This the life we chose/ bathed in bloodstained clothes/ over nickel and gold/ on my block/ they toting heavy metal/ for safety of precious metals/ best of our ability/ we cling together/ they call it ghetto/ ghetto dress, ghetto mind-state/ lower property value/ higher crime rate/ Text books outdated/ what we texting on A rated/ talking fashion and motor trends then can't another city Fade us/ but if you talking bout that money market/ working hard and not hard Work/ you might be talking foreign/ Round here/ Time and time again/ only foreign talk that matters is/ Time ...and ...Time...again/ Truck type Infinity, sedan 745 and silence is golden/ so coupe compressors through the silent night/ rapper fish for big breaks/ hoping that the burbs bite/ if you on the assembly line you hope they giving overtime/ in the back of a squad car you hope this just an overnight/ and thoughts outside the squad car is SMH young brother why/ mothers say her prayers hoping he come home tonight/ different focus same reality/ another day another die/Stick up kid catch a hollow-tip/ Bystander catch a stray now she #teamjacob howling/ my real life yo dark dreams/ only thing I EVER seen/ divine/devaughn in person was Raheem/ I mean, my dreams be brief moments of peace/ then it turn into a piece/ then Im falling to my knees/ Im starring at the barrel as I'm waiting on the end/ Quick flash I'm jumping up I'm at it once again/ Im on the edge/ and I feel the whole world on my shoulders/ and all I wanna do is live/ N every second Death is getting closer...and I can smell his odor/ Ironic its cool water and grape soda/

Hook: I been on that Grind I been on that Tip, I'ma Hustla, Gotta Hustle (repeat) I'm bout my grind homie, I'm bout my shine homie, I'm bout to take what's yours and make it mine homie/ Verse: Give me a white T crispy I'll crease it out/ Get the wrinkles out/ put it on G it out/ Give me some black pants/ compliment with white ones/ now I'm ready hit the block start stacking funds/ give me a black fitted cap/ detroit Representer/ Cock it hight right...back up.. or low middle/ cop a stash move it fast then re it up/ get enough cop a truck/ brotha moving up/ I gotta put momma in a house made of bricks/ can't do it legally gotta fill the house with bricks/ cuz college this brotha ain't going/ he focused on cash/ hardly got his diploma/ police is a nuisance/ women a distraction/ gotta be quick in an environment/ based on reaction/ gotta weapon and a plan/ live to the next second/ FUTURE... What future we live in the Present/ Hook: Verse 2 Riding in the tint/ mean mug don't flinch/ if a sucka wanna flex/ quick to show it's a cinch/ keep a ear to the street/ hard time done learned him/ murderers be malicious/ when they hear that money murmur/ a slight whisper/ they out to get you/ and his money talks in marble tops and light fixtures/ g code in the street that equals silence/ money talking to concrete...that equals violence/ he tried to go legit/ get that clean money/ the right road/ but dirty money makes a ice show/ he seen the ice show/ thought about figures...skating/ n then he back to the block/ go figure ain't it/ a vicious cycle/ addiction to flipping prescriptions/ and kept his MOB/ that's mind on business/ get in get out/ buy cribs, rent em out/ and got a lawyer so good police is in ALASKA now/ (so dress warm) Hook: Tried 9 to 5's didn't work for him/ manager screaming...couldn't work for them/ needed freedom/ just needed to be him/ been had a rhyme just had to find reason/ a pro with the tools/ a Titan over keys/ had a flow like poseidon with a triton over seas/ the hoods a mess/ lifestyles a test/ but the boy brainstormed/ he got showered with success..umm/ just finesse em/ why throw salt in the game if you know sugar's they number one preference/ change objectives/ calm aggression/ stand through the weather/ if it makes it rain wetter/ hoop nice, shoot dice, do line ups/ for 5 bucks/ do homework for the known jerk/ get perks/ get better/ get stronger/ make paper/ get longer/ invest/ save more/ spend less/ get yours Hook:

