Off The Block
(专辑: The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 5 - 2013)
It's hard times Struggling Trynna get by, trynna get by, trynna get by... It don't stop Always running from the
cops Pray at night, in the
day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the
block [E-40:] Crystal my religion, I'm tryn not to go to prison Watch out [?] it's murky, shoot with precision My vision never missing, Winchester rifle ammunition These double deuce thirds will go through your ligaments We created a
sequel despite our skin and our pigment One day I
hope to become legitimate That's the
thought process of a
young hustler about his money Far from a
dumby smart enough to run with big company If I
was put in position the
end results would be lucrative No more life on the
rough, livin life as a
fugitive Unregistered gun and marijuana smoke in my lungs To decrease the
stress Got a
vest and some olive oil that the
pastor blessed Then I
take out the
bottle, put it on my head and chest, to protect me from death It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty It don't stop Always running from the
cops Pray at night, in the
day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the
block [E-40:] Second verse You ain't no better than me My sins ain't no worse than yours, only father thy God can judge me I
heard somebody say I'm sick of they urban gear The
dreads and the
saggy pants, I
had it up to here You said "why ya'll show your drawers and wear em down to here"? I
said " why ya'll show your balls and wear em way up there"? Contradictions and criticisms we trapped in the
system There's not a
lot of schools but there's a
lot of prisons My big homie going through it man just like me and you Hoping and wishing for a
financial breakthrough Coming from where I'm coming from you gotta be street smart and not dumb Put your hands up... don't run Cops will shoot you with they gun Consequences, everyone makes mistakes The
difference btween today and tomorrow, is your faith It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty It don't stop Always running from the
cops Pray at night, in the
day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the
block [E-40:] Third one Tryna make it off the
block, triangular markers and yellow tape Bodies outlined in chalk We be funking non stop Warrin and beefin, tryna take off a
top We stressin depressin, nobody to answer our questions The
government treat us like peasants Can't get a
job nor reference He really good people back in the
day easy, had some scrill Now he go to jail on purpose just to get a
decent meal Stop chasin his first high, he can get some get back But he strung out, got that monkey on his back UGHHHHHHHHH I
see it all the
time, What you see? The
people that help you the
most be the
ones you give the
hardest time Ain't that some backwards ass shit? Yeah it is Act like you owe him somethin And you don't owe him shit It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty It don't stop Always runnin from the
cops Pray at night, in the
day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly tryna make it off the
block