Geto Boys - Street Life Lyrics
Up early in the morning lacin up my british knightsThrowin up my deuce sign, *****in with the street lifeNever knew no better cause my mommy never taught meGoing out to get the shit that mommy never bought meOnly ten years old and I cant stay away from troubleBut you dont give a ***** cause you aint never had to struggleAnd everybodys tellin me its get greater laterI need to get my shit right now, cause it aint shit in my refrigeratorAnd I done struggled for my whole lifeSeeing my moma layed up with a different nigga everynightAnd when you see me you can spot a crookCause Im going through her mother*****in pocket bookIm going out to get my papesCause she dont give a ***** about me anywayAnd my daddys doing two termsAnd all she ever does is sit around and get servedMy mommy never hugs meIm callin deuce my family, cause these niggas say they love meIm steady dustin chumps offAnd ready for the battle if the shit would ever jump offSo send my ass to hellIts eithr being covered up with some dirt, or boxed in a cellAnyway thats what it looks likeIf I dont hurry up and get my ass up out the street lifeChorus: (spoken)You know the streets is all I knowThis is my way of survivalYou know Ive been dealt some bad cardsBut I gots to play themWhat else am I to do, look for a job?But until them my family will starve and be brokeSo I resort to the streetsAs a source of incomeIm stuck hereI step out on my own blockAnd everyones throwin up the deuce to little j-rockAnd all my little homies that I hang withAre either jackin, or mixed up with this gang shitSee it through realityNever leavin the gang cause its the street life mentalityMy homies got a propositionPulled the nigga off some change and said hed help in my positionSo now Im rollin with the ogsPuttin in work for the jack, for some overseasAnd maybe in a year or twoIll be able to roll in a benz like the gangstas doMakin hoes ride dickCause that poor, broke ? ? ?Aint hittin ? ? ? shitI gotta lock my crew downAnd sew this whole mother*****er up like the jews townDevelop us a strong clickBreak my pops off some dope while he rotPops would like that shitSeeing his little nigga on his own twoDoing shit I heard my pops used to doA real nigga to this crime thangAnd had it going on before his time cameI gots to get my shit rightUntil my shit gets rightIm rollin with the street lifeChorus:You know what upsets meIs when whitey sits back in they lavish homes and bmwsAnd tell me the streets aint the place to beSee it from my prospectivePoverty strickin, livin on welfareAnd the government cuttin that shorter every weekIm shortin on education cause Im blackThe corner doesnt promise me a good lifeBut at least it shows me promiseFinally after shit got rightIm wanting out of the gang cause Im searchin for a new lifeBut I remember what was saidYou come in alive the only way you leave out is deadSo Im kinda *****ed on both endsI thought I had friends, but I aint got no *****in frindsCause if they were my friends theyd let me breakOutie five thousand ***** this shit, Im packin my 38But first I gotta stay downUntil its time for me to punch it out and just lay it downAnd thats a mother*****in shameTonight I gotta spill another ride with my little gangSo slowly I walked up to itWith no hesitation I broke the window and jumped into itUnhooked his shit and was headed offI opened up the door thats what set it offA nigga came out with a glock jackAnd put a slug in my mother*****in backAnd my so called friendsWant me out of the gang cause they dont know if Ill walk againNow tell me whats that deuce life*****ed up myself for good cause I was wrapped up in the
