Chords for Raized N To It
Tempo:
103.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
A
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am] As I strike through the night, pieces of homies deceased
Release my anger from the chaff, I know I'm [A] searching for peace
I [G] live a lifestyle, don't sell my label Unable to be forgiven, but fuck em homie
I love how I'm living, [Am] audition follow in the midst of these streets
Attacking rivals with tactics of leaving proctects
We victorize our defeat [G] in this warfare Where there's no mercy or love
Racing these days are realistic killers who letting loose love
[Am] Raptors that's locked and still cocking, they fuck these haters knocking
It don't make you pursuing what [A] I'm doing, ain't no stopping
[G] They slotting through this jail, recognizing killers down
I was locked up for a minute, but [Bm] released to be out there
[Am] Still I pan through these scenes of fiends and shattered dreams
Still stepping in hard direction, [A] accepting what life brings
[G] Is a rainy hulk, I'm a little wood to succeed
Cause right now it seems I'm stuck, fuck fighting enemies
[Am] Sitting on a daily basis, I'm looking for a change
But my heart tells me keep running, so I [A] stay locked in the game
[G] Still doing those tough dams in my life, that's where I stand
I've been living it for years, no more tears, no more fears
[Am] Will it end, cancel, grand, feel I gotta fight through pain
Trying to shake the fact and feel the will [A] to fight my foes and friends
[G] In this journey I'm making penitentiary risks
I'm taking God to shake the thoughts of distress, so [B] I'm constantly drinking
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our [A] hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our hair but still [A] felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
It's [Am] been a long distance and I've been witness to many
Been in these corners with no endless soaring [C] blocks
Windows tinted, [G] gripping liquor, deflecting my mentality
While I super ease the pain that I'm feeling while I'm [Bm] killing my volunteer
[Am] Reviewing homies, doing time in this system was not my calling
But I guess it rubbed off my cost, I was placed upon it
[G] Doing systematic sentences, pushing through my deliberations
I'm never to fail but [B] excel through my lifeline [Am] existing center
But many so plenty enemies stepping, I let the fact of the matter rattle
[C] We leave Northern Empire [G] wrecking shop, yacht life
Never been other than rider, nightlife, street life
[Bm] Got me focused on [Am] survival, in it to win it
So I step forward with precision, agreed
Stepping with weapons and lessons to complete a battle I [G] lead
These fifties want me like these casualties taught me
But it ain't nothing, we still living life through [B] these streets thugging
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was [A] pain
Had to move over our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised to do it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over [A] our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we was raised to do it
[Am] This life's got me dripping, reminiscing, it's a war zone
Gripping on my pistol cause the homies get dumped [G] on
Dipping through the cuts, strapped up was the outcome
Mama looking at me like, what has my son [Am] become?
Riding on these hoes has given me the opportunity
To gather up my lungs and bring [A] back that mighty E
In these [G] hard times wasn't cheap because I had a hard life
Funkin' with rivals making [B] the news for gang fights
[Am] Statistics say we won't make it past 25
But look at the OGs living [C] strong with pride
[G] Fuck a fight, bust guns, it's 2005
And you don't like how I feel, you better hold it inside
[Am] Open your mouth boy, hollows gon' rip through your clothes
Have you clutching on your stomach cause [A] your insides exposed
[G] It's a cold game, man, so I stay with my heat
Dumping on motherfuckers, making suckers retreat
We [Am] gotta eat, so all my niggas live like hogs
Savor it out, young nigga, [A] make gross some balls
How [G] many homies into the game and get their young life ruined?
How many suckers gang bang, don't [Bm] even know what they doing?