Hook: Late nights, bright lights/ yeah/ city scene/ balling rolling slow hear the city sing/ Late nights, bright light/ yeah/ city scene grinding rolling slow hear the city scene/ Cash...Flash (repeat) Verse Real disasters during chapters grown men despise/ after five a whole nother side comes alive/ evil twin gemini side watch the rise/ like a full moon/ howling part 2/ true/ cuz I done seen em in they benzes and they beamers/ hip with lead steamers/ neck and wrist gleaming/ always see em coming/ but never see em leaving/ always dressed freezing like it's only one season/ ask em it's only one reason/ he'll say lady luck smiled at his fortune/ and his decisions might have his soul scorching/ before then his sole was torn open/ barefeet to concrete/ the ridicule was torment/ then got introduced to quantities of that medicinal/ turned him out now he's all about spending to/ and at night time/ everybody envy dude/ Hook: Verse 2 He was a smooth cat 6's on cadillac/ fitted cap to the back/ doo rag under that/ crew like new jack/ straight brothers keeper/ but cross that line and he'll play the reaper/ product so hot/ fiends called his fix fever/ had a chick named lisa/ with Bonet features/ she a keeper/ hi and bye chick/ comes bye gets high they buys for bi chicks/ when they run outta chips/ they trick/ he profit/ money coming different ways/ honey cum he getting paid/ and in the hood you can catch him half dazed/ or outside of the liquor store sitting on blades/ hit the barber shop just to taper up the waves/ 2 miles and hour while he blowin on the haze/ underground rap the only thing that he bang/ steppin out his chevrolet/ in blackwood cartier frames/ Hook: Verse 3 Style and profile/ his style low profile/ like tires that get worn and ties they get torn/ he say success is the root of all enemies/ and close friends the ones that get/ bitten by that envy beast/ wolves dress like sheep/ snakes blend in grass/ good life, but everything good gotta pass/ chaos theory/ how you gonna have peace/ remember frank lucas he was paying off the police/ alpo snitched/ look at the goodfellas/ bumpy johnson, dutch schultz, even chris webber/ they say the truth always comes to the light/ and eyes open/ so he keeps blind men in sight/ He shed a tear cuz dynasty's never last/ but he never saw it coming from his own right hand/ keep your left and right hand at odds/ cuz they can sense you/ and when you weak they'll conspire against u/ Hook:

Verse My life been f*cked up/ ever since a young buck/ searching for a quick buck/ so I ain't gotta give up/ and sh*ts rough man/ but yall already know/ man it's hard to find a wifey/ but it's quick to hit a hoe/ flash cash just for show/ cats clash throwing bows/ if they passed by the po's then/ then they casket'll close/ and niccas pull triggers quicker/ over figures/ how you figure/ lil niccas/ pulling triggers over figures/ flashing cash/ cop frames/ smash dames/ go flip cane/ sh*ts just insane/ no dough legitimate/ reading the block/ but give the boy a book/ and I'll bet he be illiterate/ been broke wondering how I'ma cope/ footprints in the sand lead to crack lead to coke/ but i won't/ my pops taught me better/ instead my hands on my beretta/ stackin cheese counting cheddar/ with my head up/ Hook: Only thing the hood taught us/ wanna survive you gotta tread water/ Keep kicking don't wanna be a gonner man/ gotta try ta keep ya head above the water man/ (repeat) Verse 2 So what if they hate me/ Im up and they lazy/ and lately they played/ but baby Im shady/ so it's all gravy/ go ahead hate me/ one on one know you cant take me/ talk behind my back/ but know you won't face me/ so F*CK U/ I can tuck too/ I can bust too/ bust you while you riding home on the bus dude/ don't duck and I'll pluck you/ don't be fooled by the smiles/ chugging brews down the mile/ pouring liquor to the curb/ for abused and they childs/ or my peeps that done passed/ or got locked for they tasks/ for