Yo hahaha, Slim Spitta Ay yo, that's Griegz on the beat All the darkest battles fought by the realest Leave your conscious at the door this a life sentence Cross around my neck forgive me for my sins Knockin' at the door somebody let me in Keep ya head to the sky Why they get religious when them guns come out Say your prayers right now But who you talking to, he ain't here right now Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Welcome to the thoughts of a mad man Pimpin' the game slap it with my backhand You can't walk in these shoes If you come and try em' on, you ain't able to move I done lost a lot friends to the fake and the flaw And they really wonder why a nigga cutting em' off I ain't had a normal vision since a lil' adolescent I don't ever take the same route keeping em' guessing You can call me paranoid, that's fine Stop reaching in my direction lil' homie that's mine Ima' rare breed, I need a blessing You will never reach the top if you don't dream I'm tryna' be among the greatest and latest Where I'm from it's the hood that made us Blue uniformed people killin' us cause they hate us And the people with power doing nothing to save us I just hope that I can make a few changes (Make a few changes) All the darkest battles fought by the realest Leave your conscious at the door this a life sentence Cross around my neck forgive me for my sins Knockin' at the door somebody let me in Keep ya head to the sky Why they get religious when them guns come out Say your prayers right now But who you talking to, he ain't here right now Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) You ever had to plot on ya next meal Put the steel to their head, if they move it get real Could you survive if the bills ain't paid If them fools call yo bluff tell me would you really run the fade I done seen the tears fall from my mama eyes I know she feelin' like her son really out his mind On her knees praying that her baby make it home I gotta short fuse, you better watch ya tone I was all in class with the strap I ain't wanna have to use it but I will buss back Lookin' at the books like man fuck that Two strikes against me cause I'm young and I'm black First you gotta get the money then come the power Respect is something that you earn can't be a coward Ten toes down solid till I'm in the dirt Being real as they come is everything that it's worth All the darkest battles fought by the realest Leave your conscious at the door this a life sentence Cross around my neck forgive me for my sins Knockin' at the door somebody let me in Keep ya head to the sky Why they get religious when them guns come out Say your prayers right now But who you talking to, he ain't here right now Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Keep ya head to the sky Why they get religious when them guns come out Say your prayers right now But who you talking to, he ain't here right now Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know) Yeah we livin' like that Why we livin like that, (I don't know)