on the outside lookin in

the hammer hit the table leaving me with 7 years

my history was shit so i couldn't shed a tear

my future was a wall

surrounded by a cage

them laws got me locked down damn at an early age

the only thing i got is a lust for the streets

the shit i gotta learn

and the shit i gotta teach

i'm living for the minute

muthafuck a whole hour

and i ain't pickin shit up when it falls in the shower

my lady sends me pictures with her pussy in the air

but she ain't really there

so i don't really care

the only thing i got is a muthafuckin dinner

so fuck what i had

cuz where i'm at i'm a beginner

i gots to be a winner in this muthafuckin mix up

get my shit together

scope it out and try to fix up

some confidence to keep a real nigga going strong

the system is my house

the system is my home

the system was designed to keep a brotha on his back

the system crackers caught me that's exactly where i'm at

my lawyer was a snitch

got me framed started buggin

my muthafuckin phone and the judge was his cousin

it's hard thinkin positive with negative around me

so i had to relate to the grounds that surrounded thee

house and the mound where i chill

with the niggas who respected a real nigga

cuz mjg respect them too

so i had to survive living my life with the street rule stay cool"