Muddy Waters

And that's life in the city kid

Everbody ain't gon make it out the hood

You wanna flow like bizzy did

Just keep the faith

And it's all to the good

Your girl is cheating on you

You finna go to jail

Now you just lost your job

Your house is up for sale

Your friend just passed away

Before you said goodbye

Your son going to war

And you still don't know why

Your mum contracted aids

And right before she died

She could'ntspeak a word

But she can blink her eyes

See she was paralyzed

And you so scared to cry

You wanted to show her your strength

And tell her the lord provides

The church is taking money

Selling granny a dream

She wanna a go to heaven

Think she can get it with green

Your cousins gettin rich

Off of a triple beam

You see him loosing weight

It's started off with greens

It elevated with rocks

And now he's on the pipe

He used to ride 22"

Now cousin ride a bike

Your mama got a man

Her man he got a temper

So he beat you right up

Gets drunk and don't remember

As soon as you go to school

Your teacher asked what happened?

Your peers they know the story

You say ain't nothing cracking

Your money's runnning low

And it ain't no welfare

Remember PAC said "who in the hell cares? "

But bizzy cared for you

See I can only stay?

These are the muddy waters

That I can see and hear (repeat)

And that's life in the city kid

Everbody ain't gon make it out the hood

You wanna flow like bizzy did

Just keep the faith

And it's all to the good (repeat)

You had your 4 friends

And you all grew up together

On the corner swingin rhymes

Singing the vibe? together

Breaking bread stealing cars and staying in trouble

House partys with the homies

And then watching em rumble

But soon your friendship crumbles

As you grow up in life

You reached the age of 30

And soon forget your plight?

What if they blew up

And became the biggest group ever

I guess we'll never know

That's just the way it goes

Having highschool dreams of turning pro

Catch an injury and now the scouts? ain't around no more

Studying to be a doctor but get pregnant in school

You decided to keep your child

And now you must provide the food

At the tender age of 50

Reaching your golden years

These are the muddy waters

That I can see and I hear

Bizzy cared for you

But baby I can only stay

These are the muddy waters

That I can and I hear

And that's life in the city kid

Everbody ain't gon make it out the hood

You wanna flow like bizzy did

Just keep the faith

And it's all to the good