providing for they fam/ the only way that they can/ moving weight by the gram/ out the crib out the van/ others work to the bone/ tough skin blistered hands/ doing dirt in the sand/ get hot turn to glass/ searching for a diamond in the rough/ and only seeing sand/ Hook: Verse 3 If I'm great at this pace then I'm facing a challenge/ pages full of hate/ my rage and my malice/ and life's just a test/ more or less/ and time just decides who surives/ more or less/ i could ball up from stress/ never balled over death/ shots called caused falls now they all losing breath/ and my heads gonna rest/ when it nods to my chest/ no rest for the wicked/ i'll retire in death/ so I work every breath to get more and lose less/ gotta dress everyday life's chess/ ask FRESH/ so I gotta ride dolo/ tints no peeking/ no speaking/ i dont need no reasons/ for haters to come close/ cuz cats'll cross you/ your homies'll off you/ lady luck will divorce you/ life happens/ gotta be prepared/ can't be scared/ be wise and be aware/ if you gonna BE HERE/ Hook:

Hook: I wake up lace up my 1's or tims/ whip mean to clean I don't need no rims/ I gotta chick peanut butter or chocolate/ and she Ride wit a Playa/ Ride wit a Pimp/ (repeat) Verse I'm fresher than you ever been/ smell me can't catch a scent/ fatigued...no never been/ but i'm still a veteran/ bet you been settling/ similar to sediment/ let him win/ never man/ beat him and his next of kin/ Chao adios chuckin deuces to the mexicans/ tried to keep him out the game/ it's bout time they let him in/ under pressure I'ma test ya/ AO to professor/ Don with the CANNON/ you Dodge while I'm ramming/ I'm sailing you scamming/ just to make it with the rapping/ floating half coasting not bragging not boasting/ jagged up masked up so still smoking/ i see through you / ain't no fooling him/ an old dog with new tricks/ Max Julian/ cooler then a winter breeze/ competition needs summer's eve/ P*ssy who they gonna fade now/ line em up I lay em down/ a class act/ Kid I don't play around/ Hook: Verse 2 Gotta broad look like Jiffy/ say these others too iffy/ like the car I keep spiffy/ while these other dudes wishy/ washy/ watch me/ old school versace/ Strap round my waist/ so I guess they gotta Jock me/ 1 hitter quitter filthy flow kitty litter spitter sit up chin up get up quitter bitter cuz I stick her quicker/ that's just my jiffy lube/ my chocolate chick/ a breakfast boo/ you mad cuz they not touching you/ trust when I wax it's wonderful/she laughing/ to the room she gasping in action/ i'm lasting/ she grabbing/ beating her brains and back in/ keep the screaming down boo/ the scratches let me know that I'm stroking you/ and you not stroking my ego/ want my chocolate pretty/ that'll cost a pretty penny/ couple quarters/ lots of remy/ couple dollars/ 5th of henny/ dude thought you had a chance/ what you still in wonderland/ you to her's peter pan/ stuck in NEVER never land/ Hook: Verse 3 Go up against me ya fate sealed man/ hustler provider no need to steal man/ flow like Moet/ i keep it chill man/ i'ma rider plus the driver/ look i'm the wheelman/ that means I gotta grip/ and i'm still building/ talking bout toting tools/ we'll so who the real man/ reel to reel man scary movie feel and/ after you get the whole flick/ pick between extended clips/ nights in talladega the races just outrageous/ two runners both asian/ once you bank one/ why chase em/ i sprint for the dimes/ pity passing up pennies/ from the D, but got Green in the Nationals city/ tipsy gypsy telling me exactly what I seen before/ wanna read palms then go chill with the seminoles/ know the greens plentiful, evergreen in the winter grow, moving snow in our winter coats/ trying to sleep with centerfolds/ Hook:

