No, I can t run, I can t hide from all of this pressure If I sell out, that means I m copping to a lesser charge And whenever there s a will, baby There s a way Each one, teach one - I always say The murder rate is rising, society can t scare me Life is like a puzzle, ain t no telling when they ll burry me. They wanna tell me how to live But I ve got dues to pay Now how much money you gonna give For my PG and me bill, cos it s a week late Leave the hustler alone, fool don t procrastinate Because, I m a get mine and that s the way I was taught, fool Now what you thought? That I was born and raised in a big house While you were asleep up in the bed I slept on the couch I tried to study but was often interrupted Because the neighborhood I m from is so corrupted Rats and roaches creeping through the cracks in the walls While my folks down the street, breaking plenty laws Tried to count as much as they can count is like hell It s kind of hard being raised off up in the cell, get on your own And get you some business, black Stay sucker-free and by all means, watch your back You ain t gotta listen But take it from your boy, 4-Tay, fool You think you promised another day?
Each piece of life is like a puzzle, can you solve em Stress ll drive you crazy when you re dealing with these problems Problems, problems - How you gonna solve em Man, I m going crazy trying to deal with these problems
Each and every day on these streets, the game is gettin sicker Thicker then a king-size snicker And I know who s got the plug, don t need a witness Cos your business ain t everybody else s business Snichers, and gothams, and gangstas, they re so conniving In 1995, only the strong are surviving Every time I open up something, somebody wants some So I could be broke, all on my lonesome Too many critics, too many debaters And when they don t hire us, that makes me think they hate us But that s just another problem pushing through my brain And it wouldn t change no matter how much I complain Why would you care if I was living on welfare? You act like you gon move me and my family elsewhere Allow me to make this conversation more concrete Too many formalities and I find that so obsolete But I m a keep striving cos it couldn t get no worse Ain t robbing no banks or snatching nobody s purse I finally made me a profit so now I can really chill Check my mail box, spoke too soon, there s my phone bill Trying to look out for number one and that s my Mother And if it ain t one thing, fly, it s another
Each piece of life is like a puzzle, can you solve em Stress ll drive you crazy when you re dealing with these problems Problems, problems - How you gonna solve em Man, I m going crazy trying to deal with these problems
Each piece of life is like a puzzle, can you solve em Stress ll drive you crazy when you re dealing with these problems Problems, problems - How you gonna solve em Man, I m going crazy trying to deal with these problems
Problems, problems - How you gonna solve em I m a handle mine Problems, problems - How you gonna solve em Take em one at a time