It's a stray man, living in these veins, man Suckin' on a piece of sugar pain, chucking chains Take the wind out through, we never wash away the pain So, let the stain soak, who's in the wave?
I dids fingertips, carry language computer Ray had dad removed swimsuits with green bags I'm on the corner with my butt up, sellin' you product Women puttin' they're self in positions to get cut up
Up out'cha guts, fear, up for what? Nothin' but them goodie
Osmosis, with that thang up under the pillow crush Caught in the crossfire between Yankees and 49ers Rivals, but the south remain calm, neutral But we see blood that make homeboys, hate at each other's lives
Over colors and thangs, that they can bring To the next plain, but the toots in blue, badges Who are the biggest gangs? In Babylon, dyin' slowly but surely
Malicious drivers with hairpin triggers On the loose like juice And white America couldn't stand it LAPD plannin' incriminatin' evidence
Jurors under jag order but we talkin' outside the courtrooms Shootin' birds at the judges Fuck teks and go and plug us out on racial slurs Destroyin' documents or complaints from black workers
The battles no longer physical, it's from within You live to die and you die to live again But you can't win for losing, what sides are you choosin'? Decisions, decisions to make Decisions, decisions to make
Legalize the dope and make paper Think it's time to pull another caper Outta my bag of tricks, these niggas ain't recognisin' How they usin' us to get rich, niggas dyin' and shit
I putta, broke my back for the [unverified] That's what I did when I was a kid Always had the thought of doin' a bid In the back of my mind, a life of crime was the last resort
I knew that goin' to court drama wasn't likely I nicked scrimeys like a chemist Cookin' up a pan like the witch doctor Stroll beside 'cha like a thousand volts
Over the edge of the hope with the CIA sellin' coke To make them bloat, float up the river Key Louie Liquor sipper as I strategize a plan to infiltrate the crooked New, what?, ways to live a life, who we got to fight? Kid, it bite, are you dyin' tonight?
Relentless realism regardless, represents South west goes out, possess the manifest that's heaven sent What's said, is meant to the fullest extent No nonsense because my conscience wouldn't be content
But just a little wealth, a little fame But your mind-frame will keep you living the same And it's a shame that niggas would settle with the ghetto Huh, hoes have some clothes that ain't makin' what you suppose
Let your eyes close to what your contract shows And fine print, they gotta get back every cent you spent You content 'cause you do what everybody does The industry that change you from the person you was
Knee-deep in the struggle, two part-time jobs to juggle Gotta lady and A, C that you can't hardly feed Any day your life could end, so you depend On the reciting and the writing when you got the spare time to spend
To keep you stable, hopin' one day you'll be able To be a commodity on somebody's record label Got your chance, twenty thousand dollar advance and a car And all of a sudden you a star at the bar
Ballin', callin' the waiter to bring one of they finest wines Then you started snortin' lines, your life defines The misconception of stayin' down You can't be influenced by everybody you hang 'round
You should'a been more appreciative Of the life that you were blessed to live A hundred percent is what you got to give 'Cause ain't no tellin, yo' bullshit start smellin And you wonder why your record ain't sellin