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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Akon
Vocals
Giorgio Tuinfort
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Giorgio Tuinfort
Songwriter
D. Styles
Songwriter
Aliaune Thiam
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Akon
Producer
Giorgio Tuinfort
Producer
Leslie Brathwaite
Mixing Engineer
Kori Anders
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tony Terrebonne
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah, crazy
It's one of the things, man, you gotta experience
To know what I'm talkin' about, ha, ha
It's where the goin' gets rough (Akon)
The tough stay tough (Styles P)
A-ha, Upfront, let's go
Konvict, Konvict, ha, ha
We in too deep to turn back now, D (Sure is)
Watch yourself 'fore you get
[Verse 2]
Blown away
You know where I come from
The place where your fade is a mic, or a bull, or a dum-dum
A jail cell, a pine box, and brothers are dumb young
Still bust a gun for the slum that they come from
Cops is the only ones they gon' run from
They puttin' they hood up
But nine out of ten of us ain't got good luck
You gon' ride on a man and catch twenty-five
Or get hit and get sent to the other side
[Verse 3]
You lose both sides of the coin
So me, I play the hood, baby, nine in the groin
Mama got a little church I could join, but I ain't go yet
Man got a mosque I could join, but I ain't go yet
Cool with the devil on my back, I'm in cold sweats
About to do some dirt in some dirty, black, old sweats
If you known, you should've shown the way
Most the hood on the path to get blown away
[Verse 4]
'Cause I was raised up to show no fear
Cowardly hearts'll never last long here
If you ain't man up to make shit clear
Guaranteed you'll get blown away
[Verse 5]
'Cause I done seen the block break down tears
And I done seen the cops break my peers
Tryna hold on a couple more years
Tryin' not to get blown away
[Verse 6]
See, I ain't never shot nobody, but I'm known for fighting
So when I strike, man, you think you been struck by lightning
Shouldn't have to prove myself by killin' a ****
Even a child can take a life by pullin' a trigger
[Verse 7]
Retaliation only takes anger mixed with passion
See your target in the distance and keep on blastin'
They say, guns don't kill people, people do
So when you hit, man, you feel that shit them evils do
[Verse 8]
Can't see myself gettin' beat down, my eyes swollen
Mom's cryin', really don't know what happened, my pride's stolen
If I ain't got my heat, then I got a blade
That can get you off me in so many ways
[Verse 9]
'Cause I was raised up to show no fear
Cowardly hearts'll never last long here
If you ain't man up to make shit clear
Guaranteed you'll get blown away
[Verse 10]
'Cause I done seen the block break down tears
And I done seen the cops break my peers
Tryna hold on a couple more years
Tryin' not to get blown away
[Verse 11]
I keep my eyes out for Jakes, ears to the streets
Other eye out for snakes and these scandalous freaks
If we ain't on good terms, don't bother to speak
Don't smile and try to spark a convo with me
[Verse 12]
Same thing make you laugh will make you cry
Fuck around and let this quiet **** here take your life
Hate for it to be you, the world's sacrifice
So somebody else could travel through the tunnel of life
[Verse 13]
'Cause I'm that type of guy, I'll be there when you're ridin'
But I stay to myself
So if you see me out there with a bear and we fightin'
****, then go help the bear
[Verse 14]
'Cause I was raised up to show no fear
Cowardly hearts'll never last long here
If you ain't man up to make shit clear
Guaranteed you'll get blown away
[Verse 15]
'Cause I done seen the block break down tears
And I done seen the cops break my peers
Tryna hold on a couple more years
Tryin' not to get blown away
Written by: Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, D. Styles, Giorgio Tuinfort