around here

do or die

my homie lost his life

sold plenty bags of nickle weed

so we won't struggle

and if a nigga have static boom

it ain't no love in these streets

but i love 'em

cause i'm from

we still lost souls

we gettin' money

we still slangin'

we still bangin'

we slangin' 'cain

it ain't no thang

we pull them thangs

they ask me why i rap

and i still live around here

cause money never changed the way i looked around here

you know you gotta keep it grimey

for the playas and pimps

you know you still not a ol' g

if the hood ya stiff

the number one rule; don't bite the hand that feed ya

cause one day gon' come back around

when you sho' gon' need us

about

when ya got kids

shorty suffer from teachin'

then ya try to give 'em a word

now you up and ya bleedin'

you say it just ain't no love no mo'

been mad daily

you can lock us up

but still the problem won't go

we livin' in this city full of rocks and blows

my family got to eat and that's all a nigga knows

my homie lost his life

sold plenty bags of nickle weed

so we won't struggle

and if a nigga have static boom

it ain't no love in these streets

but i love 'em

cause i'm from

we still lost souls

we gettin' money

we still slangin'

we still bangin'

we slangin' 'cain

it ain't no thang

we pull them thangs

now put yo'self off in my shoes

dig into my gutter mind

a child born is supposed to cry

fucked up in his own time

see mama told me

live and learn"