Stay up

Hold ya head up

It's hell in the streets boy

Hold your head y'all, livin' cause it's there



[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 preaches in the pool kid

Stressin' to help me, 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 medicate-ed

My mind, Fuck the World, we cried

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

Daddy smokin' hard, and I know one day it currupt him to chillin'

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

The pain be killin', got the silence up through 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

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"

20 to 9, and I've been sellin' yay' for years

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

Why we evict'?

Why we get more pink slips than Victorias Secret?

Why I gotta rob?

Why my pappi ain't gotta job?

Why I ain't graduate?

Why through high school I didn't have a date?

Why I had to masturbate?

Wea, wea, hand me their hands

Why so many not it 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 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

I 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' by 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' the herb to 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 of popped her that hard

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

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

And when he blows to the dome, now she sliced her wrists

I'm hyped and I'm pissed, so I wipe the blood holdin' her limb

It's gonna be all right, I was with in her bleedin' guilt

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', it won't stop, him and the rush of 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 pussy, I didn't help her when she ain't needin' my daddy

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

Livin' in the turn of fire, where drama doesn't end

It's hell

Nobody knows, than Lord, my soul's hope

Nobody knows, than Lord, my soul's hope



[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 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

I that's all I gotta say