I can stop these tears from fallim down my face

And I can stop my heart from hurtin lord I pray

Dat u take away dis pain I feel inside I got problems in my life and I jus wanna know y





I got problems da size of California da rent due mama ain't got no job

So dats why I'm out here on da corner plus da frigeratior empty as hell my stomach

Hurtin can't u tell I need help on top of dat I jus lost another partner to dis gang bangin

Shot him n his head left his brains hangin

I could see wat he was thinkin

Lord why u put me n dis place right here da ghetto cold

Like da north pole

Shed so many tears

And I can't even see clear my visions all blurr

Sippin liquor smokin herb

Tryin to calm my nerves

Sometimes I wish dat I was never even born I pray to god dat I could make it through da storm

Somebody pleaze tell me why





I can stop these tears from fallim down my face

And I can stop my heart from hurtin lord I pray

Dat u take away dis pain I feel inside I got problems in my life and I jus wanna know y





It's been proverty since day 1 down here where I'm from

Ain't no lovefor us ghetto children

We run from police when they swing da block

They say da only thing we good at is slangin rocks

My nigga doc was da next MJ but hey he had to make ends meet livin n these streets

I seen mama's cry and kids die I watch fights n da clubs turn in to drive by's

Look into my eyes tell me wat u see

So much pain from da game this ain't da life for me

I wanna change but it's hard

Drop to my knees and pray to god by it seems like he don't hear ya'll

So now I'm back to cookin da crack

Pullin da jak

Shootin da gats

Smokin weed and drinkin yak

Matta fact da pinertinere keep callin my name

And da cemematary doin da same thing sombody please tell me why





I can stop these tears from fallim down my face

And I can stop my heart from hurtin lord I pray

Dat u take away dis pain I feel inside I got problems in my life and I jus wanna know y





Pinertinere packed with blacks so many brothers with dark skin color shakled up and that's a fact

Damn! u could've been a lawyer or a doctor

But u from da ghetto so u rather cook rocks

Blame it on da poverty in my community ain't no unity ain't no oppertunity for u and me

If u could see da world through my eyes u would wish dat u was blind

Since day 1 it's been nothin but hard times

My mama got fucked

My daddy got a nut

All I got was bad luck

Never had much I shed tears

For all my child hood peers who ain't here

I was blind to da fact but now I could see clear

And I'm livin in a world of sin

Where it ain't no love in da hearts of men

Lord when is it gonna end

As I walk through da valley and da shadow of death

I take a look at my life and relize it ain't nothin left somebody pleaze tell me why





I can stop these tears from fallim down my face

And I can stop my heart from hurtin lord I pray

Dat u take away dis pain I feel inside I got problems in my life and I jus wanna know y