What they do is that they'll starve you They, they won't feed you And it's already hard in there because, if you get The three trays that you get every day, you're still hungry 'cause I guess that's part of the punishment So if they starve you one tray, that that that could really make an impact on you Straight thugging Striving and hustling Fighting a war, dying for nothing Many turned to drugs, poison they're puffing All my homies gone The cops came Damn! My homies gone Sometimes I feel I'm da chosen one And if I die, hope that my name lives on 'cause I can’t go on this way Yea, it's Káy Uh, yeah Don't know how I feel y'all, can't explain it Head full of evil thoughts, can't contain it Killed or be killed, got a steel that'll leave niggas brainless Observer of life, talk is cheap so I say less Ask about Káy in da hood, they'd tell ya Káy is their favorite Ten thousand for da watch so I can't save shit I can’t go on this way Damn, uh Káy, uh Hard to be focused, hard to recite these lines Uninspired when I write these rhymes Reminiscing bout my life, I cry sometimes Roll a blunt, get high sometimes Take it back to Da River, wit' da tool in my waist Got beef wit da other side, caught me slipping Ten tools in my face Damn! I can’t go on this way Yeah Just fucked up mane, Uh yeah I'm bout to die mommy You warned me bout this lifestyle, rolling wit' G's Strapped up in army fatigues Niggaz be pussies, ain't willing to squeeze Káy stand alone when I walk these streets Not a drug in this world can calm this beast Cry Nation where my army be Who da fuck got more heart than me Huh I can’t go on this way Yea Let's take 'em back Káy, uh Reminiscing bout my days as a youth Me and my dawgs in da streets every day running loose Skipped school to make records and you know we ain't playing in da booth Now things ain't da same Some niggas have died, some niggas have changed I ain't saying names I just roll me a blunt, just to ease the pain I can’t go on this way Uh, yea Harlem, Káy, Uh I get love from dem Spanish, I fuck wit dem Haitians Remember Káy told you, don't fuck wit Jamaicans I ain't rich by twenty-six then it's time I'm wasting Dem lyrics came fast but I rhyme wit patience Harlem, New York is my location If the cops knock at my door, it's time I'm facing I can’t go on this way Fucked up man Yea, uh Move one brick, two brick, three brick, four A straight G till da feds come knocking at my door Ten hoozie on da table, ten clips on da floor Ready for y'all, ready for war Life So bitter Women Gold diggers Niggas Wanna kill us Killas They roll with us Weed They blow wit us All for da dough nigga I can’t go on this way Uh Yea, uh Came through da church, prayed for hours In this game we play, ain't no place for cowards Never bite if da grape is sour Transaction always takes an hour Aftermath is da money, hate and power Every man for himself, yo Nicko we're taking ours Playing for keeps, evade da streets where da snakes devour Cause I can’t go on this way Uh Let me talk to em, uh I got weed for da stress, Macks for da drama I'll trade you four ho's for your baby mama You can find me on da road fucking ho's for da honor I got a lot of foes so I roll wit da hammer I'm a true emcee, I flow when I wanna I ride wit no petrol Diamonds let my neck glow Even when I fucked up, you never let go I can’t go on this way Let me tell you where I'm from, uh Board houses, zinc fences Guns go off, bodies found in trenches Cops can't prevent this Young killer so relentless I got flow for sale, for da right price you can rent this The world is my ghetto, every block's enormous Kids stay strapped on corners Ready to clap informers Why? 'Cause they set da cops upon us I can’t go on this way Uh yea, it's Káy I, I, I was starved a lot I can't even, I can't even count But the worst, the worst, the worst time I was starved was when they starved me for four times in a row They starved me breakfast, lunch, dinner and breakfast again And finally, it took, it took 'Cause I was trying to tell the captains and their superiors The rest of their superiors about wha what they was doing But nobody wanted to listen to me, and nobody wanted to help me It finally, I finally came across a captain that that heard me out, and, and fixed the problem Make sure I was ate, I, I was fed And even the showers, They would deny me of shower in there too