Melalin

Should I do what they gave me, took it and never admit

I invented the flow, yup, they different between us

You get it and come, I get it and go

Different strokes, for different folks, shit I ain't tryin'

To come up short, let on, let it all

Or will it just blow, like it did to coke

Not me, some of us hood rich, but 90 percent of us niggaz is broke

The government, shit they make us sniff' coke

Instead of embracin' us, fuck savin' us, They give us the rope

I'm hearin' ya guns in ya hood, what the fuck you think

How can one another cope, you just throw us into so we go at each others throats

Just go, the statistics, every three hours

A brother is smoked, a baby is killed, a sister is raped

Somebody mother, strangled under that dope

Just get up and say, here, get up and pray

Tomorrow and promise, so I live for the day, this is hip hop

I need all, but tell ya rappers to come back, yea

We work too hard, to give us away, a victim of age

I can't go out, like Eazy-E, a victim of AIDS

Being black is crime, I done worked, a nine to five

For three years, and they still, ain't give me a raise

Shit give me a gauge, fuck a mininum wage

Get in a helicopter, look down, shit we live in a maze

The day go fast, when ya broke, but it seems like

The minute you payed, the sun, never set

I don't sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death

So I wake up, my brother, my cousins, and uncle's that's def, yes

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[Bugs]

After the war, there's casualties, I studied the art

They give us roaches and batteries, and blow you apart

Play dumb, procrastinate, they assassinate those that are smart

Be brave, in the Wizard of Oz, though you are heart, get some courage

To get you the light, walk slow in the dark, don't get discouraged

I'm on the one way trip to heaven, forget the luggage

Just in pain, it's making me weak, it's making me sluggish

Besides weed, clogging up my THC

In my hood, everybody got a PHD

I count on my fingers, how many niggaz got a GED

My life is worth more, than TV, and the DVD

Fuck a CD, I wanna be free, money for me

I'm like a cat, caught in the tree, ok, I need help

Why do I do for others, when I know, I should do for myself

Wher your friends when you need them,, they collapse

Under the real woods, in me, if I need, I don't ask shit

I chuckled, pool game, goodie mob, goodie L

Clark Kent, frankly, GNC, respect yes

My brother Kenny, I will pay you back for every penny

I got the many mentions, it's yours, nigga the key to the drawers

So I work out, try to keep my endurance

We lips, looked out, when that nigga needed insurance

Lift it, G to E-N-T, Miss Pam, for feedin missy

I can cut down, for going to college, believing in me

I love you girl, you mean the world to me