamin, I started as a seed the semen Swimmin upstream, planted in the womb while screamin on the top, was my pops, my momma screamin stop From a single drop, this is what they got Not to disrespect my peoples but my poppa was a loser Only plan he had for momma was to fuck her and abuse her Even as a little seed, I could see his plan for me Stranded on welfare, another broken family Now what was I to be, a product of this heated passion Momma got pregnant, and poppa got a piece of ass Look how it began, nobody gave a fuck about me Pistol in my hand, this cruel world can do without me How can I survive?Got me askin white Jesus will a nigga live or die, cause the Lord can`t see us in the deep dark clouds of the projects, ain`t no sunshine No sunny days and we only play sometimes When everybody`s sleepin I open my window jump to the streets and get to creepin I can live or die, hope I get some money `fore I`m gone I`m only 19, I`m tryin to hustle on my own on the spot where everybody and they pops tryin to slang rocks I`d rather go to college, but this is where the game stops Don`t get it wrong cause it`s always on, from dusk to dawn You can buy rocks glocks or a herringbone You can ask my man he`s a mind reader, keep my nine heater All the time this is how we grind Meet up at the cemetary then get smoked out, pass the weed nigga That Hennessey`ll keep me keyed nigga Everywhere I go niggaz holla at me, "Keep it real G" And my reply til they kill me Act up if you feel me, I was born not to make it but I did The tribulations of a ghetto kid, still I rise
[Ta`He] Still I (still I) I rise (I rise) Please give me to the sky (the sky) And if (and if) I die (I die) I don`t want you to cry
[Yaki Khadafi] I stay sharp as always Runnin ya bricks with blitz, through ya project hallways Dumpin crews like two`s, nigga all day Secrets of war prepare me for the worst A life that`s lavish full of cabbage or a life that`s in a hearse But now my dreams it seeems though, be placin triple beams and things bro Diamond pinkie ring got the loot poppin out my jeans
[Napoleon] Now I plan to keep my glock cocked If trouble was searchin for me then why not? Show em what I`m made of plus raised on, on my block Chancellor Ave, where many turn to the street, thugs snatchin bags We out for power, makin cash it wasn`t fast it`ll make me mad I`m just like, pimpin My homey on the corner with his gat tucked, in Youngest they buckin somethin the life he leads the life he don`t need, don`t we all know He tryin to rise up and we just go doe, still he rise
[Young Noble] Dreams of lost hope I hit the strip broke where the fiends get coke and still I rise now I float cowards ghost Whenever we come around, I`m runnin down clutchin a pound, live as sirens, duckin the sound I used to hustle with my moms til the sun came My homey Harm doin time from this drug game Stolen cars, war scars, born a Outlaw Behind bars, go to sleep just to see the stars Freedom is ours, though we trapped on a firm block Crackheads only ten learn to duck cops
[Khadafi] In ninety-six my glock`s my plastic, passion for blastin bastards No faces for open caskets, peelin ya cap backwards Ya cowards ain`t prepared for pistol practice I send my missiles through your mattress Leavin holes in your body like a cactus While me and my crew be boppin more greens than topic and loot to keep the seam