| [00:02.16] | Dear god how can I explain myself |
| [00:06.73] | |
| [00:08.16] | Oh god bless me indeed |
| [00:09.72] | When I'm so confused |
| [00:10.97] | Enlarge my territory |
| [00:11.96] | |
| [00:13.02] | Place your love and protection over me at all times |
| [00:15.14] | Help me |
| [00:15.71] | |
| [00:16.22] | Keep me away from evil |
| [00:17.26] | Somebody answer me |
| [00:18.43] | Allow me not to cause pain |
| [00:19.61] | |
| [00:20.26] | Police in the background screaming put the thing down |
| [00:23.26] | That's how hard I was trying to put my thing down |
| [00:25.50] | Si-rens ringing out old ladies screaming out |
| [00:27.72] | All this attention for me and I'm barely sixteen now |
| [00:29.91] | |
| [00:31.07] | It's feeling like a dream now |
| [00:32.28] | Handcuffed roughed up I'm tossed in the bing now |
| [00:34.45] | I'm lying next to fiends now that's the end of the story |
| [00:37.43] | Let me bring y'all niggaz back to the very first scene now |
| [00:40.33] | December 4th a child is born |
| [00:42.03] | Before I knew it had my pops trousers on |
| [00:44.60] | That's how we do it when the man of the house is gone |
| [00:47.18] | You either stand or fall I chose to stand |
| [00:49.63] | The hawk outside so I blow my hand |
| [00:52.15] | It's a cold cold world but I overstand |
| [00:54.62] | Trying to stay focused but I feel hopeless damn |
| [00:57.27] | Can't cope with being broke I'm a man come on |
| [00:59.98] | Son don't let these streets get the best of you |
| [01:03.11] | |
| [01:04.31] | I will be right by your side when you going through |
| [01:08.37] | |
| [01:09.33] | Son just don't let it just don't let it |
| [01:11.94] | Just don't let it just don't let it |
| [01:14.44] | Just don't let it just don't let it |
| [01:16.80] | |
| [01:17.76] | Get the best of you |
| [01:19.55] | Late one night I was rolling the streets |
| [01:21.84] | Just thinking about what's going on with me and |
| [01:24.56] | Trapped in this thug life trying to break free but |
| [01:27.12] | This thug life just keeps calling me |
| [01:29.09] | |
| [01:29.77] | I'm living life way too dangerously |
| [01:32.38] | I'm drowning in my misery |
| [01:34.01] | |
| [01:34.61] | Looked in the mirror there's my enemy |
| [01:36.46] | |
| [01:36.98] | Cause poppa never was a part of me |
| [01:38.98] | |
| [01:39.55] | Take one step at a time mama said |
| [01:42.02] | Sweet memories still remain in my head |
| [01:44.49] | All of my life been lied to misled |
| [01:46.75] | Voices be like don't you wish you was dead |
| [01:49.43] | No ground to place my feet |
| [01:51.94] | I feel the fire under me |
| [01:53.78] | |
| [01:54.42] | A way out is all I need |
| [01:56.20] | |
| [01:56.91] | Somebody answer me |
| [01:59.17] | Son don't let these streets get the best of you |
| [02:02.67] | |
| [02:03.25] | I will be right by your side when you going through |
| [02:07.71] | |
| [02:08.86] | Son just don't let it |
| [02:10.19] | Just don't let it |
| [02:11.37] | Just don't let it |
| [02:12.66] | Just don't let it |
| [02:13.84] | Just don't let it |
| [02:15.14] | Just don't let it |
| [02:16.24] | |
| [02:17.27] | Get the best of you |
| [02:18.56] | Now the only thing left is more spirit to roam free |
| [02:21.24] | |
| [02:22.00] | Cause ain't no going home for me |
| [02:23.66] | It's a cold cold world but I blew my hand |
| [02:26.15] | I drew first cause I knew that man |
| [02:28.27] | I knew what he would do if I didn't draw first |
| [02:30.74] | And I couldn't stand the thought |
| [02:32.01] | Of my momma stepping foot inside a church |
| [02:33.79] | All I try to do is try to get up out the dirt |
| [02:36.00] | Guess he's trying to do the same told me get up out his turf |
| [02:38.49] | I wanted to talk to him but that shit never work |
| [02:41.06] | We was cut from the same cloth and what was under his shirt was his |
| [02:44.22] | Mommas rent his young brother's clothes |
| [02:46.11] | My nephew's food and with that I sqooze |
| [02:48.70] | |
| [02:49.44] | And with that I froze |
| [02:50.46] | Now my life is frozen in time behind these iron poles |
| [02:53.31] | |
| [02:53.93] | And this story is told for young soldiers |
| [02:56.60] | Who never choose the life we chose |
| [02:58.51] | Son don't let these streets get the best of you |
| [03:01.88] | |
| [03:02.69] | I will be right by your side when you going through |
| [03:06.92] | |
| [03:07.72] | Son just don't let it |
| [03:09.77] | Just don't let it |
| [03:10.70] | Just don't let it |
| [03:11.99] | Just don't let it |
| [03:13.21] | Just don't let it |
| [03:14.48] | Just don't let it |
| [03:15.82] | |
| [03:16.61] | Get the best of you |
| [03:18.34] | Tears in my eyes as I look up I'm trying to |
| [03:20.80] | Hold back my pride but reality is screaming |
| [03:23.17] | Gotta get a job cause momma also screaming |
| [03:24.94] | |
| [03:25.62] | Streets are just like drugs and it's like I'm out here fiending |
| [03:28.43] | Forget all the hits in the industry cause |
| [03:30.81] | Ain't no exceptions in this game for me look |
| [03:33.40] | Neither god or my enemies I |
| [03:35.91] | Choose god cause he understands this |
| [03:37.92] | |
| [03:38.46] | Young man with a thuggish heart |
| [03:40.68] | Whole world in his hands but still torn apart |
| [03:43.07] | Like I'm so close but it's still so far |
| [03:45.62] | Nightmares of me in a swerving car ohh |
| [03:48.45] | No ground to place my feet |
| [03:50.24] | My feet |
| [03:50.78] | I feel the fire under me |
| [03:52.61] | Hey |
| [03:53.13] | A way out is all I need |
| [03:55.08] | I need |
| [03:55.60] | Somebody answer me |
| [03:57.92] | Son don't let these streets get the best of you |
| [04:01.26] | |
| [04:02.07] | I will be right by your side when you going through |
| [04:06.27] | When you going through |
| [04:07.64] | Son just don't let it |
| [04:08.91] | Just don't let it |
| [04:10.05] | Just don't let it |
| [04:11.32] | Just don't let it |
| [04:12.55] | Just don't let it |
| [04:13.90] | Just don't let it |
| [04:15.16] | |
| [04:15.88] | Get the best of you |
| [04:19.08] |
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