Dear Lord, I know You don't condoneThe things I be doin' out here in these streetsAnd I hope that, I pray that You can overlookThe wrong that I had done in my lifeI don't know no other way to survive out hereI got a whole bunch of people dependin' on meJust walk with me, walk with meBusslin' and gamblin', hit licks scramblin'Bricks, I'm out here handlin', I'm pimpin' and I'm payin' the rentDidn't choose this dirty game, this dirty game, it chose meEvery city love cocaine, they'll get it from himIf they don't get it from meSo I get cross-country with that thangMakin' that crisp, lettin 'em hangBangin' 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 wellMight go to heaven, might go to hellBut just put me in woodgrain lane DevilleI wonder sometime how life would be if it was no such thing as DBut 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 surviveAnd now they didn't die from thankin' weakGotta play for keeps, gotta play it hard, still tryna get right with GodStill read my Bible lone 'cause Reverend do wrong, still livin' fraudTonight if I get down on my kneesAnd ask the Lord to forgive me, pleaseYou thank He gon' hear me?'Cause tomorrow I'm still gon' be slangin' ki'sLord, I'm just a GOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?I just can't give it upI'm riskin' all out in the streetsOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?See, I was born in the ghetto, manye, I was raised in the hoodAnd unless you lived it yourself, it just can't be understoodPeople think hustlin' is cool or hustlin' is liveThey don't understand hustlers only hustlin' to surviveThey wished they lived in the 'burbs, wished they didn't have to hangOut on corners in low-income house in projects and slangThey wish their daddy was home, mama wasn't on drugsAnd they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugsPo' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthyBut it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthyYou ain't givin' no hope, nobody showin' you prideAnd you live with all this anger and frustration insideDog, don't let nobody tell you what you can or you can't doJust 'cause they funky ass couldn't do it, they ain't youYou can be who you wanna be, live life how you feelJust put your faith in the Lord, now that's keepin' it trill fo' realLord, I'm just a GOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?I just can't give it upI'm riskin' all out in the streetsOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G'sFor all the niggaz in the game that's been slangin' cheeseFor all them boys on them swangers and their fifth wheelI'm out here riskin' my life, niggaz shife but I stay trillI pray so much, I wonder if the Lord love meI think He do but I'm so caught up in my thug deepThe feds bug me, followin' me around for threeNiggaz couldn't catch me so they hit me with conspiracyYou know that that's the other level of the gameAin't got shit on me but some niggaz said my nameSo here they come, they thang tightThey playin' shife, no Bun ,givin' me lifeI ain't goin' back, I'm a make 'em kill meI'ma bust back, fuck the pen, you feel me?Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girlI know it's a better place than livin' in this dirty worldLord, I'm just a GOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?I just can't give it upI'm riskin' all out in the streetsOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?Some people win and some people loseSome always cryin' the blues, yeahSome people win, some people loseSome always bein' misusedLord, I'm just a GOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?Just can't give it upI'm riskin' all out in the streetsOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?'Cause I need You, Lord, right nowI need You, right nowNeed Ya, I need Ya, I need YaI need Ya 'cause I'm goin' and livin' too fast, yeahLord, I'm just a GOut here livin' fastHow long can it last?I just can't give it upI'm riskin' all out in the streetsOut here livin' fastHow 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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