how many days we gonna live our life strugglin on the streets how many ways we gotta live our life searchin for a way to eat we gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way stay down stay down just to live a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way i been in the struggle and no i ain t leave yet it s gettin late and still i ain t eat yet warrants in the mail but i ain t tryin to read shit i don t wanna rob him but i really need this i m gettin skinny man don t make me squeeze this i gotta be the crook but i don t really mean this tryin to see a better day i can t see shit it s dark around here it s hard around here get murdered for nothin when the gun spark around here reach for ya gun and see stars round here in the hood you die young we starve round here we stuck can t say farewell to welfare when that check come best believe we bubblin drugs to go buy yourself a gun and with a box of slugs so they won t morph you for your 1 s or your air force 1 s it s that way can you feel a nigga comin from the slums how many days we gonna live our life strugglin on the streets how many ways we gotta live our life searchin for a way to eat we gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way stay down stay down just to live a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way i m startin on this colt 40 bottle cause problems just seems to follow me around like i m the father of drama and it s all a part of me like it s cloggin my arteries livin this hard life strugglin is in my blood so i m pissin out hard time now where can i shine nigga i been humble for years and i still ain t got mine i put in red blood sweat and tears and i m still on my grind nigga i ll put this on my kids they gon give me what s mine but nigga late lay i been feelin like niggas really been tryin to play kray but they not no nah nah this for my brothers who struggle 24 7 who stressin and all you know is the troubles god could ya lend us a blessing cause we could use some helpin down here it s hard to get some rest around here we seen a lot of death down here how long will we be left down here how many days we gonna live our life strugglin on the streets how many ways we gotta live our life searchin for a way to eat we gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way stay down stay down just to live a brighter day stay down stay down just to live a better way