yo angers what i posesse in my heart/my life been a struggle from da start/from hard time to harder times/from food stamps to da soup lines/resortin to da corna ta make ens meat/now i'm rappin fightin to get in da game/watchin niggas who ain't been shit act like dis a play thang/you show respect when its deserved/not cause you beat some clown ass rappas wit no words/pac and big lookin down on em sayin they got nerve/niggas claim to know bout hard times/but they ain't neva toyched let alone seen a 9/you claim ta grind but you ain't neva been outside in da hood afta 5/first ta start cryin when da pork arrive/and when da bullet start flyin you da first ta dive and not reach fo da heat/insteat you like ta flee/on da block i'm from a nigga like dat won't eat/oh you talkin bout you gangsta hy you tellin me/what you think i should give you a treat/you don't wanna be a ganst what you sow is what you reap/
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yo i realized dis ain't no game from da begginin/cause if it was somebody would be winnin/no all the greats ain't even livin/so why ya'll boys content wit da luxuries ya'll been givin/most people ova seas is fightin to keep livin

IF NIGGAZ PRACTICED WHAT DEY PREACHED,MAYB OUR EYES COULD SEE SOME PEACE,PROVE ME WRONG WHEN I SAY WE BEEN DEFEATED BY OUR OWN STREETS,NIGGAZ SAYIN DEY DOWN,BUT NOWHERE 2 B FOUND,WHEN SMILES FLIPPED AROUND,MY ARMY MARCH IN BY DA MILES 2 KEEP MY BLOCC FROM A RUBISH PILE,SUMMA US MAY B SCRUBISH,BUT WHEN RUSHIN WE FIRST 2 STOP AT NUTHIN,ALWAYS BURST W/ DAT EXTRA SUMPIN,SHO MY FAMILY I DIDNT DIE 4 NUTHIN,ITS ALL WE GOT,LIKE FIRESQUAD SAID,"I SHOW RESPECT WHEN ITS DESERVED",BUT U GOT DIS URGE 2 EXPRESS YO WORTH,N SUMPIN LESS DENA PILE OF TURDS,N DEMAND RESPECT????4 SUMPIN U HEARED,NAW IF 2PAC WAZ HERE,DEY'D B HAVIN SUM WORDS,IMAG N BIGGIES SPIRIT ROLLIN IN DA DIRT(PUTTIN IN WORK),ITS A SHAME,I'LL NEVA SEE DAY WHEN WE ALL COME CLEAN,"I DOUBT IT'LL STAY DAT WAY,SO Y SHOULD WE",CUZ,I AINT GOT NO KIDS,BUT IF I PRAY......I'D LIKE 2 GIVE EM WHAT I MISSED,A BRIGHTER FUTURE SUMPIN DEY CAN GRIP,NEVA KNO WHEN MY HANDS COULD SLIP(DIE),JUS WISHFUL THINKIN WHEN DA TIME COMES IN,KEEP IN MIND,GOD JUDGES THOSE WHO LEFT DA TRUTH BEHIND