otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life...make it up out this life...make it up out this life...Some day the cops will kill a mo...Through the sky I...Use to play the hall up fifth floor...seen the worst of the worst I deserve every ble...I received I'm from the dirt...rew some how I knew the sun will shine thro...h my soul take hold of my hand...otta make it up out the hood someday...make it up out this life...Twenty niggas on the block trying to cha...Cops roll up on the pavement break the dice games up...ke kids can't chase the ice cream truck...All the petty ass wars fuck the night scene up...I lean up ain't the L or the refer that steam up...s my head stress to the point I get a fever...Thinking bout the block and all the mothers and kids...can't leave and how the Chinks gotta feed'e...For the rest of their life fucking wings fried...Two by the foot two by the headboard...And we gotta grip the shorties on the block...Enough to get the latest ROC, newest ...onna make it up out the hood someday...make it up out this life...onna make it up out the hood one day...make it up out this life...Sit and watch the passer-bys play my ...Fuck sitting in the living room guarding the steps...ers agents snapping your picture neighbors...nd holding back all the mothers for a minut...e being willied and your creek gonna rise...otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life...otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life

otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life...make it up out this life...make it up out this life...Some day the cops will kill a mo...Through the sky I...Use to play the hall up fifth floor...seen the worst of the worst I deserve every ble...I received I'm from the dirt...rew some how I knew the sun will shine thro...h my soul take hold of my hand...otta make it up out the hood someday...make it up out this life...Twenty niggas on the block trying to cha...Cops roll up on the pavement break the dice games up...ke kids can't chase the ice cream truck...All the petty ass wars fuck the night scene up...I lean up ain't the L or the refer that steam up...s my head stress to the point I get a fever...Thinking bout the block and all the mothers and kids...can't leave and how the Chinks gotta feed'e...For the rest of their life fucking wings fried...Two by the foot two by the headboard...And we gotta grip the shorties on the block...Enough to get the latest ROC, newest ...onna make it up out the hood someday...make it up out this life...onna make it up out the hood one day...make it up out this life...Sit and watch the passer-bys play my ...Fuck sitting in the living room guarding the steps...ers agents snapping your picture neighbors...nd holding back all the mothers for a minut...e being willied and your creek gonna rise...otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life...otta make it up out the hood some day...make it up out this life

I'm gonna get out of my shell ...And get my life back on the road ...I've seen the worst when I was down ...Now I'm climbing to the top ...ll carry on, though the road is long ...The rest of my life I'll take these cha...d if somewhere down the line ...ind I'm running out of time ...I made the best of every day ...l carry on, 'though the road is long ...The rest of my life I'll take these cha

And Life Goes On (2002) ...The timin ain't me, it'...Speak the truth, haha, speak the truth, yeah, yo, yo...et her I was playin the corner ...Had to scream one of her niggas, like ge...he was a diamond in the rough, real neighbo...And your moms always dissin ...ed out, I had taken your virginity ...as right, sexin all day ...me in, we be playin the hallway ...alkin all day, bout the stupidest shit ...pers, it was Nas at the time ...ze every single bar of his rhymes ..., kids is playin in the park ...y, let 'em sprinkle the truck ...And Life Goes On ...Yeah, huh, but Life Goes On ...But Life Goes On ...still slingin fast, the "Flow Joe" came out...ngs changed, wasn't the same, wanted to han...The groupies was chasin...So you can have your own career, and don...Life seems crazy when yo...That Life Goes On ...So I moved on to the next phase a my life ...I finally met the women I would make ...It was love at the first sight, in the worst way ...Makin plans for the future, how to hust...Pun broke in the doors, now we headl...ttin everybody know your my sweetest possess...real strong through the deepest depression ...Paid no mind to your friends, cause thei...I hold you down for the rest of your life ...Cause Life Goes On ...er, there is a skit of a man being questio...ns:] Look just shut the fuck up, Joe told u...drinking Cristal on the right hand side (ye...Hennessey on the left hand side ...[Man:] You think your a tough guy right (...Your not, your a pussy, cause your afraid if you rat o...[Man:] Your fucking busted man,...Your fucking baby momma

Yoke the Joker! ...ou have now entered the path of the Flavor Unit ...Take that ass to the point you have to ask for your ass back ...Smack the any-and-all talk, j...The reason I called you... a little closer to the center of a blowpipe ...Set the cassette stereo, so...Stood the Sagittarian, some m...Smoke the joker, three times ...nd owe her, go with the flow ...ght faced shit like your heart had been thro...Smile and give your face something the fuck to do ...Grab your microphone, battle ...I smoke your skull, your brain'll come blist...Get the things he needs? Re...You ain't ready for the Freddy of rap ...ill me, I step into your dreams, you feel me...Slicin your life away, just like I m...I eat you the psycho way, I'm rip...itch in a ditch off of angel dust ...luck y'all, look at the props y'all ...Swinging a bolo, your flow goes solo ...It's time to yoke the joker ...The only way you would ...Is if your father would've bot...op, you're stripped of hip-hop ..., you'll be getting your shit dropped ...s extended version, the side you can't fuck...You'll get the jimmy MC, you're swift to kick the bucket ...I'm tired of Mr. Nice Guy, place your price high ... would you ever get the thriller, say y'all...ter than that on my worst day ...tion's what I do in the worst way ...The proof is in the footing, my collar ...n axe to tax, bless the children ...k that then attract the new game plan ...Eat your big beef, digest the rest, test ...ept yet, then go to the next step ...Yoke the joker!

