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[00:27.83]Now all jokes aside
[00:28.88]Im having to realize Im still breathing
[00:31.50]Since a baby teasin i knew i was gonna live
[00:33.99]Even reasons after celebrated seasons we was broke
[00:37.68]Hope was selling d**e
[00:39.07]Or robbing these other folks
[00:40.63]I know every bad confrontayion that we was facing
[00:43.69]Im a young black male what would you do in my situation
[00:46.75]Lately dozen altercation that win like a deck of cards
[00:49.64]Sayin we all out if you gonna accept the lord
[00:53.15]Bad times my cousin had done
[01:20.05]I sent two g's to his wife and son I'm sayin
[01:23.85]Dear god don't take me
[01:26.16]Why these b**ches and these niggas tryin ta break me
[01:29.28]I see dead presidents my friends get bent and mama
[01:33.06]In the ghetto tryin to pay the rent
[01:35.43]In high school used to be kings and queens
[01:38.43]Came home of a two now they jackers and fiends Ugh
[01:42.66]Survival play ghetto games
[01:44.85]Lose your life these days for some yards or gold rings
[01:48.25]Can you visualize perfection in a section of a crib
[02:15.18]And a yard full of ghetto kids
[02:17.40]When i was dreamin and creamin and wasn't makin no money
[02:20.65]Steady hustlin high to make it for niggas to die for me
[02:23.83]That's gonna forever be real
[02:24.97]And ni**a that's regardless feelin like I'm still in my faith
[02:28.08]I'm hollowed headed and heartless
[02:29.56]Balancing life on a triple beam and gambling with the arts of fate
[02:33.16]And niggas got the nerve to playa hate
[02:36.82]A young ni**a in this game to survive with a 45
[02:39.81]Lookin at the sky gettin so high ni**a
[02:42.51]Above the law with underguard right between the sky and the earth
[02:45.68]Aint touchin dirt claim to the dirty game for what it's worth