god's ways can be hard to understandnnwhen your living your life out of a trashcannnand for some the mic can turn into a crack pipennif you don't have the strength to fightnnlike don carlos said it's just day to day livingnnstaying one step ahead of the systemnnand if you don't watch out it'll piss all over younnand there's always some motherfucker there to say i told you sonnand so it's 7 for 10 on your foodstampsnnbut if the vice squad catches you kid you'll have to make other plansnnto fill up that pipenncause it's a downward spiral it just don't happen overnightnnnnthis town has left you so hardnnand what about all those things when you were young?nnand what about all that shit that you never done?nnwhen you take, take, take, take what will you receive?nnwhen you lie, lie, lie, lie what can you believe?nnnnhey kid where you been?nnit's been a long time since you left the gardennnused to see you downtown at all the barsnnnow you're sleeping near a heating gratennliving in your carnnbegging spare change just to straighten out your brainnnbut the shit your putting in it is more of the samennof what put you there in the first placennyou think your buying freedom but it's just freebase.nnnnn