(feat. Carl Thomas, Guru)



Woooohoooo hoooooo hoooooooo yeah!



[Guru]

Huh huh ha Adam F on the track

Speak guru representn'

Yeah! Carl Thomas

Everybody wants to be somebody you know

Just be yourself man, stop trying to be like everybody else

Frontn' like you got this and got that

Yeah it's not about the material things

They don't rule my world, do they rule yours?

I feel sorry for you done, but for real

There's a lot of grimy cats out there that will wyle out on you

That's why you gotta stay on point

Be aware of what's goin' on and hold it down, from us to you...



[Carl Thomas]

As ya world goes up and down (oh yeah!)

Karma comes back around (comes back around yeah!)

Don't you know that your gettn' what you put in the ground

(Don't you know that your gettn' what you puttn' in the ground)

Just be good to yourself cause you know that you always...



[Guru]

Everybody wants a baller life

Everybody wants a fly car, nice crib and all tha ice

When they see me in the street, they wanna call the vice

Get on some landlord shit and turn out all the lights

I'm like the toll that you should've paid

You said you had the Mac, why you should of spree'd!

What happened to the chicks and the chips you bragged about?

What happened to the guns and the clips you bragged about?

I heard about they stomped you, and beat you, and dragged you out

You said they heard they got me, and that I doubt!

Street smarts and most y'all punks ya need heart

My peoples get busy for real soon as the beef starts

Wanna learn some more about me

Your sure to see I'm a stand up guy wit maturity

And during this speech I'm always willin' reach

I love my peeps that are still in the streets.





[Carl Thomas]

[Chorus:]

As ya world goes up and down...(as ya world goes up and down)

Karma comes back around...(Don't ya know that the karma comes back on around)

Don't you know that you getn what your put in the ground

(don't you know that gettn' what ya puttn' in the ground)

Just be good to your self 'cause you know that your always...



[Guru]

Everybody wants the wealth and fame

But nobody wants to hustle and the struggle

Just to earn themselves a name, its like they want it all instantly

And since I know what really goes on son I think differently

I always to try to keep my fam tight even if we don't hang out no more

Ya still my man aiight, see money changes many things

You go from just gettn' by to shopping spree's buying everything

The guard came up hard straight out the boulevard

I pull your card get in your skin like a bullet scar

I'm holding the weight controlling your fate

Cos you didn't play the game by the rules ya know its too late

You tried to hop the fence on false pretence that's nonsense

You know we cut off our weak links

And during this speech I'm always willing to reach

I love my peeps that are still in the streets



[Chorus]



[Carl Thomas]

Back to life...(back to life)...back to reality...(ooohhhh!)

Cant stay up all day...(ooohhh NO! no no)...Now some time...(some time)

To take the initiative you'll be back one day...(one day! ohh)



[Guru]

Everybody wants to be the boss

Everybody wants the spotlight but don't wanna pay the cost

Me I give a kid direction if he says he's lost,

Some suckers want attention That's why they love to floss

But me I don't care about that there

You say you from the hood, you can't go back there

The same crooks you see coming up you'll see going down

Take that look off your face you know what's going down

We about to strip you of ya stripes you little ass wipe

About to take over your spot uh huh that's right!

Ya more bogus than a three dollar bill

Pop ya crisp rock ya wrists yeah y'all is mad ill

But ya sleepn' didn't see the wolves creepn'

Gettn' took for ya goodies for no apparent reason

And during this speech I'm willin' to reach

All of my peeps that are still in the streets.



[chorus]



[Carl Thomas sings till he fades out]