[Am] Half of these niggas in this rap game be so faint
See through like a body that got hit with a cane
[G] I do what I do, homie, and I did what I did
It's a struggle in this game and [B] only strong should live
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] For years we struggled, so many homies has died
As an adolescent, mama, papa, [C] nanny
Depressed, there's no [G] way to end it, too deep in it
To quit it until we finish, stop it, clenching
Bending corners, giving [Bm] honor to the souls
In the [Am] dirty waters, getting colder, feel it getting closer
The clothes are getting older, paranoid and rollers [C] running
We're worn, [G] keep it noted, I'm devoted
Hold the things in a holster, some of the things that I can show you
Could be [B] explosive, a blow up, I [Am] blow up, my notions are modal
Stinging emotion, it's so pure, in the system, the totals
Up [A] in northern California, [G] all these blocks where we poached
All you motherfuckers can't hold us, to the youngsters
Staying focused, keep [Bm] on striving and holding
Although [Am] corroded, we're closer to the way that we grown up
Unconditional thugging, let's throw [A] the rankings
Don't haunt us, [G] leave this trench in its mix
And we've been fucked ever since the beginning
Sinning from winning, damn, [B] now begging for an ending
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] Scattered thoughts, often got me second guessing decisions
Mental scars eat at my brain, sometimes [C] forget who I'm missing
Sometimes [G] forget that I'm living
In every moment, my vision dissipates to a state
Of [B] unexplainable conditions, [Am] pure black
Like a memory lapse, but feeling trapped
Till I snap back to life without a clue [C] of where I was at
[G] Only that ego resided and felt spared in the rap
It's irreversible, too late to choose an alternate path
But [Am] in my last days on earth, I'll continue my struggle
To open doors for little homies that [C] will steer them from trouble
Cause [G] I don't want them to end up within the depths that I'm headed
And let them know being a man ain't [Bm] about being breaded
It's [Am] about family and trust and love so deep that it hurts
And find the strength to stand tall when [C] your life's at its worst
[G] Embrace your loved ones who need a help when there's a chance you'll bleed yourself
And don't ignore the cries of our [B] youth, uplift and teach them
[Am]
[G]
[Am] As I strike through the night, pieces of homies deceased
Release my anger from the chaff, I know I'm [A] searching for peace
I [G] live a lifestyle, don't sell my label Unable to be forgiven, but fuck em homie
I love how I'm living, [Am] audition follow in the midst of these streets
Attacking rivals with tactics of leaving proctects
We victorize our defeat [G] in this warfare Where there's no mercy or love
Racing these days are realistic killers who letting loose love
[Am] Raptors that's locked and still cocking, they fuck these haters knocking
It don't make you pursuing what [A] I'm doing, ain't no stopping
[G] They slotting through this jail, recognizing killers down
I was locked up for a minute, but [Bm] released to be out there
[Am] Still I pan through these scenes of fiends and shattered dreams
Still stepping in hard direction, [A] accepting what life brings
[G] Is a rainy hulk, I'm a little wood to succeed
Cause right now it seems I'm stuck, fuck fighting enemies
[Am] Sitting on a daily basis, I'm looking for a change
But my heart tells me keep running, so I [A] stay locked in the game
[G] Still doing those tough dams in my life, that's where I stand
I've been living it for years, no more tears, no more fears
[Am] Will it end, cancel, grand, feel I gotta fight through pain
Trying to shake the fact and feel the will [A] to fight my foes and friends
[G] In this journey I'm making penitentiary risks
I'm taking God to shake the thoughts of distress, so [B] I'm constantly drinking
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our [A] hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our hair but still [A] felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
It's [Am] been a long distance and I've been witness to many
Been in these corners with no endless soaring [C] blocks
Windows tinted, [G] gripping liquor, deflecting my mentality
While I super ease the pain that I'm feeling while I'm [Bm] killing my volunteer
[Am] Reviewing homies, doing time in this system was not my calling
But I guess it rubbed off my cost, I was placed upon it
[G] Doing systematic sentences, pushing through my deliberations
I'm never to fail but [B] excel through my lifeline [Am] existing center
But many so plenty enemies stepping, I let the fact of the matter rattle
[C] We leave Northern Empire [G] wrecking shop, yacht life
Never been other than rider, nightlife, street life
[Bm] Got me focused on [Am] survival, in it to win it
So I step forward with precision, agreed
Stepping with weapons and lessons to complete a battle I [G] lead
These fifties want me like these casualties taught me
But it ain't nothing, we still living life through [B] these streets thugging
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was [A] pain
Had to move over our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised to do it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over [A] our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we was raised to do it
[Am] This life's got me dripping, reminiscing, it's a war zone
Gripping on my pistol cause the homies get dumped [G] on
Dipping through the cuts, strapped up was the outcome
Mama looking at me like, what has my son [Am] become?
Riding on these hoes has given me the opportunity
To gather up my lungs and bring [A] back that mighty E
In these [G] hard times wasn't cheap because I had a hard life
Funkin' with rivals making [B] the news for gang fights
[Am] Statistics say we won't make it past 25
But look at the OGs living [C] strong with pride
[G] Fuck a fight, bust guns, it's 2005
And you don't like how I feel, you better hold it inside
[Am] Open your mouth boy, hollows gon' rip through your clothes
Have you clutching on your stomach cause [A] your insides exposed
[G] It's a cold game, man, so I stay with my heat
Dumping on motherfuckers, making suckers retreat
We [Am] gotta eat, so all my niggas live like hogs
Savor it out, young nigga, [A] make gross some balls
How [G] many homies into the game and get their young life ruined?
