[talking]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Let me tell you something (let me tell you)

About life in these streets (yeah, yeah) yeah


[Hook]

Let me tell you something

About life, in the streets

Let me tell you something

Trying to make, ends meet

Let me tell you something

With no shoes on your feet

Let me tell you something


[Ronnie Spencer]

Now I know, what brothers be talking about

On the streets, enough to make you scream and shout

I can look deep, into my brother's eyes

And see his life, is so full of lies

What's the game, what's the plan

Who's to say, what makes a man

What's a constant struggle, mind blowing decisions

Mistakes been made, they got my brother in prison


[Bridge]

It's your son, that you're missing

It's the cycle, it's the system

That hurt his father, now his son

Now there's something, got to be done


[Hook]


[Ronnie Spencer]

It's a shame, what a man's got to do

To keep a family fed, in a descent roof

They spend a billion dollars

Sending a man, to Mars

In a world of ghettos, where our children starve

Brothers hustle, trying to go legit

But when things get hard, he tend to forget

Putting dope in his draws, trying to avoid the laws

Just to feed his family y'all

What's the game, what's the plan

Who's to say, what makes a man

It's a constant struggle, mind blowing decisions

Mistakes been made, they got my brother in prison


[Bridge]

It's your son, that you're missing

It's the cycle, it's the system

That hurt his father, now his son

Now there's something, got to be done


[Hook]


[Ronnie Spencer]

When things go wrong, what do we do

Break down on our knees, you know where we go to

Jesus Christ, you know we need ya

What's the game, what's the plan

Who's to say, what makes a man

Let me tell you something


Ooooh, tell you

Trying to make it


[Hook x2]