Living In A World Like This

So many thoughts runnin' through my mind

My kids look hungry

I don't know if I'll make it time

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)

Oaktown and your town are one and the same

The sight different but it's still the same pain

You hurt and I hurt, where can I find work?

Keepin' a brother down and his face in the dirty

My mind is tired and my kids are sick

I gottta make a move and I better do it quick

Thinking about the store, I might hit it tonight

And I pray to God that I don't take lives

No, I don't want to hurt anyone

But I'm loving my daughter and I love my son

The pain is deep and when they sleep

I cry because I know they need me

And I just might die

If I could, I'd switch today

Save my kids and take me away

I should have done better with my life

Not only do I suffer but my kids pay the price

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)

I sweat and I hustle day after day

And Sunday in church, you know I kneel and pray

Lord, please forgive me for my sins but I'm trapped deep

It's the world I live in, I'm caught all up in it

An eye for an eye is what I heard

And in the neighborhood tonight

Somebody else is getting served (I got to serve them)

I know it's wrong and I know what's right though

But since I was eleven, I've been caught in the cycle (straight up hustler)

I borrowed from Peter to go pay Paul

To go see Larry about a hustle at the mall (it's a rock thang)

This ain't me but what can I do?

I've got my pride, don't want the government food (I don't want that)

Stamp or cheese or whatever they freeze

I gotta make it out, you know I've got to leave (I gotta go)

When will it stop? How does it end?

I don't really know but it's the world I live in (as the world turns)

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)

When we're living in a world like this (when you're living)

When we're living in a world like this (in a world like this)