I've sent letters to -hell-, Sent some letters to -heaven-,
-Slept well- cause I'm knowin' I got peace amongst my -brothren-.
None -fittin'a- get they -gats- -spittin'ta- to otha niggas -hats-,
We need a place where we can escape from hell cause each of us is -livin' that-
Been slapped down for our color, dusted off and -risen back-.
Kept my mind -open-, -chosen- for what I've -spoken-,
Even -chokin'- for what I -wrote them-:
"Grow up in your time, stay alive" is what I'm -hopin'em-.
It's only a matter of time before me and a -bullet merge-,
Come to -terms- with your upcomin' demise then you stress -these words-:
"This is what to the -table I've brought-, what my -fables have taught-,
These niggas with these livin' spirits I -gave them heart-.
Spend my nights blazin' up a -tree-, not talkin' 'bout the -weed-,
I'm talking about the paper upon which I motherfuckin' -bleed-,
I've been packin' somethin' for -these- -three nights and two days-
-Deep write with blue haze-, -Each night I drew plays-,
-Lead fights with cooled face-.
And in the same scene have a comrade gunned downed cause -two blazed- -prematurely-.
Got nothin' to -say- to that -mother- except "we were coo like we were -brothers-".
Now he's -undercovers-,

Chorus 1:
Livin in a world where the poor are -cast aside-
And a man’s -wallet size- -coincides- with -their rides-
The others around us just try to live -their lives-
Our -Brothers-, our Sisters, our Fathers and -Mothers- are -hospitalized-
It's like it's not in our -rights- to -live out our lives-
He used to -stay wit the heat- now he's just chalk 'til it's -raised up off the street-.
You knew what it was by the way the doctor -walked out in the hall-,
Boy shot down and died -'fore he could hold alcohol-.

Verse 2:
Never been a day when I wanted to catch my love so -eagerly-,
Fall back and I've got you release all evil that you -seem to see-
-Buggin you-, -huggin' you's- -somethin you've- been -lovin', true-.
-Wasn't you- so scared of the future, not so much now cause I'm -cov'rin you-.
-I'm tugged in two-, I -come to you- to release all -agression- I'm -resentin'-,
All the -tension- that I've -pent in-, I wrote them since in these -sentences-.
My -relentlessness- could numb all my -senses- if I'm -tempted- for a -vengance-.
I've -never since-, would prove it, but I've no -evidence-. [no evidence]
For whatever god you praise to, whatever -form he is-
Pray to that -nigga- so we can -figure- how to -support these kids-.
Next -Generation- has to send an -ovation-...If we can -support these kids-

Chorus 2:
We livin in a world where the poor are cast -aside-
And a man’s -wallet size- -coincides- with -their rides-
The others around us just try to live -their lives-
Our -Brothers-, our Sisters, our Fathers and -Mothers- are -hospitalized-.
It's like it's not in our -rights- to -live out our lives-.
Give a -cry- for the child who has to -live out in strife-
Baby's daddy left home now -sittin- wit a -diff'rent wife- each -given night-
We gotta make a thugs mansion stand up to make the children -livin right-.