Verse One I got a one bedroom shack on the left side of the tracks The type of ghetto neighborhood where kids slang cracks Hang out like stray cats Smoke weed and play craps And try to make their papers stack My man did two years in Oriana, came back Took me to the side and hit me with the straight facts Man, I know what I did was wrong, I cant change that But every dime that I lost Im about to take back I cant play and leave my business neglected Now that I got my freedom I got to protect it Yeah, fresh off a bid, what he said was expected I didnt like it but I had to respect it I wish his energy was legally directed Instead hed rather be illegally connected But we been best friends since elementary So I aint tryin to see him in the penitentiary Confined physically, standin still mentally His baby girl and mother sayin that they missin him Encouraging words and books Ill be sendin him With hate in my heart for the fakes that wont visit him Weve been here once and I cant take more of the same But Ill be talkin to a wall if I ask the cat to change Verse Two It was the kind of summer night that makes you stare at the stars Forget about the scars youve collected from the wars So what you tryin to do man? Im tryin to hit the bars Im not even a drinker but I hopped inside the car Allen creeped to 104, 104 to Kimberly Pulled into the parking lot right outside of Mistys And took a long pause before we broke So he could smoke He took a long pull and then he spoke With my baby girl here, I cant see being broke. Man I can feel what you sayin but it aint gotta be dope. Easy for you to say. You already got a degree But man Im sittin here on a GED And nothin out here for me But sellin or slippin Man you trippin How you figure? You got to take a step back and try to see the bigger picture Look outside the block theres a lot more And anything in life worth havin you got to work hard for. You know its more difficult than it looks And with a record its expected that I wash dishes or cook Id rather be a crook Than in the unemployment line Theres people out here with these 9 to 5s Who barely got a dime. True. I told him not to let the streets get him blinded I got a business book from school that I would find it So anyway legal he would have knowledge behind it Wall Street or State Street, just be business minded He agreed with my sentiments and said, Cool. Told me people say they wanna help but never do I listened silently, responded and I said, True No matter what path you chose man, Im here for you No matter what path you chose man, Im here for you No matter what path you chose man, Im here for you. Here for you. Here for you.
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