My Block (Nitty Remix)

They got a **** shedding tears

Reminiscing on my past fears

'Cause shit was hectic for me last year

It appears that I've been marked for death

My heartless breath, the underlying cause of my arrest

My life is stressed, and no rest, forever weary

My eyes stay teary

For all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery

Shit is scary, hot black on black crime legendary

But at times unnecessary, I'm getting worried

Teardrops and closed caskets

The three strikes law is drastic

And certain death for us ghetto bastards

What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire?

Life in the pen ain't for me 'cause I'd rather die

But don't cry through your despair

I wonder if the Lord still cares for us **** on welfare

And who cares if we survive?

The only time they notice a **** is when he's clutching on a four-five

My neighborhood ain't the same

'Cause all the little babies gone crazy

Or they suffering in the game

And I swear it's like a trap

But I ain't giving up on the hood, it's all good when I go back

Hoes show me love, **** give me props

Forever hot 'cause it don't stop on my block

Living life is but a dream

Hard times is all we've seen (On my block)

Every block is kinda mean

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

Now shit is constantly hot on my block

It never fails to be gunshots

Can't explain a mother's pain when her son drops

Black male living in hell, when will we prevail?

Fearing jail but crack sales got me living well

And the system's suicidal with this thug's life

Staying strapped, forever trapped in this drug life

God help me 'cause I'm starving, can't get a job

So I resort to violent robberies, my life is hard

Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt

Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers

Misled from childhood where I went astray

Till this day I still pray for a better way

Can't help but feel hopeless and heart broke

From the start, I felt the racism 'cause I'm dark

Couldn't quit the bullshit, make me represent

Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I went

In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own

I close my eyes and picture home on my block

Living life is but a dream

Hard times is all we've seen (On my block)

Every block is kinda mean

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

And I can't help but wonder

Why so many young kids had to die

Caught strays from AK's in a drive-by

Swollen pride and homicide don't coincide

Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside

'Cause our block is filled with danger

Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers

Time changes us to stone, them crack pipes

All up and down the block, exterminating black life

But I can't blame the dealers

My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels

Shit's real, I know you feel my tragedy

A single mother with a problem child, daddy free

Hanging out, picking up games, sipping cheap liquor

Gaming the hoochies, hoping I can get to sleep with her

It's a man's world, staying strapped

Fantasies of a **** living phat, but held back

Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless

Wide eyed and losing focus on my block

Living life is but a dream

Hard times is all we've seen (On my block)

Every block is kinda mean

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

And block parties in the projects lasting the way past daylight

A young **** learned to break night

Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen

I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend

In my mind I see the same motherfuckers ballin'

Alcohol will make a lazy **** slip and fall, miss his call

I know the young **** understand this

Growing up in this world where everything is scandalous

I reminisce on the fast times, past crimes

Tryna cop a slice of pizza with my last dime

Can't explain just what attracts me to this dirty game

Gold chains, some extra change, and the street fame

And what's strange is everybody know my name

Swear they all know me

And lots of cash make a **** change

I hit the green just to maintain, feeling pain

For all the **** that I lost to the game from my block

That's right

Living life is but a dream

Hard times is all we've seen

Every block is kinda mean

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

(Rest in peace to all the muthafuckas that passed away)

(From all the blocks that I'm from)

(One Twelfth street, Seventh Avenue)

(New York, Uptown, you know what I'm saying?)

(183rd and Walt, my block, that's right)

(122nd and Morningside, my block, that's right)

(Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right)

(In the jungle of Atlantic City, that's my block, that's right)

(Los Angeles, that's my block, too)

(Oakland, can't forget Oaktown)

(That's my block, for sure)

(And all other blocks around this motherfucker)

Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago

All y'all **** stay kicking up dust

Represent the motherfuckin' block