Life on the Street

It's an everyday thing on the east of town

Times ain't good, but they won't hold me down

I'm out to get mine and won't get left back

I can't get me a job, but I can get a dope sack

In my hood everyday, gettin off my slangs

I'm not really trippin off money, 'cause I'd rather gang bang

And kick back with my homeboys who are down for me

From the evil side representing one-three

And the ways in my neighborhood ain't nothin nice

You gotta be down or else your payin the price

'cause for me to do good others must do bad

What makes me happy might make you sad

I need to straight come up so I can earn my way out

Broke motherfuckers don't carry no clout

The hood that I'm from is where I proved my name

And the streets where I live is where I got my fame

[Chorus]

Don't push me 'cause I'm losing my head

The way I live I might end up dead

I can't ever forget the crazy things that I've done

A young gang-banger livin life by a gun

Doin down ass things to make you learn quick

The kind of crazy things that make people sick

Some might not agree, but I have to survive

And by me doing wrong is gonna keep me alive

So I try everyday to learn the tricks of the trade

Savin up my money 'cause I don't get paid

I know I do bad but I do it real good

'cause that's the way I learned in my crazy ass hood

Growin up in the streets of SB and LA

Where a youngster couldn't even hang around and play

Drive bys, drug deals, bases everywhere

Crack babies being born and their moms don't even care

Don't think for a minute that this shit ain't real

'cause life on the streets might get you killed

[Chorus x2]

Times are bad and everything is hard

Got no money, don't own no car

With some old ass clothes, no food to eat

And some burnt out Nikes coverin up my feet

You get your first impression by the way I look

He's a gangster, a killer, and a no good crook

Just 'cause I'm broke don't mean I'm a punk

Lemme explain myself in five minutes of funk

Everything I've done that has been wrong

I just kick back and write it here in my song

'cause life on the streets is rough as fuck

Vatos tryin to hit licks so they can come up real tough

Rapping is my hustle, alls I need is a beat

So I can tell my little story about life on the street

And I'ma do what it takes, so I can survive

This is mad ass Danger from the Brownside

[Chorus x2]