How many suckers gang bang, don't [Bm] even know what they doing?
[Am] Half of these niggas in this rap game be so faint
See through like a body that got hit with a cane
[G] I do what I do, homie, and I did what I did
It's a struggle in this game and [B] only strong should live
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] For years we struggled, so many homies has died
As an adolescent, mama, papa, [C] nanny
Depressed, there's no [G] way to end it, too deep in it
To quit it until we finish, stop it, clenching
Bending corners, giving [Bm] honor to the souls
In the [Am] dirty waters, getting colder, feel it getting closer
The clothes are getting older, paranoid and rollers [C] running
We're worn, [G] keep it noted, I'm devoted
Hold the things in a holster, some of the things that I can show you
Could be [B] explosive, a blow up, I [Am] blow up, my notions are modal
Stinging emotion, it's so pure, in the system, the totals
Up [A] in northern California, [G] all these blocks where we poached
All you motherfuckers can't hold us, to the youngsters
Staying focused, keep [Bm] on striving and holding
Although [Am] corroded, we're closer to the way that we grown up
Unconditional thugging, let's throw [A] the rankings
Don't haunt us, [G] leave this trench in its mix
And we've been fucked ever since the beginning
Sinning from winning, damn, [B] now begging for an ending
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] Scattered thoughts, often got me second guessing decisions
Mental scars eat at my brain, sometimes [C] forget who I'm missing
Sometimes [G] forget that I'm living
In every moment, my vision dissipates to a state
Of [B] unexplainable conditions, [Am] pure black
Like a memory lapse, but feeling trapped
Till I snap back to life without a clue [C] of where I was at
[G] Only that ego resided and felt spared in the rap
It's irreversible, too late to choose an alternate path
But [Am] in my last days on earth, I'll continue my struggle
To open doors for little homies that [C] will steer them from trouble
Cause [G] I don't want them to end up within the depths that I'm headed
And let them know being a man ain't [Bm] about being breaded
It's [Am] about family and trust and love so deep that it hurts
And find the strength to stand tall when [C] your life's at its worst
[G] Embrace your loved ones who need a help when there's a chance you'll bleed yourself
And don't ignore the cries of our [B] youth, uplift and teach them
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[Am] As I strike through the night, pieces of homies deceased
Release my anger from the chaff, I know I'm [A] searching for peace
I [G] live a lifestyle, don't sell my label Unable to be forgiven, but fuck em homie
I love how I'm living, [Am] audition follow in the midst of these streets
Attacking rivals with tactics of leaving proctects
We victorize our defeat [G] in this warfare Where there's no mercy or love
Racing these days are realistic killers who letting loose love
[Am] Raptors that's locked and still cocking, they fuck these haters knocking
It don't make you pursuing what [A] I'm doing, ain't no stopping
[G] They slotting through this jail, recognizing killers down
I was locked up for a minute, but [Bm] released to be out there
[Am] Still I pan through these scenes of fiends and shattered dreams
Still stepping in hard direction, [A] accepting what life brings
[G] Is a rainy hulk, I'm a little wood to succeed
Cause right now it seems I'm stuck, fuck fighting enemies
[Am] Sitting on a daily basis, I'm looking for a change
But my heart tells me keep running, so I [A] stay locked in the game
[G] Still doing those tough dams in my life, that's where I stand
I've been living it for years, no more tears, no more fears
[Am] Will it end, cancel, grand, feel I gotta fight through pain
Trying to shake the fact and feel the will [A] to fight my foes and friends
[G] In this journey I'm making penitentiary risks
I'm taking God to shake the thoughts of distress, so [B] I'm constantly drinking
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our [A] hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our hair but still [A] felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
It's [Am] been a long distance and I've been witness to many
Been in these corners with no endless soaring [C] blocks
Windows tinted, [G] gripping liquor, deflecting my mentality
While I super ease the pain that I'm feeling while I'm [Bm] killing my volunteer
[Am] Reviewing homies, doing time in this system was not my calling
But I guess it rubbed off my cost, I was placed upon it
[G] Doing systematic sentences, pushing through my deliberations
I'm never to fail but [B] excel through my lifeline [Am] existing center
But many so plenty enemies stepping, I let the fact of the matter rattle
[C] We leave Northern Empire [G] wrecking shop, yacht life
Never been other than rider, nightlife, street life
[Bm] Got me focused on [Am] survival, in it to win it
So I step forward with precision, agreed
Stepping with weapons and lessons to complete a battle I [G] lead
These fifties want me like these casualties taught me
But it ain't nothing, we still living life through [B] these streets thugging
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was [A] pain
Had to move over our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised to do it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over [A] our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we was raised to do it
[Am] This life's got me dripping, reminiscing, it's a war zone
Gripping on my pistol cause the homies get dumped [G] on
Dipping through the cuts, strapped up was the outcome
Mama looking at me like, what has my son [Am] become?
