one time one timenone time one timenone time one timenone timenn(Verse 1)never since a youngstanive always been downnstay true in the hoodnroll around straight clowninnbut now that im olderni feel much wisernsoaked up game from the G'z and the ridahznbut still nim youngnand still im on the runni cant live this way now that i have a sonngotta think twice bout the moves that i makenand im feelin all alone in a game filled with snakesnits not about whos there and whos notnits about whos real in the heart from the startnwhile i sit in this dark roomnwritin down my problemsnhopin this worldncould see where im coming fromnlately im thinkin about this lifenyou think i do wrong but i feel like its rightnso i stand and i fightnfor what i believena son of the streets so i know yall feel menwhen the game gets cold and the game gets deepnthats when my heart n soul feel like it gets weakntake your time to seenbefore you wanna judgenhow hard it was growin up wit no lovenwhen will i find a homena place where i belongnplace in my life where i wont feel alonenbut my mind is gonenand i feel all alonenn(Hook) x2neverywhere i go seems strange to menmaybe this life wasn't meant to benso im gonenand i feel so alonenmy life past by before my eyesnmake it thru the night the sun will shinenon n onnon n onnn(Verse 2)njust the other day a tear fell down my eyencuhz i readna letter from my homie doin timenmade me felt sadnand i couldnt even talknso i write it on the padnstraight from my heartnsometimesni feel like i think too muchnalways wonder why this life is roughntheres people in this game stuck wit no choicenbut im here representin let the world hear my voicenand thats fo shoenfor my dawgz n my g'znand all my lil brosnwatch us all grownone love from thai dawgnall around the globenso when u feel alonenkeep ur mind strongnjust remember life goes on and on and on and onnn(Hook) x2neverywhere i go seems strange to menmaybe this life wasn't meant to benso im gonenand i feel so alonenmy life past by before my eyesnmake it thru the night the sun will shinenon n onnon n on