2 brothers born in the struggle Drugs, violence, and hustling Freestyles on prison buses Making something outta nothing Even though they come from Living in the ghetto, ghetto They lock us up to keep us down, the feds know She don't make no money if her legs closed Don't you know we come from queens and pharaohs Outta sight and outta mind Lil boy only 8 but he got a 9 Don't you ever think we chose poverty and crime Blueprint from the government, it's all by design Running out of time I ain't got no patience Dog, you either talking money or don't say shit Bills due, gotta help my mama pay rent Daddy locked up, shit ain't been the same since Judge gave him the book, he on page 10 Yeah, I'm free, but I'm still feeling caged in Granny got us up in church yelling Amen I just prayed for a lick so we can make ends Lord knows I tried, finna go slide right now I ain't got shit, so whatever they got, that's mine Really wanna cry right now But I'm too tough to let a teardrop from my eyes She wear her smile upside down But he don't love her, he just love what's between her thighs Know the block hot right now But all my custos outside, so that's why Cooking up dope in it Killers and hoe niggas Here come the 5-0 tripping Everybody PO' pimpin' Fuck it, pour up more liquor Everybody broke in the Ain't a lot of hope in the Hot summers, cold winters I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out Another day, new homicide Son dust, new mother cries Look her in the eyes Technically she still alive They buried her too when he died Still in denial She say it ain't real She won't admit so she can't heal Cop cold as ice, he don't feel Yellin' Freeze but he won't chill But that's every day when surviving the slums Call out for help, ain't nobody gon' come Seen what I saw, now the trauma is done Pills just to cope, started poppin' 'em young Gotta do better Gotta unite because we in this together We gotta fight, won't be like this forever I know I'm flawed, just like you, I ain't special Lord knows I tried, finna go slide right now I ain't got shit, so whatever they got, that's mine Really wanna cry right now But I'm too tough to let a teardrop from my eyes She wear her smile upside down But he don't love her, he just love what's between her thighs Know the block hot right now But all my custos outside, so that's why Cooking up dope in it Killers and hoe niggas Here come the 5-0 tripping Everybody PO' pimpin' Fuck it, pour up more liquor Everybody broke in the Ain't a lot of hope in the Hot summers, cold winters I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out I might not make it out I pray I make it out