Got a case of armed robbery that ...Maximum sentence, life in jail's what you'...ecution set it with your opening statement ...Your honor, before we ge...e my condolences to the family of the dearly departed ...And the baby's mamma Sandra...Order in the court! ...I'm sorry for the outburst your honor ...ve an original copy of the police report ...January the 4th the day that Kirk Jones got...The forensic report states there was a gun in the car ...aid you was outside the store in Manhattan ...I saw everything, the argument, how son d...The worst shit I saw in my life ...foul ass when I saw the blood ...In your opinion is he the type that would rob...Your honor, objection! ...ld be stricken from the record! ...hat happened inside the store? ...bout 20 past, I saw the S class ...Pull up in the reflection in the mirror in the store glass ...He hopped out of the passenger side wit ... somebody run up in the store and order us on the floor ...t just appraised to the twenty grand and Ty...Is that the moment when he shot...last this way, 'til the gat was empty ...He took the gun handle and broke the glass display ...He emptied all of the trays and ran out the store ...e bleed to death on the floor ...o further questions your honor ...defense please call your first witness ...Yeah aight your honor, I call up He...He's the witness that I'm cross examinin' for the case ...Yeah I testify your honor, it was death... I didn't see a lot of it ...ait, wait objection your honor, his statemen...pons found, no sign of no hostages ...You lyin' in the stand to get him fryin' in the pan ...Now where was you the night you claim he ...e came home bangin' your chick [what you tal...Got your boys out the hood now they slang...eah right... I read your rapsheet... ...Order in the court now I'm warni...Tell your client take it down, matter fact 'proach the bench ...Let the jury be excused so ...Mr. Haley what kind of defense is this man...In the case of the State vs. Kirk Jone...sides testified and the jury reached a verd...By the time you gettin' ou...(What?! Get him out of my courtroom!!) ...Fuck the judge, fuck everybo...You will spend the rest of your life in jail for this! ...e held for contempt of court, and anything

Got a case of armed robbery that ...Maximum sentence, life in jail's what you'...ecution set it with your opening statement...Your honor, before we ge...e my condolences to the family of the dearly departed ...And the baby's mamma Sandra...Order in the court!...I'm sorry for the outburst your honor ...ve an original copy of the police report ...January the 4th the day that Kirk Jones got...The forensic report states there was a gun in the car ...aid you was outside the store in Manhattan ...I saw everything, the argument, how son d...The worst shit I saw in my life ...foul ass when I saw the blood ...In your opinion is he the type that would rob...Your honor, objection!...ld be stricken from the record!...hat happened inside the store?...bout 20 past, I saw the S class ...Pull up in the reflection in the mirror in the store glass ...He hopped out of the passenger side wit ... somebody run up in the store and order us on the floor ...t just appraised to the twenty grand and Ty...Is that the moment when he shot...last this way, 'til the gat was empty ...He took the gun handle and broke the glass display ...He emptied all of the trays and ran out the store...e bleed to death on the floor ...o further questions your honor ...defense please call your first witness ...Yeah aight your honor, I call up He...He's the witness that I'm cross examinin' for the case ...Yeah I testify your honor, it was death... I didn't see a lot of it ...ait, wait objection your honor, his statemen...pons found, no sign of no hostages ...You lyin' in the stand to get him fryin' in the pan ...Now where was you the night you claim he ...e came home bangin' your chick [what you tal...Got your boys out the hood now they slang...eah right... I read your rapsheet......Order in the court now I'm warni...Tell your client take it down, matter fact 'proach the bench ...Let the jury be excused so ...Mr. Haley what kind of defense is this man...In the case of the State vs. Kirk Jone...sides testified and the jury reached a verd...By the time you gettin' ou...(What?! Get him out of my courtroom!!)...Fuck the judge, fuck everybo...You will spend the rest of your life in jail for this!...e held for contempt of court, and anything

And it was the morning of the last day of the year ...I was him than what the hell was I doing he...hat would I do with the rest of my life ...ail I guess I'd get the hell ...Out of Orlando and find me...thing except lie in the sun ...So I called up the front desk to see i...n you're sitting in your hotel room naked as...Down in Orlando in the middle of the night ...You know the desire to throw my naked body out the fifth floor of the Holiday Inn kept ge...That was the worst idea that I had all day ...to myself just what the hell was a jaybird ...And just what the hell does it look l

and East, whatever the way ...I'm tired of doing what the devils say ...ng born colored was the worst disease ...And we the worst to bread, worse tha...uh, uh, uh. I'm in the field, that's white...om dusk to dawn til the sun come and it lea...g, pulling, cutting the field ...dehydrate, stuck in the heat ... I don't get enough of my sleep ...d then waking up in the wee ...Hours of the morning, stacking stalks of hay ...Hoping the rain from dawn til shower day ... sing or speak from your mouth ...s taught to pray to the Lord and have faith...with more headaches the buffering ...a spend my time off the destructive by gett...I drop down the road, trying to get that pot of gold ...Still out in the field, mobbing with...momma got laid off, the lil' sis need shoes...Life ain't got no rules,...every now and then, your gonna sing the blues

