The air is still, the heat is rising summertime's on the horizon little girl with a baby crying cause she's got no food to eat And it ain't that, nobody's listening And it ain't that, nobody cared It's just that everybody's busy looking out for what is theirs I'm a hustler, on the corner, making very little money But down the block, on the other corner This nigger's down there getting paid What's he doing and I ain't doing? He got clothes and fancy things Bigger car and pretty women, watch what jealousy and envy brings on the backstreet, that's where I live on the backstreet, there ain't nothing as it is Now up the block comes mamy Celoo… say what's happening, how you feel? He don't care about no … cause he's only keeping it real … what's happening down the block yo, hood is down and taking mile Celoo knows about his benice, so he runs it down one time He … keys straight from Miami, looks it up and sells it cheap You ain't getting none but ...from Sally so your prices are too steep But I got just the thing you need son, if you really want to win Sun light sparkles on his gold fronts as he makes this evil grin take a walk on down to my crib then let me show you something new I got loads of guns and ammo that I bought from this white dude he could take that I was down and I was just the man to see and he fronted me and … of artillery on the backstreet that's where I live, on the backstreet, yeah there ain't nothing as it is Now in his bedroom it's amazing, he's got guns of every kind He light a … we start blazing then I picked the one that shined It's an old school Calicola, semi auto dark as night It's just the thing I need to make my situation tight So he shows me how to load it since I don't know what to do Aims towards the wall and it exploded, through this poster of Ice Cube … so much devastation that it's obvious to me That is just the thing to separate your soul from your body on the backstreet, that's where I live on the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive I went home and starting … for my come up … night In the darkest catch them slipping, take as real money is live I'll just catch him as he goes out to his car to make a run Now you can't front when you're confronted with the cold steel of a gun When that comes and I'm moving on the creep all dressed in black wearing a ski mask so he won't know who just put him on his back So I hid behind the bushes at the people's house next door 3 shots rang out from behind me and my blood began to pour, no What? What now boy? Told you I was gonna get you boy Thought he's gonna catch me sleeping, in your dream Do it hurt? Let's go Everything happened in one swift action, should I just couldn't believe Celoo told them what was happening, I been tricked up and deceived And it ain't that, nobody's heard it And it ain't that, nobody cared It's just that everybody was busy looking out for what was theirs Not … city, what they call the mcc I don't really know what that means but it's what the cops called me They don't care what happens to me, they don't miss me on the beat All they know is that there's one less nigger Hanging on the backstreet, where I used to live On the backstreet, there ain't nothing, nothing, the choices you make can make or break you the choices you make can make or break you the choices you make can make or break you the choices you make can make or break you.