How Long Can It Last
UGK

Dear Lord, I know You don't condone

The things I be doin' out here in these streets

And I hope that, I pray that You can overlook

The wrong that I had done in my life


I don't know no other way to survive out here

I got a whole bunch of people dependin' on me

Just walk with me, walk with me


Busslin' and gamblin', hit licks scramblin'

Bricks, I'm out here handlin', I'm pimpin' and I'm payin' the rent

Didn't choose this dirty game, this dirty game, it chose me

Every city love cocaine, they'll get it from him

If they don't get it from me


So I get cross-country with that thang

Makin' that crisp, lettin 'em hang

Bangin' that 'Pac, if I die tonight, least mama know I didn't die in vain

'Cause I put up sum from every sale so all my children can live well

Might go to heaven, might go to hell

But just put me in woodgrain lane Deville


I wonder sometime how life would be if it was no such thing as D

But then I put that sweet down 'cause that bullshit don't apply to me

'Cause out here on the real streets a dreamer always stay sleep

'Cause out here the strong survive

And now they didn't die from thankin' weak


Gotta play for keeps, gotta play it hard, still tryna get right with God

Still read my Bible lone 'cause Reverend do wrong, still livin' fraud

Tonight if I get down on my knees

And ask the Lord to forgive me, please

You thank He gon' hear me?

'Cause tomorrow I'm still gon' be slangin' ki's


Lord, I'm just a G

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?

I just can't give it up


I'm riskin' all out in the streets

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?


See, I was born in the ghetto, manye, I was raised in the hood

And unless you lived it yourself, it just can't be understood

People think hustlin' is cool or hustlin' is live

They don't understand hustlers only hustlin' to survive


They wished they lived in the 'burbs, wished they didn't have to hang

Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slang

They wish their daddy was home, mama wasn't on drugs

And they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugs


Po' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy

But it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthy

You ain't givin' no hope, nobody showin' you pride

And you live with all this anger and frustration inside


Dog, don't let nobody tell you what you can or you can't do

Just 'cause they funky ass couldn't do it, they ain't you

You can be who you wanna be, live life how you feel

Just put your faith in the Lord, now that's keepin' it trill fo' real


Lord, I'm just a G

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?

I just can't give it up


I'm riskin' all out in the streets

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?


I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G's

For all the niggaz in the game that's been slangin' cheese

For all them boys on them swangers and their fifth wheel

I'm out here riskin' my life, niggaz shife but I stay trill


I pray so much, I wonder if the Lord love me

I think He do but I'm so caught up in my thug deep

The feds bug me, followin' me around for three

Niggaz couldn't catch me so they hit me with conspiracy


You know that that's the other level of the game

Ain't got shit on me but some niggaz said my name

So here they come, they thang tight

They playin' shife, no Bun ,givin' me life


I ain't goin' back, I'm a make 'em kill me

I'ma bust back, fuck the pen, you feel me?

Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girl

I know it's a better place than livin' in this dirty world


Lord, I'm just a G

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?

I just can't give it up


I'm riskin' all out in the streets

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?


Some people win and some people lose

Some always cryin' the blues, yeah

Some people win, some people lose

Some always bein' misused


Lord, I'm just a G

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?

Just can't give it up


I'm riskin' all out in the streets

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?


'Cause I need You, Lord, right now

I need You, right now

Need Ya, I need Ya, I need Ya

I need Ya 'cause I'm goin' and livin' too fast, yeah


Lord, I'm just a G

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?

I just can't give it up


I'm riskin' all out in the streets

Out here livin' fast

How long can it last?


Out here livin' too fast, how long can it last?

I can't get up, Lord, can You help me?

Lord, can You help me? Can You help me?

Can You help me, right now, yeah


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  3 In The Mornin'   3 In The Mornin'   7th Street   7th Street Interlude   976-Bun B   Ain't That A Bitch (Ask Yourself)   AKickDoe!   Bad As Hell   Big Pimpin   Bitch   Bitch You Know You Like That   Bump And Grill   Candy   Choppin' Blades   Choppin' Blades   Chrome Plated Woman   Chrome Plated Women   Cocaine   Cocaine In The Back Of The Ride   Country Cousins   Country Cousins   Cramping My Style   Da Game Been Good To Me   Diamonds & Wood   Diamonds and Wood   Dirty Money   Don't Say Shit   Everybody Wanna Ball   Family Affair   Feds In Town   Feelin' You   Feeling You   Front Back   Front Back   Front, Back & Side to Side   Front, Back & Side To Side (explicit)   Front, Back & Side To Side   Fuck My Car   Game Belongs to Me   Gold Grill   Gold Grill featuring Eightball & MJG   Good Stuff   Gravy   Grind Hard   Hard as Hell   Hard As Hell   Hard As Hell featuring Akon   Harry A**hole   Harry Asshole   Heaven   Hi Life   Hi-Life   Hiside   Hit The Block   Hit the Block [*]   Holdin' Na   Holdin' Na   I Left It Wet for You   I Wanna Be Free   I'm So Bad   I'm So Bad   Int'l Player's Anthem   Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)   International Player's Anthem   International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)   International Player's Anthem (Remix)   International Players Anthem   Intro   It's Supposed To Bubble   It's Supposed To Bubble   Let Me See It   Life Is   Life Is 2009   Like a Pimp   Like Dat   Like That   Like That (Remix)   Like That [Remix]   Live This Life   Live Wires Connect   Living This Life   Look at Me   Money, Hoes & Power (UGK & Jermaine Dupri)   Money, Hoes & Power (UGK & Jermaine Dupri)   Murder   Mutha Aint Mine [Instrumental]   Next Up   One Day   PA Nigga   Pimpin' Ain't No Illusion   Pimpin' Ain't No Illusion - Kool Ace   Pimpin' Ain't No Illusion   Pinky Ring   Playaz From The South   Players Anthem   Pocket Full Of Stones   Pocket Full Of Stones (Remix)   Pocket Full of Stones [Pimp C Remix]   Pocket Full of Stones [Remix]   Pop The Trunk   Protect And Serve   Purse Come First   Purse Comes First   Quit Hatin' The South   Quit Hatin' The South   Real Woman   Real Women   Return   Ridin' Dirty   Ridin' Dirty   Shattered Dreams   She Luv It   Short Texas   Slangin'   Something Good   Something Good (Extended Version)   Something Good (Pimp C's Remix)   Steal Your Mind   Steel Your Mind featuring Too Short & Snoop Dogg   Stick 'Em Up   Still On The Grind   Still On The Grind featuring Rahemm DeVaughn   Still Ridin' Dirty   Still Ridin\u2019 Dirty   Still Ridin' Dirty   Stop N Go   Stop-N-Go   Suicide Doors   Swishas & Erb   Swishas & Erb   Swishas & Erb featuring Sleepy Brown   Swishas & Herb   Swishas & Herb   Swishas And Dosha   Swishas And Erb   Take It Off   Take It Off [*]   Take Tha Hood Back   Tell Me How Ya Feel   Texas Ave Interlude   Texas Ave.   Texas Ave. (Interlude)   Texas Avenue Interlude   That's Why I Carry   The Corruptor's Execution   The Game Been Good To Me   The Game Belongs to Me   The Game Belongs To Me   The Pimp & The Bun   Three Sixteens   Top Drop Dyne   Touched   Trill Ass Nigga   Trill Niggas Don't Die   Trill Niggas Don\u2019t Die   Trill Niggas Don't Die   Two Type Of Bitches   Underground Kingz   Use Me Up   Used To Be   Wipe Me Down [Remix]   Wood Wheel   Woodwheel

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