Riding on these hoes has given me the opportunity
To gather up my lungs and bring [A] back that mighty E
In these [G] hard times wasn't cheap because I had a hard life
Funkin' with rivals making [B] the news for gang fights
[Am] Statistics say we won't make it past 25
But look at the OGs living [C] strong with pride
[G] Fuck a fight, bust guns, it's 2005
And you don't like how I feel, you better hold it inside
[Am] Open your mouth boy, hollows gon' rip through your clothes
Have you clutching on your stomach cause [A] your insides exposed
[G] It's a cold game, man, so I stay with my heat
Dumping on motherfuckers, making suckers retreat
We [Am] gotta eat, so all my niggas live like hogs
Savor it out, young nigga, [A] make gross some balls
How [G] many homies into the game and get their young life ruined?
How many suckers gang bang, don't [Bm] even know what they doing?
[Am] Half of these niggas in this rap game be so faint
See through like a body that got hit with a cane
[G] I do what I do, homie, and I did what I did
It's a struggle in this game and [B] only strong should live
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] For years we struggled, so many homies has died
As an adolescent, mama, papa, [C] nanny
Depressed, there's no [G] way to end it, too deep in it
To quit it until we finish, stop it, clenching
Bending corners, giving [Bm] honor to the souls
In the [Am] dirty waters, getting colder, feel it getting closer
The clothes are getting older, paranoid and rollers [C] running
We're worn, [G] keep it noted, I'm devoted
Hold the things in a holster, some of the things that I can show you
Could be [B] explosive, a blow up, I [Am] blow up, my notions are modal
Stinging emotion, it's so pure, in the system, the totals
Up [A] in northern California, [G] all these blocks where we poached
All you motherfuckers can't hold us, to the youngsters
Staying focused, keep [Bm] on striving and holding
Although [Am] corroded, we're closer to the way that we grown up
Unconditional thugging, let's throw [A] the rankings
Don't haunt us, [G] leave this trench in its mix
And we've been fucked ever since the beginning
Sinning from winning, damn, [B] now begging for an ending
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] Scattered thoughts, often got me second guessing decisions
Mental scars eat at my brain, sometimes [C] forget who I'm missing
Sometimes [G] forget that I'm living
In every moment, my vision dissipates to a state
Of [B] unexplainable conditions, [Am] pure black
Like a memory lapse, but feeling trapped
Till I snap back to life without a clue [C] of where I was at
[G] Only that ego resided and felt spared in the rap
It's irreversible, too late to choose an alternate path
But [Am] in my last days on earth, I'll continue my struggle
To open doors for little homies that [C] will steer them from trouble
Cause [G] I don't want them to end up within the depths that I'm headed
And let them know being a man ain't [Bm] about being breaded
It's [Am] about family and trust and love so deep that it hurts
And find the strength to stand tall when [C] your life's at its worst
[G] Embrace your loved ones who need a help when there's a chance you'll bleed yourself
And don't ignore the cries of our [B] youth, uplift and teach them
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[Am] As I strike through the night, pieces of homies deceased
Release my anger from the chaff, I know I'm [A] searching for peace
I [G] live a lifestyle, don't sell my label Unable to be forgiven, but fuck em homie
I love how I'm living, [Am] audition follow in the midst of these streets
Attacking rivals with tactics of leaving proctects
We victorize our defeat [G] in this warfare Where there's no mercy or love
Racing these days are realistic killers who letting loose love
[Am] Raptors that's locked and still cocking, they fuck these haters knocking
It don't make you pursuing what [A] I'm doing, ain't no stopping
[G] They slotting through this jail, recognizing killers down
I was locked up for a minute, but [Bm] released to be out there
[Am] Still I pan through these scenes of fiends and shattered dreams
Still stepping in hard direction, [A] accepting what life brings
[G] Is a rainy hulk, I'm a little wood to succeed
Cause right now it seems I'm stuck, fuck fighting enemies
[Am] Sitting on a daily basis, I'm looking for a change
But my heart tells me keep running, so I [A] stay locked in the game
[G] Still doing those tough dams in my life, that's where I stand
I've been living it for years, no more tears, no more fears
[Am] Will it end, cancel, grand, feel I gotta fight through pain
Trying to shake the fact and feel the will [A] to fight my foes and friends
[G] In this journey I'm making penitentiary risks
I'm taking God to shake the thoughts of distress, so [B] I'm constantly drinking
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our [A] hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over our hair but still [A] felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We didn't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