Hook: Time after time I made the situation worsen/ feels like I'm living my life in 3rd person/ Verse Whaddup my name's chill/ and I'ma man of glory/ what I do...well kinda self explanatory/ I like to chill/ ride the hood holding steel/ i rapped a lil bit but never had a deal/ I be in different hoods/ people think I'm doing good/ keep a new pair of jeans/ got buffs on my woods/ 2 karrots on my earlobe/ clean crease T so/ women like the extra additives/ who could be mad at this/ spend lots of time out the hood/ i get money in the burbs/ got a couple college kids/ love the herb/ so when they parents work I call I deliver/ exchange hands/ now my pockets getting bigger/ then back to the hood with the cheese like a winner/ out the whip counting chips/ bad move for beginners/ a smile on my face till I saw that chrome shimmer/ and heard a voice and felt something pressed to my liver/ Hook: Verse: They call me Monte man/ I'm bout my money man/ I was a magician/ used to move them Hallow Grams/holograms/ bareley seeing em and here's the reasoning/ they needed seasoning/ before I started beefing them up/ then they got fatter/ and that spread chatter/ suburbs no hood cuz you know hoods chatter/ do yo thang man/ I do the latter/ what I'm feeling in my bladder/ cold pressed make me stammer/ D..dd...Damn/ that's a hammer/ do I move will it jam up/ he says "Run it Dog, before you get Splattered for that Cabbage"/ stick up kids always famished/ paranoid about to panic/ couldnt tell what he was packing so I/ emptied out my pockets/ then he hit me in my sockets/ with the chamber as I yelled/ I'm praying I don't see hell/ while I'm laying by myself/ then I noticed as I yelled/ he already dropped a shell/ seeing lights wondering if it's Hospital or Hell/ Hook: Verse: Hello my names carlos/ and I dont do much/ I did good in school and was raised in a church/ i played video games/ days were all the same/ kept a nice whip and had a bad babe/ and maybe I'm not supposed to be a slave to my rosary/ my dude skeet he call me chill/ when we started to fa real...chill/ i started drinking started not doing thinking/ then I did my own thang/ messing with young hotties/ me and B Will and he knew me as Monte/ cuz see I used to rap/ so our lives was tit for tat/ his pops was a dealer/ mine had a habit/ so we'd roll n I was getting paid making loot/ but when you live day to day you're bound to go soon/ I got blasted by a goon/ but don't be sad for me/ cuz after this catastrophe/ i guess it's just back to me/ Hook:

Verse: You say you love em huh/ but do he make you happy/ do the good out weigh the bad do you see it lasting/ yo body craving good love girl so why you fasting/ you say you loyal and that's where we clashing/ you wit a man that don't appreciate you that's a bad thing/ when your with him fake smiles and laughter/ girl that's acting/ through the bad I'll stick with you be yo velcro/ we should go together/ you be the khakis I'll be the shell toes/ she giggling/ but say that she ain't giving in/ i say she should give him up/ and give this real love a chance/ she say... how you know if it's real/ i put her head to my heart/ and whispered in her ear/ Hook: Listen baby girl/ I know you got a man/ but I don't really care about that/ because he won't do you like I do... you Baby/ This thing so wrong/ tell me is it right when we lie to ourselves/ You should be with me/ I should be with you/ Verse: Now when you see me sideways smiles got you blushing huh/ fantasizing it's my arm that you all up under huh/ you ain't gotta say it/ i can read you body language/ know you thinking what I'm thinking/ baby just be patient/ time stand still when you not up in my space and/ when you come around I swear that minute hand be racing/ with you time flies/ girl I ain't telling no lies/ look life's a journey and I want you in my Dodge alright/ I don't want you sneaking when I go to call alright/ wanna talk text and skype/ with you all day and all night/ when we togehter every moment filled with passion/ and when we not it's Romeo and Juliet Tragic/ Hook: Verse: I ain't afraid to do exactly what I need to/ walk up to your man and tell em/ dog she should leave you/ she deserve better/ she deserve me/ yeah yall togehter/ but all yall got is history/ and presently she questioning her future/ looking bright for me and I can't say the same for you sir/ but that ain't my place/ right now girl eat yo cake/ look your worth having/ so I know you know your worth the wait/ see I listen boo/ fantasize of kissing you/ conversation's de ja vu/ you know how I be missing you/ baby this game time on the 1 yard line/ if he ain't got yo Fullback I'm right here on the sideline/ Hook:

