My Block - NItty Remix

Damn, take a ride to my block

My block, that's right heh

On my motherfuckin' block

They got a n**a sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears

Cause s**t was hectic for me last year

It appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breath

The underlyin' 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

S**t is scary, how black on black crime legendary

But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' 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 niggaz on welfare

And who cares if we survive

The only time they notice a n**a is when he's clutchin' on a four five

My neighborhood ain't the same

Cause all these little babies goin' crazy

And they sufferin' in the game and I swear it's like a trap

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

H**s show me love, niggaz give me props

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

Livin' life is but a dream

Hard times is all we see

On my block

Every block is kinda mean

But on our block we still play

But on our block we still play

Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots

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

Black male slippin' in hail, when will we prevail

Fearin' jail but crack sales got me livin' well

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

Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this ** life

God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' 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

Mislead from childhood where I went astray

Till this day I still pray for a better way

Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroke

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

Couldn't quit the ** 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

Livin' life is but a dream

Hard times is all we see

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 A.K's in the 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 exterminatin' black life

But I can't blame the dealers

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

Shits real, I know you feel, my tragedy

A single mother with a problem child, daddy free

Hangin' out pickin' up game, sippin' cheap liquor

Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her

It's a man's world, stayin' strapped

Fantasies of a n**a livin' phat, but held back

Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless

Wide eyed and losin' focus on my block

Livin' life is but a dream

Hard times is all we see

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 tha projects lastin' way past daylight

A young n**a 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 ** ballin

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

I know the young niggaz understand this

Growin' up in this world where everythin' is scandalous

I reminisce on tha fast times, past crimes

Tryin' to 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 knows my name

Swear they all know me

And lots of cash make a n**a change

I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' pain

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

Thats right

Livin' life is but a dream

Hard times is all we see

Rest in peace to all the muh'f**s who passed away

Every block is kinda mean

From all the blocks that I'm from

But on our block we still play

One twelve street, Seventh Avenue, New York, Uptown

Know what I'm sayin?

But on our block we still play

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

But on our block we still play

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

But on our block we still play

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

But on our block we still play

In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, that's right

But on our block we still play

Los Angeles, aha, that's my block too

But on our block we still play

Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure

But on our block we still play

And all the other blocks around this m**r

Houston, Florida, St

Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago

All y'all niggaz stay kickin' up dust

Representin' motherfuckin' block