Die By the Gun

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah (Yeah)

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah (Bugzy Malone)

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah (You know?)

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah (Watch this)

It's a shame that the hood's an addiction

That man fell from the heavens but nobody missed him

All that knowledge and wisdom

But he didn't share it, so there's no one to protect him

Yeah, there's power in numbers

But don't underestimate age out here

There's too much power in youngin's

And them man forgot there was hundreds

Anybody can be gangster

You've seen City of God, there's no age restriction

Bein' nice never made man money

You paid to go to the church, there's no paid religion

I'm not bein' funny

If you was raised in a broken home

With poverty constantly hanging over your head

Would you not fight the affliction?

The hood's an addiction

He went from no one to havin' a big reputation

Violated by his own family

He's got no problem with violation

Usin' a weapon brings fear

And fear just means you don't need explanation

All he needs is a bad boy driver

To help him escape from the destination

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)

Man's livin' like a wild animal

When he get's hungry, then it's robbery season

Beaten up as a child

So he likes to hurt people, he don't need a reason

He thought them man were gods

But he watched them man turn mortal and weakened

The hood's an addiction

But most things in the mood these days are deceivin'

No Snapchats or tweetin'

He's livin' under the radar and that means he's avoidin' policemen

He got left with a scar

And that's a reminder of when he got beaten

But it's not an L when it comes from an older

Them man are gods no longer

No, they're human, and humans stop breathin'

Flip the mattress

Pull the Adidas shoe box out, it's that time

He don't play games anymore

Boy, it's lookin' like Mortal Kombat time

He had Scarface playin' on DVD in the background

So when he left his room, he heard Al Pacino

Say, "You better say good night to the bad guy"

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)

The hood's an addiction

He's wearin' clothes with no description

He's heard stories about hits

And he's got what it takes to make a man go missing

He knows where my man chills

And he takes the back roads, he's turnin' and twisting

The plan's quite simple

Go to the pub, identify man and blast him

As he gets closer, he starts losin' his composure

He remembers lookin' up to the man

That he's about to go and dispose of

It's ten o'clock

And he knows them man link at the pub just to talk business

He pulls down his mask

And that's just in case there's a witness

Just to be safe

Then he arrived and seen everybody standin' outside

Squinted his eyes

Located the guy and then let four shots off with a quickness

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)

He definitely hit somebody on the floor

He could see a lifeless body

Mixed emotions, breathin' heavy

No remorse at all, he's not sorry

He just licked man down

And he cannot wait for the word to get round

This means he'll be the talk of the town

And now they'll know he's never been a clown

Then he got a call straight from hell

But it wasn't Lucifer, it was his sister, Shell

Hysterically crying

With police sirens in the background as well

She said, "Mum's been shot at the pub

We were standin' at the door and she just fell"

He had one more bullet

He looked up into the sky and blasted himself

It's a shame that the hood's an addiction

That man fell from the heavens but nobody missed him

All that knowledge and wisdom

But he didn't share it, so there's no one to protect him

Yeah, there's power in numbers

But don't underestimate age out here

There's too much power in youngin's

And them man forgot there was hundreds

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun, yeah

If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)