(CL Smooth verse)
 (yeah  DJ Krush in the house  the car mel kingpin
 CL Smooth and only the strong survive)
 actual facts
 the ghetto reacts to warfare
 real bullets miss you by your hair
 survival of the fittest
 hell for the three time losers
 the prisoners of enemy manuvers
 hold down the fort
 coz life is short enough to get it taken
 forsaken when your mental planes' breakin
 concealin' a 4 pound with every area
 we surround coz clown
 I get down for my crown
 take it to the streets for the
 honour and respect
 connect the lethal
 plus my young guns are unbeatable
 aiding and abetting the foul
 is a violation
 that's why my retalliation
 is premeditation
 the invitation
 is to run with a crew you can't do
 and too great to infiltrate from a
 nickel plate
 I state
 this be the illest ever known on a rush
 swervin' with the krush
 (CL Smooth 2nd verse)
 slip into the world of shiesty individuals
 a troubled man stalked by criminals
 creeping through the city
 I step on the block to chat with
 thugs from all the drugs for fatcat
 stepping off the set now hand on my tool
 thinking how bad I want to flip on that fool
 times are wasting
 chasing these punks for petty loot
 when there is a real mission to execute
 I put the plan in effect
 forget what you heard
 when you get the word from 1st and 3rd
 for real I got the fam and all my soldiers to feed
 with the gunslingers on the block puffin' weed
 envision the prison that I walk through
 leaving any witness
 when I'm about to handle my business
 no escape from the duct tape and artillery
 now tell me big man
 where's the money aint a damn thing funny
 (CL Smooth 3rd verse)
 cops play for medals
 killers play for corners
 in the middle are your sons and are
 your daughters
 who gives the orders
 to chaos and mayhem
 who has the proper guidance and mind to save them
 from this cold world of heartless ghetto dwellers,
 pimps, prostitutes, and dope sellers
 strive to be the lead and not follow
 ladies
 you can be the queens of tommorrow
 dig it, I want all that and more
 for my peeps in the stuggle
 food, clothing, and shelter
 is essential
 to maintain the hardcore from the soft
 that pushed me to the edge but I can't fall off
 my battlegrounds keep the sound of babies crying,
 gunshots, and cursing
 can you feel my reel
 here's the deal
 by any means necessary
 go all out
 and keep this alive
 coz only the strong survive