The first time I heard rap I was so gased
'Cause back then, you could make an album with no cash
But nowadays everybody is so cool
You got niggas dropping out of school to learn Pro Tools
And this is all facts
I had to learn how to fall back
And stop wasting my time with small cats
They'll have you caught up in beef that you'll get killed for
Or caught up in the current, my nigga, that you ain't built for
And young jewels, getting loose with the cooch
Not understanding everything in this life started with you but
I know this life is getting kind scarey
When you only here you secondary
Man, you most necessary
And AOTP family is too strong
We hold our head high
'Cause it's been down for too long
And once you get it, don't get it and boast
Just do the knowledge, the greater the trial the greater the growth
Man up
Don't cry when the struggle aproches
Keep your self at arms reach
Away from haters and jokers
When it's time to be a man
Make your plan and face it
Things are gonna get better
Once you get out of the basement
The struggle only gonna sit(?)
It lasts if you let it
The only way to overcome it
Is to shuffle through the negatives
It's the positives that allow you to proceed promptly
To react on impulses
And show your results calmly
Take it from a man that'll do for his family
More Vinnie do for Celph,(
the line is
: More then he do for (him)self)
Who else could understand me
The streets are watching so the option is yours
The only way to make an effect
Is ride for the cause my nigga
We gotta hang on, shorties is giving up,
The hoods broke, 'cause the government don't give a ****
Don't waste your whole life trying to get chedder
Hold your head high and don't cry, shortie it gets better
Don't live everyday rain and hand's help
This is grown man shit, put in work for your damn self
Don't waste your whole life trying to get chedder
Hold your head high and don't cry, homie it gets better
I'm come from a broken home
Bloody tears, no cameras
No footage of dad ****ing with grandma
And now my daughter get larger by the minute
Asking question like "where my daddy?" I tell her
Baby, in this life we live, theres a life to give
To a upperhand, maybe pretty soon you'll understand that
I took a sip of your Bacardi my b***h (Oops)
I was 12, you were mad, look, I'm sorry my b***h
And thanks for the party my b***h,
You threw for my birthday at parks
Nothing with ever break us apart
Now I'm much bigger, life is much clearer
Perks have been abused dumbing zanis in my syrup
'Till I've been in the grammys with a Shakira look-alike
Hopes shes right, I don't wanna be a crip tonight...
Nope, hope a major label looks tonight
'Cause I don't wanna have to strong arm you and get booked tonight
Call it the hood a gutter,
'Cause all they looking for is a good mother
But it ain't none of them left,
They took the good from 'em
It ain't safe no more, the street is Vietnam
The older guards on the dean
Trying to keep it calm
The streets rought out here, it's tought out here
And young boys they don't give a **** out here (Damn)
But the government the one who put the crack in hoods
We gonna start a revolution, take it back for good
And I don't give a mother**** about the police
They the reason every single ghetto having no peace
They putting poison in the water
I don't know why
This is for the little shorties
Hold your head and don't cry
Chorus
[00:00.00] The first time I heard rap I was so gased
[00:26.16]'Cause back then, you could make an album with no cash
[00:29.13]But nowadays everybody is so cool
[00:31.71]You got niggas dropping out of school to learn Pro Tools
[00:34.83]And this is all facts
[00:36.24]I had to learn how to fall back
[00:38.07]And stop wasting my time with small cats
[00:40.35]They'll have you caught up in beef that you'll get killed for
[00:42.93]Or caught up in the current, my nigga, that you ain't built for
[00:46.17]And young jewels, getting loose with the cooch
[00:48.15]Not understanding everything in this life started with you but
[00:51.69]I know this life is getting kind scarey
[00:53.94]When you only here you secondary
[00:55.71]Man, you most necessary
[00:57.39]And AOTP family is too strong
[00:59.88]We hold our head high
[01:00.90]'Cause it's been down for too long
[01:02.91]And once you get it, don't get it and boast
[01:05.04]Just do the knowledge, the greater the trial the greater the growth
[01:07.86]Man up
[01:08.01][Verse 2: Planetary]
[01:08.73]Don't cry when the struggle aproches
[01:10.74]Keep your self at arms reach
[01:12.30]Away from haters and jokers
[01:13.68]When it's time to be a man
[01:15.00]Make your plan and face it
[01:16.44]Things are gonna get better
[01:17.82]Once you get out of the basement
[01:19.41]The struggle only gonna sit(?)
[01:20.88]It lasts if you let it
[01:21.93]The only way to overcome it
[01:23.52]Is to shuffle through the negatives
[01:25.02]It's the positives that allow you to proceed promptly
[01:27.75]To react on impulses
[01:29.19]And show your results calmly
[01:30.81]Take it from a man that'll do for his family
[01:33.33]More Vinnie do for Celph,(
[01:34.44]the line is
[01:34.65]: More then he do for (him)self)
[01:35.16]Who else could understand me
[01:36.60]The streets are watching so the option is yours
[01:38.85]The only way to make an effect
[01:40.56]Is ride for the cause my nigga
[01:41.88][Chorus: Doap Nixon]
[01:42.42]We gotta hang on, shorties is giving up,
[01:44.82]The hoods broke, 'cause the government don't give a ****
[01:47.85]Don't waste your whole life trying to get chedder
[01:50.19]Hold your head high and don't cry, shortie it gets better
[01:53.58]Don't live everyday rain and hand's help
[01:56.07]This is grown man shit, put in work for your damn self
[01:59.19]Don't waste your whole life trying to get chedder
[02:01.47]Hold your head high and don't cry, homie it gets better
[02:04.05][Verse 3: Demoz]
[02:04.53]I'm come from a broken home
[02:05.79]Bloody tears, no cameras
[02:07.89]No footage of dad ****ing with grandma
[02:10.56]And now my daughter get larger by the minute
[02:12.75]Asking question like "where my daddy?" I tell her
[02:14.85]Baby, in this life we live, theres a life to give
[02:18.45]To a upperhand, maybe pretty soon you'll understand that
[02:21.78]I took a sip of your Bacardi my b***h (Oops)
[02:24.09]I was 12, you were mad, look, I'm sorry my b***h
[02:27.12]And thanks for the party my b***h,
[02:28.65]You threw for my birthday at parks
[02:30.72]Nothing with ever break us apart
[02:32.76]Now I'm much bigger, life is much clearer
[02:35.67]Perks have been abused dumbing zanis in my syrup
[02:39.15]'Till I've been in the grammys with a Shakira look-alike
[02:41.61]Hopes shes right, I don't wanna be a crip tonight...
[02:44.22]Nope, hope a major label looks tonight
[02:46.80]'Cause I don't wanna have to strong arm you and get booked tonight
[02:49.38][Verse 4: Vinnie Paz]
[02:49.77]Call it the hood a gutter,
[02:50.43]'Cause all they looking for is a good mother
[02:52.65]But it ain't none of them left,
[02:54.21]They took the good from 'em
[02:55.74]It ain't safe no more, the street is Vietnam
[02:58.29]The older guards on the dean
[02:59.91]Trying to keep it calm
[03:01.17]The streets rought out here, it's tought out here
[03:03.60]And young boys they don't give a **** out here (Damn)
[03:06.78]But the government the one who put the crack in hoods
[03:09.54]We gonna start a revolution, take it back for good
[03:12.39]And I don't give a mother**** about the police
[03:14.97]They the reason every single ghetto having no peace
[03:17.91]They putting poison in the water
[03:19.59]I don't know why
[03:20.58]This is for the little shorties
[03:22.08]Hold your head and don't cry
[03:24.54]Chorus