(lyrics are written by lil wayne) this da real shit.....
yea, livin that life livin that life up on that street life but it aint bright enough to show me were im goin but i still find a away n wen i do i keep goin and im a nigga with stripz so try me n your family dont sleep rite didn think i was tough enough to make it on my own but i could get through anythin if i done made it thru the storm n umm im killin that night killin that night up on the east side leatha on chrome television with the phone n the top is soo gooone i do it so rite i do it so rite they want to be like im in the zone back to the phone correct me if im wrong {chorus} you see times is hard as it is thats y i got guns n my guns got kids n all i want to do is handle my bids n all im tryin to do is w.e i did dear lord every day i be prayin to you hope u hear everythin that im sayin to you i gets money money money money money money monnnaaayy!!!! {verus} im tryin im tryin im tryin im tryin im dyin to get ova n once i get ova good lord i knoooow that all my drama is ova n i thank u n i be with them niggaz n aint none of them broke they ride around wit the rope n they'll hang uuuu n leave ur moma to cope on a holiday note danmmmm den day put a sign on the door sayin u dont noo shit unless u dyin in court maaan u gotta no how it goo oor else ull end up in anotha bump in a rooad {chorus} you see times is hard as it is thats y i got guns n my guns got kids n all i want to do is handle my bids n all im tryin to do is w.e i did dear lord every day i be prayin to you hope u hear everythin that im sayin to you i gets money money money money money money monnnaaayy!!!! {verse} a prisona of this war we call america were the president is the enemy n he ows everyone n arrmagedon n depressionz already begun soo xcuse my xpression but is my aggression cus im gonna snatch ur son HEY!!!! i noo my people tired of all the cryin all the dyin all the time we jus tryin to get our minds off the crime n find sumthin to find n did i meantion not to meantion my life is on the line give me light n ima shine give me rope n ima climb im hopen that the gates will b open wen i arrive until then im alive n my job is to survive soo lord keep me in ur eyes {chorus} im tryin say times is hard as it is thats y i got guns n my guns got kids n all i want to do is handle my bids n all im tryin to do is w.e i did dear lord every day i be prayin to you hope u hear everythin that im sayin to you i gets money money money money money money monnnaaayy!!!!