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[00:09.413] Got three kids, just fini*****ng the third of his three bids
[00:12.141] Sang thief's theme's..but said when he returns he'll get decent
[00:15.112] Police said don't ever come on back to this district
[00:18.213] He's kids can only have contact on the weekend
[00:21.202] The distance is killing him, he'd die for those boys
[00:23.819] Now his wife want divorce, his whole life is destroyed
[00:26.870] There's no respite for my boy, just years of turbulence
[00:29.833] Some start as burglars
[00:31.038] Then they get shoved with peers whose murderers
[00:33.226] They turn you to the dark art of streetlife
[00:35.841] It's where that stairway to heaven's
[00:37.353] A much larger and steep flight
[00:39.251] And each night the mission is the same
[00:41.584] Get your fist upon some change, keep your pistol on your waist
[00:44.111] Now his twisted in the game
[00:45.606] And it's a ***** to get away
[00:46.953] Cause paper's needed
[00:48.354] Out today, but his mental state craves for freedom
[00:51.011] Trying to slay them demons that pushed him to these measures
[00:53.654] Got a fam that needs feeding, He wasn't looking for no treasures
[00:57.066] Just something better, but with all that pressure saying..
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[01:00.481] I've been trying harder not to fall
[01:06.764] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[01:09.332] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
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[01:12.511] I've been trying harder not to fall
[01:18.329] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[01:21.375] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
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[01:24.490] Got three kids and two jobs
[01:25.719] Was a believer in true love
[01:27.094] Got a man that went away cause he didn't see that Judas
[01:29.950] Her food does not grow on trees so she at hooters
[01:32.848] Gotta make that mulla
[01:34.211] Her son's sixteen he needs a tutor
[01:36.071] Never was a boozer but now she drinks liquor in her room
[01:38.753] Cause this the type of *****t, they don't equip you for in school
[01:41.825] Thinking her Mr is a fool
[01:43.445] She files for divorce, cries to the lord
[01:44.911] She's pissed off from the side of her porch
[01:47.778] Rewinding thoughts to when she was her daughters' age
[01:50.849] Before the disorder came, dreamed of important aims
[01:53.852] Wanted to study but her buddy's had distractions galore
[01:56.773] Could of been a help to her hubby practising Law
[01:59.649] Trying to draw good from the struggle, look right threw the trouble
[02:03.129] But life in this jungle insights you to tumble
[02:06.288] Her bundle of joy wants toys, needs a sweater
[02:09.099] She rips her ex's mail up and says, my boys can't eat a letter
[02:12.689] They need something better, but with all the pressure saying...
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[02:15.236] I've been trying harder not to fall
[02:21.660] Cause what im striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[02:24.253] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
[02:26.876]
[02:27.241] I've been trying harder not to fall
[02:33.318] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[02:36.213] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
[02:39.186]
[02:45.801] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[02:48.368] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
[02:51.161]
[02:51.641] What I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[02:54.320] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
[02:57.365] What I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[03:00.326] Can you hear the cries my lord we trying to live by your laws
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[03:03.249] Everything I'm striving for by your laws
[03:08.543] Everything I'm striving for by your laws
[03:14.015]
[03:15.697] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[03:18.121] Just trying to live by your laws
[03:19.675]
[03:21.208] Cause what I'm striving for it isn't in my sight no more
[03:24.281] Just trying to live by the laws
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[03:27.094] Everything I'm striving for