they got a nigga shedding tears reminiscin on my past fears cause shit was hectic for me last year it appears that i ve been marked for death my heartless breath the underlying cause of my arrest my life is stressed and no rest forever weary my eyes stay teary for all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery shit s scary our black on black crime legendary but at times unnecessary i m gettin worried teardrops and closed caskets the three strikes law is drastic and certain death for us ghetto bastards what can we do when we re arrested but open fire life in the pen ain t for me cause i d rather die but don t cry through your despair i wonder if the lord still cares for us niggas on welfare and who cares if we survive the only time they notice a nigga is when he clutchin on a four five my neighborhood ain t the same cause all the little babies goin crazy and they sufferin in the game and i swear it s like a trap but i ain t given up on the hood it s all good when i go back hoes show me love niggas give me props forever hop cause it don t stop on my block now shit s constantly hot on my block it never fails to be gunshots can t explain a mother s pain when her son drops black male living in hell when will we prevail fearin jail but crack sales got me livin well in a sense i m suicidal with this thug s life stayin strapped forever trapped in this drug life god help me cause i m starvin can t get a job so i resort to violent robbings my life is hard can t sleep cause all the dirt make my heart hurt put in work and shed tears for my dead peers misled from childhood where i went astray till this day i still pray for a better way can t help but feel hopeless and heartbroke from the start i felt the racism cause i m dark couldn t quit the bullshit make me represent hit the bar and played the star everywhere i went in my heart i felt alone out here on my own i close my eyes and picture home on my block and i can t help but wonder why so many young kids had to die caught strays from ak s in a drive by swollen pride and homicide don t coincide brothers cry for broken lives mama come inside cause our block is filled with danger used to be a close knit community but now we re all cold strangers time changes us to stone them crack pipes all up and down the block exterminatin black life but i can t blame the dealers my mama s welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels shit s real i know ya feel my tragedy a single mother with a problem child daddy free hangin out pickin up game sippin cheap liquor gamin the hoochies hopin i can get to sleep with her it s a man s world stayin strapped fantasies of a nigga livin phat but held back pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless wide eyed and losin focus on my block  and block parties in the projects lastin way past daylight a young nigga learned to break night used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen i send them ends but it s tough on a friend in my mind i see the same motherfuckers ballin alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall misses call i know the young niggas understand this growing up in this world where everything is scandalous i reminisce on tha fast times past crimes tryin to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime can t explain just what attracts me to this dirty game gold chains some extra change and the street fame and what s strange is that everybody knows my name swear they all know me and lots of cash make a nigga change i hit the green just to maintain feelin pain for all the niggas that i lost to the game from my block muh fucka can t lie tho outta all them rest in peace to all the motherfuckers who passed away from all the blocks that im from one twelve street 7th avenue new york uptown knahmsayin 183rd and walt my block thats right 122nd and morningside my block thats right decatur avenue baltimore my block thats right in the jungle of marin city thats my block thats right los angeles haha thats my block too oakland cant forget oaktown thats my block for sure and all the other blocks around this motherfucker houston florida st louis tennessee miami chicago all y all niggas stay kicking up dust11