[Verse One: Fes Roc] Shots bust in, cops rush in, on n**gaz hustlin' You know the science of money is substance, the evils My peoples live illegal, stack dough that equals To large amounts, that's hard to count
I blow an ounce and watch the plot thicken We on the block pitchin', while the cops watch with optic vision Listen, my hood is chaos, it never sleeps, crime's got us knee Deep in the streets, uh, between the sheets
I write verses, while the Devil curses Watchin' young kingpins get put in hearses, the fiends lurkin' For the dream merchant, their last days seems certain He overdose before they close the curtain
[Chorus] Tryna tackle the grind, stress hard on my soul And shackle my mind, makin' my heart cold and my head hot Cause's bread not, comin' in and I'm losin' my cool Like the summer wind strollin' through
My goal is to stand on the bottom of my feet again Even if it means robbin' then I got 'em in the street in Broad day and no this ain't of God's way, so I'm hopin' If opportunity knocked, then mine locked, doors open
[Verse Two: Elzhi] I'm livin' fast, but cash is movin' slow in motion I'm goin' through ups and downs like I'm roller coastin' Ridin', hidin' feelings behind a wide grin I almost died inside when I couldn't provide ends
Meet, wish I could say life's been sweet In street drama, the thermometer blends heat Heat, I'm tryna find a way, depression is grew high I search for a blue sky, but I'm seein' signs of gray
I got a line I say, if I come with two and combine a trey Add a fourth, I watch how these words on a pad'll morph Into a rhyme, this might get me out the sewer grime Many get stuck, few'll climb
They pursue a crime because my city's so poor My n**ga Jay got killed robbin' his video store Tryna provide for his seed, seed He felt his world cavin' in before the day that he bleed
And indeed, greed will f**k your mind if you give it brain Or give it head, that's one the same As long as blood's runnin' through my hundred veins It'll come together whether the weather is sun or rain
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[Verse Three: Elzhi] It's been another murder, where it never shine, shine Hustlers off in these streets, agin' like fine wine Ever the lost souls at the age of nine, grind Grew eyes in the back of my head for who behind mine
That backstab, smack dab in your stacked abs 'Til it black scab, feel the pressure like cracked crab They say the streets is watchin' When clicks meet they leave you six feet inboxed in
The block's been good to the hood, got hella bad Some young fellas that caught slippin', can tell he sad F**k it, that's how it go, you just got to keep your eyes peeled Heard about some guys killed inside my old junior high's field
They said a crackhead did it for white powder He fiendin' and so he left 'em leanin', I seen 'em To just a day ago, that's the way it go Where they ain't payin' dough, so get to layin' low
[Outro: Elzhi] Man, make you wanna do somethin' crazy man Get on that Tupac, Juice tip Get to robbin' a liquor store or somethin'