It's [Am] been a long distance and I've been witness to many
Been in these corners with no endless soaring [C] blocks
Windows tinted, [G] gripping liquor, deflecting my mentality
While I super ease the pain that I'm feeling while I'm [Bm] killing my volunteer
[Am] Reviewing homies, doing time in this system was not my calling
But I guess it rubbed off my cost, I was placed upon it
[G] Doing systematic sentences, pushing through my deliberations
I'm never to fail but [B] excel through my lifeline [Am] existing center
But many so plenty enemies stepping, I let the fact of the matter rattle
[C] We leave Northern Empire [G] wrecking shop, yacht life
Never been other than rider, nightlife, street life
[Bm] Got me focused on [Am] survival, in it to win it
So I step forward with precision, agreed
Stepping with weapons and lessons to complete a battle I [G] lead
These fifties want me like these casualties taught me
But it ain't nothing, we still living life through [B] these streets thugging
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was [A] pain
Had to move over our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised to do it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had to move over [A] our hair but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we was raised to do it
[Am] This life's got me dripping, reminiscing, it's a war zone
Gripping on my pistol cause the homies get dumped [G] on
Dipping through the cuts, strapped up was the outcome
Mama looking at me like, what has my son [Am] become?
Riding on these hoes has given me the opportunity
To gather up my lungs and bring [A] back that mighty E
In these [G] hard times wasn't cheap because I had a hard life
Funkin' with rivals making [B] the news for gang fights
[Am] Statistics say we won't make it past 25
But look at the OGs living [C] strong with pride
[G] Fuck a fight, bust guns, it's 2005
And you don't like how I feel, you better hold it inside
[Am] Open your mouth boy, hollows gon' rip through your clothes
Have you clutching on your stomach cause [A] your insides exposed
[G] It's a cold game, man, so I stay with my heat
Dumping on motherfuckers, making suckers retreat
We [Am] gotta eat, so all my niggas live like hogs
Savor it out, young nigga, [A] make gross some balls
How [G] many homies into the game and get their young life ruined?
How many suckers gang bang, don't [Bm] even know what they doing?
[Am] Half of these niggas in this rap game be so faint
See through like a body that got hit with a cane
[G] I do what I do, homie, and I did what I did
It's a struggle in this game and [B] only strong should live
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] For years we struggled, so many homies has died
As an adolescent, mama, papa, [C] nanny
Depressed, there's no [G] way to end it, too deep in it
To quit it until we finish, stop it, clenching
Bending corners, giving [Bm] honor to the souls
In the [Am] dirty waters, getting colder, feel it getting closer
The clothes are getting older, paranoid and rollers [C] running
We're worn, [G] keep it noted, I'm devoted
Hold the things in a holster, some of the things that I can show you
Could be [B] explosive, a blow up, I [Am] blow up, my notions are modal
Stinging emotion, it's so pure, in the system, the totals
Up [A] in northern California, [G] all these blocks where we poached
All you motherfuckers can't hold us, to the youngsters
Staying focused, keep [Bm] on striving and holding
Although [Am] corroded, we're closer to the way that we grown up
Unconditional thugging, let's throw [A] the rankings
Don't haunt us, [G] leave this trench in its mix
And we've been fucked ever since the beginning
Sinning from winning, damn, [B] now begging for an ending
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [Bm] was raised into it
[Am] You can live how we live cause all we felt was pain
Had a roof over our [A] head but still felt the rain
[G] Trying hard to maintain and keep on moving
We ain't choose this life, we [B] was raised into it
[Am] Scattered thoughts, often got me second guessing decisions
Mental scars eat at my brain, sometimes [C] forget who I'm missing
Sometimes [G] forget that I'm living
In every moment, my vision dissipates to a state
Of [B] unexplainable conditions, [Am] pure black
Like a memory lapse, but feeling trapped
Till I snap back to life without a clue [C] of where I was at
[G] Only that ego resided and felt spared in the rap
It's irreversible, too late to choose an alternate path
But [Am] in my last days on earth, I'll continue my struggle
To open doors for little homies that [C] will steer them from trouble
Cause [G] I don't want them to end up within the depths that I'm headed
And let them know being a man ain't [Bm] about being breaded
It's [Am] about family and trust and love so deep that it hurts
And find the strength to stand tall when [C] your life's at its worst
[G] Embrace your loved ones who need a help when there's a chance you'll bleed yourself
And don't ignore the cries of our [B] youth, uplift and teach them