All kids in a two bedroom apartmant Got my momma sellin weed thats some she can pay the rent And the damn police kickin down the door Got us dogged and scared, hollin get on the floor I'll see my daddy in some years, got my sheddin some tears Im the oldest so I gotta get my momma out of here My cousin was thuggin whit the mouth full of gold Got some different Nikes everytime he stepped in the door My cousin was straigh and said the money was good 1996 the crack get a hold in my hood And here I go, its time to get my huslte on 2 o'clock in the morning before Im goin back home Im tryin get home quick on my new mountbike Got my momma hollin my name cause this is school nite Air Max on my feet and my jeans... I was 14 years old represent my street Man stuck out n wild in 1997 Put the 22 up and come out with the mac 11 And one year made the name for myself on a block And dont know nigga disrespected me cause im pushin a rocks Its like last year im still representin my street But its different cause mother niggas wanted some beef And my momma talkin shit that i dont wanna hear I see some boys that i know but they stay from around here So i split second in my chest i feel fear I looked little closer and saw the skimask on his head Im tryin to run and caught the bullet in my leg All of a sudden i remember what mama have say But its too late cause now im layin in the hospital bed Two weaks later thats when the nigga got out I told myself i wouldnt do nothin but stay in the house... 998 was worse than 1997 One of my cousins in the pen and two of my cousins up in heaven... And the police, then they closed my dope house now And all of a sudden daddy wanna come back around And my lil brotha, he's just wanna hang in the streets And I cant stop him cause he got that shit from lookin at me And most of my partners lookin motherfuckin shame Some of em boys on the dope, some of em boys on the caine Im feelin the pain deep down in my thought Im feelin the game and the game aint no joke And my momma always tell me John slow down And im steady shootin with demn cats on other side of town I aint no lie, it hurts, but ima soulja on top I find myself in church but the heart dont stop What i do next, go back to slangin a rocks First day back on the block confrontation with the cops Its a cold world nigga and i know that fa sho Got me hopin and prayin that the police let me go But i know they wont so i aint even go front Took me to jail and gave me fo 15 month And when i get out this nigga play step daddy row First time he out of a line ima bust him in his nose My momma said she love me but i need to go Its just too hard and she cant take the stress no more