[WOODIE]{intro} 

This music thang 

i'm doin' it for my family and my homies im tryin' to 

leave some cash in they pockets before I go the clock is tickin' 

it's just a matter of time 



{CHORUS} 

If enemies lay me down to sleep 

I pray to the lord my so he'll keep 

when i die in this life of hate 

I pray to the lord my soul he'll take 



[WOODIE] 

In this life of sin 

god tell me where do I begin 

I've rejected you my whole life 

but now im listenin' 

accepted you as my friend 

my heart is open hopin' for a change 

but I' still a killer inside 

I feel it in my viens 

ain't got the stength to rise up out 

this concrete battlefield 

cuz i still feel the urge to kill 

cuz snoop still ain't got outta jail 

plus my closest homeboys deceased 

I gotta seek revenge 

but who do I avenge 



sometimes I catch myself overlookin' my true friends 

I'm tryin' to see through all the lies and decite to make 

intelligant decisions that'll keep me on my feet but evil 

ways make me stray and i get caught up in the same shit 

riskin' my life to represent so enemies know i'm dangerous 



[WOODIE]{CHORUS} 

Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll on the 

outside i'm fine but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay 

outta prison but the streets pursuade my goals when I lay 

down to die will good or evil take my soul Livin' that life, this 

gangbangin' done took it's toll on the outside i'm fine but inside 

i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta prison but the streets pursuade 

my goals when I lay down to die will good or evil take my soul 



[WOODIE] 

As i'm sittin' in my room 

oil'n up my strap i'm thinkin' back 

on all the different pistols that i've packed all the dirt that i've 

done with different weapons and guns and how much fun I had 

when I was young earnin' my striped one by one they added up 

sin at the scene I didn't realize it then but now I understand there's 

consciquences for every action Lord could you forgive me for my 

sins up till today but what if I kill again tomarrow does that mean 

you feel betrayed 



Cuz I can't promise you, that i'll do 

what the bible tells me not to 

If I feel I gots' to ride 

im goin' to ride with or without you 

no disrespect intended 

don't take me for satan's child 

cuz 5-0 got my dirty deeds 

gathered up in the gang files 



Look at my loyalty 

the love that I got for my family 

If anybody could 

I know you would understand me 

So when they call my number 

and I take my final breathe and die 

please forgive me for my sins 

and let my soul rise to the sky 





[WOODIE]{CHORUS} 

Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll on the outside 

i'm fine but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta prison but 

the streets pursuade my goals when I lay down to die will good or 

evil take my soul Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll 

on the outside i'm fine but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta 

prison but the streets pursuade my goals when I lay down to die will 

good or evil take my soul 



{CHORUS} 

If enemies lay me down to sleep 

I pray to the lord my so he'll keep 

when i die in this life of hate 

I pray to the lord my soul he'll take 



[WOODIE] 

I live'd another day 

now it's time to live another night 

I take it minute by minute 

and hope somehow I do it right 

I gotta fight to keep hope alive 

that snoop will get released 

but it's the red-suited beast 

that gets' the blue suited police 



Societies already got us marked 

as killers, dealers, and thugs 

gangbangers shoot'n them slugs 

drug dealers movin' them drugs 

ain't no love on this side of the tracks that's why criminals run in 

packs who'else gonna have our motherfuckin' backs 



you think our president ain't a sinner 

he's the cruelist of all 

he's the one, killin' the inncocent with missles and bombs while 

we just up in the street tryin' to maintain human nature that have 

enemies so we gangbang 



Lord if you could shed any light up on this life of mine i'd be 

willing to listen to you at the drop of a dime because im suicidal at 

times and at times im homicidal livin' on the borderline damper my 

chances of survival 



[WOODIE]{CHORUS} 

Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll on the outside i'm 

fine but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta prison but the streets 

pursuade my goals when I lay down to die will good or evil take my soul 

Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll on the outside i'm fine 

but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta prison but the streets 

pursuade my goals when I lay down to die will good or evil take my soul 

Livin' that life, this gangbangin' done took it's toll on the outside i'm fine 

but inside i'm outta control tryin' to stay outta prison but the streets 

pursuade my goals when I lay down to die will good or evil take my soul 



Lord, I got a question 

will you fogive me for my sins if I don't regret 'em cuz sometimes no 

matter how hard I try, I feel no remorse I feel I had to do what I had 

to do but then again maybe it's just the Old-E numbin' the pain I dunno 

'but send Blackbird my Love 



{CHORUS} 

If enemies lay me down to sleep 

I pray to the lord my so he'll keep 

when i die in this life of hate 

I pray to the lord my soul he'll take