Ooh Wee

[Z-Ro]

Lord, have mercy, mercy

Lord have mercy, mercy

[Chorus: Z-Ro]

Ooh wee, dear lord I don't want that to be me

Another black boy in the penitentiary

So many fall victim to these evil streets

And it just makes me say ooh wee

[Lil' O]

Even though life is hard

I walk through the thunderstorm knowing there's a god

And when trouble comes he'll be my shield and my sword strike down my foes

But I feel sorry for the ones that don't have god and don't know

Inhale the weed through my mouth, exhale out my nose

I've seen many niggas fell chasing money and clothes

Look in the game, cause the block feeds us

Chasing blood money, that's why we block bleeders

We grew up hating the police cause the cops beat us

And now we grown full of hate and we got heaters

And what a wicked combination, cause now a nigga out of control

And we ain't trying to hear shit, about we on the wrong road

We always got to catch a case, and the jail cell close

For a nigga just like us, got to fill us with holes

And ain't it cold, cause we suppose to stick to the trend

Even though the trend is dying or ending up in the penn but

[Chorus]

Ooh wee, dear lord I don't want that to be me

Another black boy in the penitentiary

So many fall victim to these evil streets

And it just makes me say

Ooh wee dear lord I don't want that to be me

Another black boy in the ground six feet deep

So many fall victim to these evil streets

And it just makes me say ooh wee

[Lil' O]

You tell me how you take the pain out

When you hear your partner just blew his brians out

You see the pressure of these streets it make you crazy

And everybody say they love you huh, but everybody shady

And all the youngsters got babies with mouths to feed

But all the youngsters dropped out they ain't got no degree

Cause these youngsters chasing cars and material things

But all the youngsters ain't thinking about the pain it could bring

I lost soul on the block, I will walk the streets

Going so hard on my grind, I forgot to eat

I can't forget the day my partner got knocked off his feet

By a dopefiend with a gauge trying to rob him for cheese

I saw the fear in his eyes, he knew he'd been shot and his leg was paralyzed

They had to amputate his legs that's when I realized how raw could be

and living life in these streets cause it wasn't for me, cause

[Chorus]

[Lil' O]

Dear father up in heaven have mercy on us

Protect us from these evil streets that be murdering us

Protect us from these crooked cops that put burden on us

Protect us from these heartless D.A's that put hurting on us

Protect us from ourselves, some of us don't know no better

Thinking that a life of crime the only way to get cheddar

Protet us from our jealousy and our lust for power

Knowing the devil walk the street seeking room to devour

I ain't really got no friends

cause all my real dogs are in the grave or in the pen

They left when they was boys, I won't see them till they men

And then my little partner man he just signed for ten

Where does the drama end

I put money on they books to try to ease they pain

Praying to the lord hoping they find peace again

And I give thanks for my life knowing so meet they end

I'ma survive, stay alive and keep my ass out the penn cause

[Chorus]

[Z-Ro]

I don't want to end up in jail

I don't want to end up in the penn

I don't want to end up in the ground

I don't want to end up like my friends - 2x

I don't want that to be me - 8x