[G-Dep]
Listen...I`ma tell you straight like this
Word up! Listen...
[Verse 1]
Hey yo! I walk down the block
Wit` my stomach in knots
Spend time hustlin` runnin` from cops.
Broke as a joke, no wins at all
Can`t play ball and my Timb`s are small.
Can`t buy trees wit` government cheese
I rather be where it`s breeze, niggas bubblin keys.
My moms got two jobs, one on her knees
And writin` letters to the governor-
Please call off the deeds!
My baby mother wit` another brother wit` cash
They drive by, roll down the window and laugh.
I solve all my problems wit` indo and hash
Bought my daughter a Nintendo
Now she callin` it dad.
My landlord`s a jerk, the water don`t work
My little sister twelve
And she bought her own skirt.
Rather do Kurt than do her homework
Talk blunts and boys and she`ll jump fa` joy.
Shit`s twisted! Opportunity knocked
But I missed it, out in the park gettin` lifted.
So now I`m sittin` here shit outta luck
Without a buck and it don`t make a difference!
So yo! If you hear me
Cause if you don`t I come up close
And say it clearly. I got ta` know-I got ta` go!
I strive fa` my pay each and every way
But this type of shit, it happens everyday!
[Verse 2]
It`s like I`m trapped in a maze
Walk around in a daze.
I won`t rest til` I`m paid
Almost down in my grave.
I wanna` look tough but my sneakers is scuffed
Everyday passing the week is enough.
I had a little money but it came and it went
Now it`s either pay the rent or stay in a tent.
And it don`t make sense how the shit is intense
And all ya` got up in ya` pocket is lint.
You get the hint!
I had a cigarette fa` breakfast, just a beginner
Fries fa` my lunch and sleep fa` dinner.
Try ta` go ta` church priest call me a sinner
They call me everything except for a winner.
I`m walkin` in the rain wishin` things would change
It ain`t a game and I pawned all the rings and chains.
Emotionally scarred from losin` my job
Pastor nod-nigga times is hard.
Now do ya` hear me?
Cause if ya` don`t I come up and say it clearly.
I got ta` know-I got ta` go!
I strive fa` my pay each and every way
But this type of shit, it happens everyday!
Now would ya` check me?
If I was you and you was me
Would you respect me?
I got ta` know-I got ta` go!
I strive fa` my pay each and every way
But this type of shit, it happens everyday!
[Verse 3]
Yo, yo! I ain`t gonna` front!
All I want is a blunt
A pair of blue and yellow dunks
And my hundreds in chunks.
But people see me, put they purse to the front
I`m wakin` up early in the first of the month.
Honeys don`t respect when you callin` collect
And it`s twenty-five cent, you can call em` direct.
I put my life on the line, I ain`t makin` a dime
Niggas call me never mind.
Man, you`re wastin` ya` time!
Hey yo! I`m livin` in the ghetto
And I`m tryin` ta` survive.
At the same time a nigga rollin` by in a five
Can`t find a job for a 9 ta` 5
It`s like the only gettin` by
When ya` feelin` the high.
And I ain`t got no smoke, the elevator broke
I`m at the end of my rope
Tryin` ta` find a way ta` court.
I`m sippin` on gin thinkin` how I could win
I don`t know where it begin
But this is where it could end.
Now yo! [Hook]
