For my chinz on the block that be living through the struggle/
For my nigz slanging rock jus to make dat money double/
They say we living trouble, but troubles a part of life/
Living in the projects rubble but still we call it life/
N past the guns and knives, we jus humans with a crutch/
Get by with what we have although its never much/
N with everything we touch, we still labeled as a hazard/
Raised in metro housing, single parent so we bastards/
N the dreams that we after only come out of the mouth/
Have you ever seen a thug with a million dollar house?/
Now all I see about is the kids that love their music/
Dey can dress like dey us, but dey never been through it/
N dey'll never live through it, dey just actors in disguise/
Dey could live a great life but still dey stuck up wit dey lies/
N with everyone that dies, all the burden in our hands/
I don't rap to be praised, I rap so dey understand/
And as the world starts changing
I feel life rearanging
How can they know my troubles
If they can't see my struggle
And as the world starts changinggg
I feel life rearanging
What gets me through this life
One thing because music is my life
Sometimes I lie down and spark a bogey to my face/
Think back, from all those days wen I was tearin up the place/
I was filled wit an anger that I couldn't control/
Seeked out on a mission, found my alter ego/
I fell in love wit da music, n da music took my heart/
Seen a dream through a mic, now we can never be apart/
Started out in da park, drop free's n get high/
Use ta go to homies crib n make tracks for all night/
But then came the fights, at home and with my life/
Raised up being poor soon changed my life's sights/
Hit the block up in fright, then I suddenly knew/
That where I'm from is a place where struggles all grew/
Its kinda hard growin up without a father around/
And all a little kid know is grow ta-be holdin to down/
I miss the days before frowns, when I never really knew/
That where I'm from is a place where struggles all grew/
And as the world starts changing
I feel life rearanging
How can they know my troubles
If they can't see my struggle
And as the world starts changinggg
I feel life rearanging
What gets me through this life
One thing because music is my life
Music is my life (repeat til end)
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