Like It Is
(专辑: Summertime 06 - 2015)
I
tell it like it is, and how it could be Heaven or hell boy, freedom or jail boy A
Jansport bag full of shit I
could sell for The
higher, the
low boy, just me and my homeboys The
police kill us so we made up our own laws Been fighting this long war, there's shells in this shores sand Still young but a
grown man, could tell by my stash Been stacking money and problems as I
wait for the
rapture Death never been no threat, I
be chilling, relaxing Everybody bleed [Hook:] I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make it up to heaven, despite the
things I've done I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make my momma proud, feel like her only son I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one With everything I
need, with everything I
want I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To do it like nobody has ever done When I
was in seventh grade my grandfather told me don't get caught loving the
streets cause they never gonna love you back. But I
feel like it's all we got so it's all we really do love. At the
end of the
day I
feel like the
problem is the
people that control it don't really come from here, so they can't do nothing but look down on us. We look at them, we see somebody that could help but they look at us and all they see is a
nigga. It don't really matter anyway, we all gon' die one day man. One day Do doves cry when the
black man dies, or do we croak with crows The
young catch gun shots, the
old catch the
holy ghost Ho I
love not, I
never seen no pot of gold Just ball windows and six fours with no switches Was broke with no bitches, she love me though You'll kill me if it make you richer, what you screaming, you my brother for Heart is where the
hatred is, the
brain that stained the
love below And life is what you make it so I'm making money for my folks [Hook:] I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make it up to heaven, despite the
things I've done I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make my momma proud, feel like her only son I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one With everything I
need, with everything I
want I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To do it like nobody has ever done When most people look at a
person who does what I
do they look at us with these preconceived notions as if, it's a
set way for us all to be. But we all people at the
end of the
day so I
wonder why we don't treat each other like it. You're looking at a
person telling them that they story don't matter when they're no better than me, walking down the
streets tryna to shoot at somebody. Cause all we got is these dreams man and y'all ain't never had to have nothing, and that's the
last thing you want from anybody. Is to not really have nothing I
been through hell and back, I
seen my momma cry Seen my father hit the
crack then hit the
set to flip a
sack I
done seen my homies die then went on rides to kill 'em back So how you say you feel me when you never had to get through that? We live for they amusement like they view us from behind the
glass No matter what we grow into, we never gonna escape our past So in this cage they made for me, exactly where you find me at Whether it's my time to leave or not, I
never turn my back [Hook:] I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make it up to heaven, despite the
things I've done I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To make my momma proud, feel like her only son I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one With everything I
need, with everything I
want I
gotta be, I
gotta be, I
gotta be the
one To do it like nobody has ever done