[Intro: Bizzy]

Ha ha ha ha, they say start it all over again

Whatever you goin through it's somebody goin through somethin worse

Let's do this

 

[Chorus: Bizzy Bone]

And that's life in the city kid

Everybody ain't gon' make it out the hood (out the hood)

You wanna flow like Bizzy did

Just keep the faith, and it's all to the good

 

[Bizzy Bone]

Your girl is cheatin on you, you finna go to jail

Now you just lost yo' job, yo' house is up for sale

Your friend just passed away, before you said goodbye

Your son goin to war, and you still don't know why

Yo' mom contracted AIDS, and right before she died

She couldn't speak a word, but she can blink her eyes

See she was paralyzed, and you so scared to cry

You wanted to show her your strength, and tell her the Lord provides

The church is takin money, sellin granny a dream

She wanna go to heaven, think she can get it with green

Yo' cousins gettin rich, off of a triple beam

You see him losin weight, it started off with 'Premes

It elevated to rocks, and now he's on the pipe

He used to ride 22's, now cousin ride a bike

Yo' momma got a man, her man he got a temper

So he beat you right up, gets drunk and don't remember

As soon as you go to school, yo' teacher asked "What happened?"

Your peers they know the story, you say "Ain't nuttin crackin"

Yo' money's runnin low, and it ain't no welfare

Remember 'Pac said, "Who in the hell cares?"

But Bizzy cared for ya, see I can only stare

These are the muddy waters, that I can see and hear

See and hear, see and hear, see and hear, see and hear

See and hear...

 

[Chorus - 2X]

 

[Bizzy Bone]

You had you four friends, and y'all grew up together

On the corner swiggin wines, singin about the ghetto

Breakin bread, stealin cars, and stayin in trouble

House parties with the homies and then watchin 'em rumble

But soon yo' friendship crumbles, as you grow up in life

You reached the age of 30, and soon forget yo' plight

What if they blew up, and became the biggest group EVER?

I guess we'll never know; that's just the way it goes

Havin high school dreams of turnin pro

Catch an injury and now the scouts ain't 'round no mo'

Studyin to be a doctor but get pregnant in school

You decided to keep yo' child, now you must provide the food

At the tender age of 50, reachin your golden years

These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I hear

Bizzy cared for ya, but baby I can only stare

These are the muddy waters, that I can see and I hear

 

[Chorus - 3X w/ minor variations + ad libs]

 

[Outro: Bizzy]

This for my momma, this for my children

This for my sister, and Eazy-E

'Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, Aaliyah, Left-Eye

Capo rest in peace nigga