[Verse 1] Yeah Livin' that life, livin' that life Up on that street life But it ain't bright enough to show me where I'm going But I still find my way, and when I do I keep going, and I'm A nigga with stripes Try me and your family don't sleep right Didn't think I was tough enough to make it on my own But I could get through anything if I done made it through the storm, and umm I'm killing that night, killing that night Life on that East Side Leather on chrome, television with the phone And the top is so gone I do it so right, I do it so right They want me to be like I'm in the zone, bad to the bone Correct me if I'm wrong [Hook] Times is hard as it is That's why I got guns and my guns got kids And all I wanna do is handle my biz And all I'm tryna do is whatever I did, Dear Lord Everyday I've been praying to you I hope You're hearing everything that I'm saying to You I get money, money, money, money, money, money Money, money, money, money, money, money [Verse 2] I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm trying I'm dying to get over And once I get over, good Lord I know That all my drama's over And I thank you And I be with them niggas And ain't none of them broke They ride around with that rope, and they'll hang you And leave your mama to cope On that Holiday note Damnnnn,Then they put a sign on the do' Saying you don't know shit Unless you dying in court, mannnnn You gotta know how it go Or else you could end up in another bump in the road You see [Hook] [Verse 3] A prisoner of this war We call America Where the President is the enemy And he already won, damn And Armageddon and depressions already begun So excuse my expression But it's my aggression Cause I'm gonna spread you some I know my people tired Of all the crying, all the dying All the time, we just trying To get our mind off the crime and find somethin' to find And did I mention not to mention That my life is on the line Give me light, and I'mma shine Give me rope, and I'mma climb I'm hoping that the Gates'll be open when I arrive Until then, I'm alive My job is to survive So Lord, keep me in your eyes I'm tryna say [Hook]