[Chrous: Mr. Marcelo]



No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know



[Mr. Marcelo]

Life in the bricks, man it ain't all what it seems

Some niggas come clean, but other niggas remain lost in they dream

You understand?, you can relate to what I'm livin' in 

It's so bad, nigga can't even make a dividen

Cap and get killed, what they say on the news

New Orleans , Louisana, another nigga sang the blues

Picked up trail, we 'bout to slam it in the gutter

I just lost my brother, now who gonna tell his mother?

As the day goes on, man all I hear about is killin'

>From a soldier to a warrior, from a gangsta to a villian

They say they understand about all this shit that we go through

But at the same time, they can even relate to

The shit that goes on in my hood every day

What I hear before L.A., the sounds of a K

They say they understand all this shit that goes down

Livin' like a dogg, Magnolia is my pound

My stompind grounds, so I dodge alot of bullets and shit

But everywhere you go, you take this chance of being flipped

I been 'bout my bid -- since the cradle

So look me in my face, and tell me I ain't able

Survivin' in this city is a pity, you can see it

This place that I'm in, none of you niggas wouldn't wanna be it

The game of life is full of trades and tricks

Alot of you niggas out there, wouldn't survive in the bricks



[Chrous: Mr. Marcelo]



No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know



[Mr. Marcelo]

Life in the bricks, it ain't shit like it used to be

It used to be, unity, now it's poverty

But ain't no stoppin' it, young black man, comin' up

It's like, gun in my waist, and knife in my cup

If you know one thing about us, that's life is tough

Growing up in the projects made it twice as rough

Talk that stuff, but you can't walk my path

Alot of niggas I ran with, last scene was a blood bath

Little childrens only 3 and they learn to curse

Can't remember his ABC's, but can kick a rap first

That hurts, cause he ain't never partied his life

And with these new laws we got, only get us despite

Cause these niggas I roll with, they gonna make it regardless

And if it ain't that rap shit, it's gonna be 9s and revolvers

Don't nobody wanna get left behind

Two steps in front is better than a step behind 

Pack a nine cause a good job is hard to find

And for the 9-9, all we trying to do is shine

Momma told me to go to school, but I ain't think it was worth it

I was fucking with them hoes and defeating the purpose

Back then it was about fighting, life and weed

Didn't finish the 12th grade, so I'm incomplete

When I rock that wear, I throw an extra clip 

Ain't that a trip, nah nigga life in the bricks



[Chrous: Mr. Marcelo]



No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know

No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys

Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die

Cause I only got love for my ghetto

and if you niggas don't know now you know



We brick livin'

We brick livin'