(Lil' O talking) Street life, see I've been trying to tell these kids If you ain't live in these streets, stay the fuck away from these streets You know I'm saying cause these streets is nothing to play with, you feel me It's some real bullshit mentality out there you know what I'm saying Everybody trying to get everybody, don't care how they get it Don't care what they do to get it, as long as they get it, know what I'm saying It's gone be the death of us
[Lil' O] Hey, niggas in these streets ain't the same no more They rob, steal and cheat it ain't a game no more Your own friend'd hit you with the flames from the four Get you for your stash, leave your brains on the floor And really I don't want to slang caine no more Cause snitching like it really ain't a thang no more The minute they get caught man they sing like a hoe Bring the feds to your house have them bang on your door That's why I be alone I don't hang no more See me one deep in a ten range ro' Thinking through the years everthing changed loc Cause now a little piece done fucked her for some change or some clothes Street life mentality by any means get it Even if a couple heads got it again split it They don't even be ashamed they be like, yeah I did it But did you feel bad, I was with it
[Chorus: Papa Reu - 2x] Cause if I got to beg, steal and borrow to make it to tomorrow I got to do what I got to, cause who is gonna feed me
[Lil' O] It's every man for himself, everyone for the scrilla Hunger turns monkeys to geurillas Fear turn a coward to a killer Paper turns ladies into whores Coward just to dream to the poor That's why they rob jinks in the stores And make them lay down on the floor That's why them boys kicked down your door Looking for the safe and the raw They shot you like it ain't against the law What happened to the rules of the lord Thou shall not kill, thou shall not rob Thou shall not steal, but now they be like thou shall not chill When thou gets his hands on about a couple mill Man, it's real in these streets You got to be a soldier to deal with these streets Act like a chump you be a meal in these streets They be like, yeah I'm wrong, but I still go to eat, for real cause
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[Lil' O] We need to pray to christ, the devil got our soul And we all pay the price How many boys you know got slayed over dice Cause praying in the streets for a chain full of ice It's the end of the world And I ain't got a quarter to lend to a girl But they ain't even tripping, they selling they tail By these other hoes boost suppose to get them some mail But room out of freaks nigga tell them theyself Cause I know everybody trying to get them some wealth But the route that they going gone get them to hell Niggas always got the plan, but the plan always fails And we always end up dead or in jail Imagine years for the rest of your life you got to live in a cell That'll make you stop living for real It's now niggas doing time on the throw when they get in the chair I tried to warn them but they say they don'y care, cause
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(Lil' O talking) Let me tell you something, all that about your my partners They love me and give me a dollar if they love me let me tell you something kids You niggas don't give a fuck about me, you know what I'm saying You don't go the streets to find love cause all you gonna find in the streets is hate Know what I'm saying, your g's is loving you, your parents loving you You feel what I'm saying, your family loving you That's the people that love you man These niggas in the streets will slit your throat boy get on your note I'm telling you something real, you hear what I'm saying It's some beg, steal or borrow mentality it's every man for himself If they feel they can come up on you and get away with it Don't think that they won't do it boy, you know what I'm saying People care for real, game, that's game