Lyrics
Let it be known, I was made in the 80's
My environment, what made a nigga crazy
Besides food stamps, we were barely given pay
Had us ducking drive by's on, any given day
Don't hit that park after dark, them boys didn't come to play
If your skin wasn't brown, this part of town, you didn't stay
Neighborhood full of gang bangers, ain't nobody safe
You ain't twisting up the same fingers, then they can't relate
They aiming at ya face, that's another closed casket
It feel like we were drafted, they toting automatics
Reflecting on it all, that shit was so drastic
Didn't wanna get involved, so them nigga's drove pass it
Where the lights, from them cop cars, get to flashing
Tell us where you're headed, that's the shit they get to asking
Then they get to bashing, out the glass, on ya ride
Just trying to paint a picture, of what we had to survive
Man
Now what you know about them nights, in the hood
Yo momma sacrificed, what she could
Ya daddy wasn't there, so you earning stripes in the hood
But you can lose ya life, in the hood
Get it understood, man that shit be like a war zone
It cost 50 thousand, just to bring them boys home
So many dead and gone, where yo nigga's at?
Had my back against the wall dawg, can yall picture that?
Damn
At 13, yea they placed me in them cuffs
A wild juvenile, nigga I didn't give a fuck
Tell you how it started, cold hearted lack of trust
Cause in 92' them boys, used to chase me off the bus
Till I pulled out that blade, now they hollering like whoa
Don't fuck with him no more, that lil nigga there on go
Almost sliced a nigga throat, and I was only nine then
I moved out at 22, I put some time in
Graduated from the hood, but I'm shell shocked
Can't even count, how many shells dropped
Aye tell the cops they some sucka's, and they're the biggest gang
Killing niggas daily, I swear that shit is lame
Can feel it in my veins, they don't wanna see me free