Verse: I wake up before I wash and get dressed/ I thank the Lord for each breath/ pray for another day without the reaper/ can't ignore him/ just gotta accept one day ya gotta meet him/ thinking bout my past in my room shadow boxing/ miss my dead homies man we used to get it popping/ G and Cortez with the Poppin and Lockin/ lil man used to have the hood hopping/ couple of my fellas got knocked now the locked up/ gotta write a letter let em know who got shot up/ gotta write a letter/ yo "ya baby mom's knocked up , brother cutty got chopped up, he lived.. but now he locked up"/ I'm ok I work a 9 to 5/ but I'm bout to flip/ get paid just enough to make it back to do my shift/ wondering do other people live like this/ drugs jail and violence/ everyday's a crisis/ Hook: Either get rich, go to jail or get murdered/ Them the only outcomes I ever heard of/ another life ends before the night ends/ Verse: Too stressed/ plotting on survival/ trying to find god/ but america's full of idols/ civilized but still tribal/ street gangs like new age warriors/ cuz they still rival/ on a quest to get paid/ the government offers aid/ laboratory up in Maine offered most Spades Aids/ trapped in a cage/ mind been so trained/ that outside of this box is lame or insane/ black man in a range/ he has to sell Caine/ can't listen to rock music in Armani Exchange/ steriotypes/ live everyday in my society/ can't lie/ i'm a victim/ second guessing/ my sobriety/ i been exiled by most of my fam/ don't speak to my cousins/ can't talk to my dad/ easy to get a chance/ but earning respects harder/ easy to be a dad but HARDER to be a Father/ Hook: Verse: I'm telling you what my life is/ priceless sacrifices/ pastor telling me christ is/ king to long life/ but that's for the righteous/ what about the fighters/ doing wrong at night cuz/ all they know's the life cuz/ some say they justified/ gotta provide/ but the lust for living lavish/ turns the best intentions savage/ then innocence of a child stained/ grown man the mind-frame/ gotta go get paid/ luxury the only aim/ love for money/ mild fame/ rooted in evel/on a race for the steeple/ beggars bothering/ broke down/ downtrodden citizens/ can't see nothing further/ then they own current predicaments/ Police drive by harassing those doing right/ see the dealers don't strike/ Everybody's got a price/ staying at the right side of life'll/ have you merging with pain/ and crashing into lonely nights aiight/

Hook: Bounce DAT/ let me see you shake/ roll them hips like you wanna get paid/ make them boys wonder how you taste/ if you wanna get cake/ just put it in his face and Bounce Dat/ (repeat) Verse: Girl you crazy/ quit acting lazy/ if you move that buy you a drink maybe/ Ay B girlie started shaking straight dazed me/ showed me a pocket on her thong and said/ "Pay Me"/ I'm glad to meet em/ ecstatic to greet em/ she built like a bronco/ put her in a museum/ well at least the Colosseum/ ain't no speaking/ while I read em/ unless she wanna be heavy breathing/ admiring her frame/ dancing/ what's her name/ i don't know but her roll and pop game off the chain/ yelling baby jiggle that/ come a lil closer wiggle that/ suck yo fingers/ arch yo back/ let me set a drink on that/ you look like you feeling me/ and I wanna be feeling that/ since you let me picture that/ you should let me get at that/ I got my whip/ get in that/ put yo legs up in the back relax/ bend over the hood/ let me hit it from the back/ pick a position I'm killing that/ Hook: Verse: Oooohhh you so beautiful/ no telling what I'll do to you/ let me get a lil dance/ no biggie take a chance/ 1 more/ 2 