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Hold ya head up

It's hell in the streets boy

Hold your head young nigga, cause it's hell

(Kalage)

I'm sittin' in the courtroom, stomach full of butterflies

Somebody help me, cause my life is in the Judge eyes

They got me for a Humbug, and that's some bullshit

I should've listened to them preachers in the pulpit

Stressin' to heaven, seemed like I was born by mistake

While the races dominate, got me victim to the Legislate'

I'm playin' for kicks, hustle and rob reefer, it medicated my mind,

Fuck the World, with crime

My mamma died in 92 so crazy, what the fuck to do?

Daddy smokin' hard, not knowin' that it corrupted two chillin'

I'm starin' at the ceilin', can't take too many blows

The pain be killin', got the sinus up in my nose, oh

These people want to hurt me, my momma dead so fuck 'em

A small timer on the rise, so nothin' I feel

To my niggas in the county, I might do a bit with ya

Boy, in the streets I don't care with ya my nigga

(Chorus)

Cause it's hell

Livin' off a thug, money things ain't swell

Don't believe me, go and ask my boys in jail

When we cryin' keep a knock for the cops

Cause ain't no sunshine for boys or blocks (my nigga)

Cause it's hell

What we gotta go through, and only time will tell

When the pain is over, I'm down on my knees

Lord keep watchin' over

I'm lookin' for a better way

and I that's all I gotta say

(Boondox)

Now I was born broke, but I'll be damned if I'm a die that way

Love my momma, can't deny that face

And as a child, everynight I prayed

For a rap record deal, man sometimes, twice I'd say

"Lord save me, take me, away from here"

22 now, and I've been sellin' yay' for years

But why we had a house, and couldn't keep it?

Why we evicted?

Why we get more pink slips than Victorias Secret?

Why I gotta rob?

Why my pappa ain't gotta job?

Why I ain't graduate?

Why through high school I aint have a date?

Why I had to masturbate?

Why Im wearing hand me downs?

Why im in and out of jail?

Why I let my family down?

Why my uncle died?

Wish it would've been me

He ain't rob, he ain't hustle, should've been me

Preacher man, could you pray for me, faithfully?

When God comes lay him his herbs, tell him wait for me

(Chorus)

It's hell

Livin' off a thug, money things ain't swell

Don't believe me, go and ask my boys in jail

When we cryin' keep an eye for the cops

Cause ain't no sunshine for boys or blocks (my nigga)

Cause it's hell

What we gotta go through, and only time will tell

When the pain is over, I'm down on my knees

Lord keep watchin' over

I'm lookin' for a better way

and that's all I gotta say

(Kalage)

He just keep layin' his hands on my momma again

Family ties, this is where the drama begins

Tellin' my momma on the floor, bitch this and bitch that

Locked in my prayin' to God, "Please let me get back"

He's trippin' like he's outta control

So he had to of been smokin'I heard her croke

Through the wall, she was gaggin' and chokin'

11 years old, and I don't need to be seein' this shit

But in my tape deck, 8ball talkin' about beatin' a bitch

It got me confused, but damn, you shouldn't popp her that hard

And when them folks come , her stupid ass be droppin' the charge

Whippin' her ass like a man, right and left with his fists

Heavely blows to the dome, now she slicing her wrists

I'm hyped and I'm pissed, soaking wet with blood holdin' her limb

It's gonna be all right, she whispered with her bleedin' lip

She passed out, eyes rolled back, I'm tryin' not to panic

Stepdaddy walked in, saw my momma, then he went in a frantic

Blood leakin', non stop, permanent rush with the fever

She almost died, of loss of blood

I knew my momma wouldn't leave me

She don't deserve to live in pain, she just wanted to be happy

Feelin' like a puss, I didn't help her cuz he ain't even my daddy

She's back at home, and he puttin' his hands on her again

Livin' in eternal fire, where drama doesn't end

It's hell

Nobody knows, the load, my soul tow

Nobody knows, the load, my soul tow

(Chorus x3 to fade)

It's hell

Livin' off a thug, money things ain't swell

Don't believe me, go and ask my boys in jail

When we cryin' keep an eye for the cops

Cause ain't no sunshine for boys or blocks (my nigga)

Cause it's hell

What we gotta go through, and only time will tell

When the pain is over, I'm down on my knees

Lord keep watchin' over

I'm lookin' for a better way

I that's all I gotta say