| I wanna dedicate this song to the young god, Kareem | |
| The Genius... Digi... | |
| Sing it 'em to real quick, yo | |
| Like to keep my head up to the sky | |
| And ask myself, why, it has to be this way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take | |
| Cuz we strive for luxury | |
| And try to feed our families | |
| It always seems that someone seen our way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take | |
| I met a young brother, about 28 | |
| Who seemed intelligent and rather quite straight | |
| I greeted him, and struck a conversation | |
| To see if the youngster had some self motivation | |
| Peace brother, whats your name? How you be? | |
| (I'm Rugged Monk and I'm all about the currency) | |
| You mean gettin' paid? | |
| Yeah like my man's brother | |
| Who has a condo, he shares with his baby mother | |
| You know a condo beats my apartment | |
| With no lights, no gas and backed up rent | |
| No hot water or heat, infested with plenty rats | |
| That'll eat up the average alley cat | |
| (I'm like damn, homey, thats poverty, he's like) | |
| Word O.G. that bothers me | |
| Plus I'm about to be a new father, G | |
| (We need to wise up and change the hood policy) | |
| Like to keep my head up to the sky | |
| And ask myself, why, it has to be this way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take | |
| Cuz we strive for luxury | |
| And try to feed our families | |
| It always seems that someone seen our way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take | |
| Yo, why you fear the devil, as a grown man? | |
| Why you not out there trying to make your own plan? | |
| See we are a victim, of a situation | |
| Where a wicked man, separated the nation | |
| And got us killin' off one another | |
| Black on black, they pit brother on brother | |
| It's gettin' hot, hotter than July | |
| See the murder and crime rate is risin' to the sky | |
| (For example, in my neighborhood it's so hot | |
| I'm often woke up, from the alarming sounding of a shot, so I'm thinking what) | |
| Is your neighborhood a trap? | |
| {Could this be the place marked X on the map?} | |
| (And I'm spotted like a target in a shooting gallery | |
| So I strive to seek for a better salary | |
| So I can escape from where? From this ghetto life area | |
| {Cuz everyday it gets scarier} | |
| Like to keep my head up to the sky | |
| And ask myself, why, it has to be this way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take | |
| Cuz we strive for luxury | |
| And try to feed our families | |
| It always seems that someone seen our way | |
| I'd like to live my life in peace | |
| And have, not to worry about | |
| All the drama, I can't take |
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