more/ 3 more/ I'm getting jealous cuz they watching when you laying on the floor/ and you make your cheeks do things/ pop left/ pop right/ girl I love the way you moving/ glow in the dark tongue ring/ she keep flicking it/ i told her I could make her mouth/ happy with my licorice/ picture this/ me and you/ on a pillow top for two/ bring some of your girls/ and I'ma bring the crew/ we can reunite at the rendezvous/ have aphrodisiacs for two/ you telling me no condoms cool/ I'm telling you I ain't no fool/ I retract the physical/ mami I'm not that into you/ but keep yo clothes off cuz yo body's so critical/ see I was just testing you/ now we resolved sexual/ before you leave/ get back on that pedestal/ i'm begging you to/ Hook: Verse: Let me get a private session don't say you uncomfortable/ the way I'm tossing tips/ like I knew you for a month or two/ show me what a Hun''ll do/ double that/ it's nothing boo/ you think my frontins cute/ so whassup with you/ you say you ain't got a man/ just a innocent dance/ when you wiggle like I'm charming off your pants/ Drinks on me/ can I lick em off you/ get you in the bedroom/ sort of like a typhoon/ rough in the beginning/ softer in the center/ locking eyes and yo thighs acting like they got a temper/ they getting heated/ so be it/ i'm proceeding/ till toes curling/ hearing screaming/ you swearing you wet dreaming/ so pillow talk about yo pains/ got problems wit yo moms/ got plans you wanna own a hair salon/ that's cool/ I ain't a fool and I aint knockin on yo plans/ but mami I ain't yo man/ I just love to watch you dance/ Hook:

Verse: We were cool once/ now we enemies/ it was business/ and she was kin to me/ so that means/ I was wasting my energies/ stuck at the start/ and never ever finishing/ so when I finished last/ I should've finished first/ sky high/ but you know the saying about nice guys/ Gonna finish last/ luck never cross his path/ treat her like a doormat/he'll just ignore that/ that ain't right so you gotta stand tall/ you gotta have a spine balance/ so you don't fall/ say good day to the Divas/ and good morning to the sun/ say goodnight when I light/ see a star just begun/ i'm shining off the nightlife silver-lining/ im praying that the Lord provide perfect timing/ if you don't see me banging/ trust me I'm still grinding/ and you can spill your guts/ but I choose to hold mine's in/ Hook: You ain't gotta lie to me/ Tell me the truth if you hate me/ You ain't gotta lie to me/ Think I won't succeed I got one phrase for you/ (repeat) Verse: Say what you say cuz what you say's yo business/ respect's earned and given like money and friendship/ We was together both stuck in the trenches/ I guess from your side I had provisions/ you had decisions/ you made yo distance/ talking face to face but the feel is different/ I feel the distance/ I 'm thinking is you judging me/ cuz I didn't fall far/ the devil still nudging me/ If it was up to me/ luxury and privacy/ up to you maybe larceny and piracy/ I ain't mad though to each his own/ and it's funny how you stopped me from being gone/ I changed to chasing paper from days of chasing skirts/ from holding a mall job/ to holding too much work/ now I'm grown I see our roles reversed/ I just pray that by the hook you ain't laying in a hearse/ Hook: Bridge: So who's real/ are you real/ are you facing reality/ Or making up a life/ as you balancing/ Making up life tight rope balancing/ Verse: Me myself I'll tell the world a that I'm broke/ but I gotta bad broad/ and a pocket full of hope/ got a past of regrets/ and a closet full of skeletons/ look from the inside tell me if you jealous then/ Pops a fiend/ sweet georgia brown creme/ I got rich cousins that I don't never see/ and a brother over seas / hope God dont' take him cuz/ I got a nephew that needs a father to raise em/ grandma about to to pass I feel it and she telling me/ The rent's behind and my mama ain't telling me/ you get blowed right before you shed a tear/ try being stressed out and you can't afford a Beer/