and East, whatever the way...I'm tired of doing what the devils say...ng born colored was the worst disease...And we the worst to bread, worse tha...uh, uh, uh. I'm in the field, that's white...om dusk to dawn til the sun come and it lea...g, pulling, cutting the field...dehydrate, stuck in the heat... I don't get enough of my sleep...d then waking up in the wee...Hours of the morning, stacking stalks of hay...Hoping the rain from dawn til shower day... sing or speak from your mouth...s taught to pray to the Lord and have faith...with more headaches the buffering...a spend my time off the destructive by gett...I drop down the road, trying to get that pot of gold...Still out in the field, mobbing with...momma got laid off, the lil' sis need shoes...Life ain't got no rules,...every now and then, your gonna sing the blues

I'm the prime suspect in the projects ...ozer, got me livin' life with no future ...The only thing that kee...rd to my peoples in the essence ...but it might be for the best ...'Cause life is full of stress ...And the projects you won't ...God, fuck the world, it's a mess ...God, as I look into the sky ...onder why things be the way they are ... world lookin' from the outside in ...The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass ...Every day lived, is a step to...il you're dead that your body's at rest ...The Two Cent S, my cous...Rest in peace no one can ever take your place ...The pain is eternal ...No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence ...e but we still feel your presence ...Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart ...It's the harsh reality you'r...Of sorrow, no one's pr...(It seems like the good times versus the bad times) ...akers that's all in the past ...And I'm livin' for the future, gotta make the great cash ...I might be going to your wake) ...Members of my family upstate i..., gettin' the, best of me ...So it seems like life is my worst enemy ...Life is what you make it...s going to war with the other side of town ...I use the world as my zoo, I ... when I think about the slave camps ...I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain) ...sweat it, just play the game of life at your best ...Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't ...Shy fuck the world it's a mess)

I'm the prime suspect in the projects ...ozer, got me livin' life with no future ...The only thing that kee...rd to my peoples in the essence ...but it might be for the best ...'Cause life is full of stress ...And the projects you won't ...God, fuck the world, it's a mess ...God, as I look into the sky ...onder why things be the way they are ... world lookin' from the outside in ...The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass ...Every day lived, is a step to...il you're dead that your body's at rest ...The Two Cent S, my cous...Rest in peace no one can ever take your place ...The pain is eternal ...No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence ...e but we still feel your presence ...Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart ...It's the harsh reality you'r...Of sorrow, no one's pr...(It seems like the good times versus the bad times) ...akers that's all in the past ...And I'm livin' for the future, gotta make the great cash ...I might be going to your wake) ...Members of my family upstate i..., gettin' the, best of me ...So it seems like life is my worst enemy ...Life is what you make it...s going to war with the other side of town ...I use the world as my zoo, I ... when I think about the slave camps ...I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain) ...sweat it, just play the game of life at your best ...Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't ...Shy fuck the world it's a mess)

I'm the prime suspect in the projects ...ozer, got me livin' life with no future ...The only thing that kee...rd to my peoples in the essence ...but it might be for the best ...'Cause life is full of stress ...And the projects you won't ...God, fuck the world, it's a mess ...God, as I look into the sky ...onder why things be the way they are ... world lookin' from the outside in ...The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass ...Every day lived, is a step to...il you're dead that your body's at rest ...The Two Cent S, my cous...Rest in peace no one can ever take your place ...The pain is eternal ...No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence ...e but we still feel your presence ...Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart ...It's the harsh reality you'r...Of sorrow, no one's pr...(It seems like the good times versus the bad times) ...akers that's all in the past ...And I'm livin' for the future, gotta make the great cash ...I might be going to your wake) ...Members of my family upstate i..., gettin' the, best of me ...So it seems like life is my worst enemy ...Life is what you make it...s going to war with the other side of town ...I use the world as my zoo, I ... when I think about the slave camps ...I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain) ...sweat it, just play the game of life at your best ...Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't ...Shy fuck the world it's a mess)

I'm the prime suspect in the projects ...ozer, got me livin' life with no future ...The only thing that kee...rd to my peoples in the essence ...but it might be for the best ...'Cause life is full of stress ...And the projects you won't ...God, fuck the world, it's a mess ...God, as I look into the sky ...onder why things be the way they are ... world lookin' from the outside in ...The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass ...Every day lived, is a step to...il you're dead that your body's at rest ...The Two Cent S, my cous...Rest in peace no one can ever take your place ...The pain is eternal ...No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence ...e but we still feel your presence ...Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart ...It's the harsh reality you'r...Of sorrow, no one's pr...(It seems like the good times versus the bad times) ...akers that's all in the past ...And I'm livin' for the future, gotta make the great cash ...I might be going to your wake) ...Members of my family upstate i..., gettin' the, best of me ...So it seems like life is my worst enemy ...Life is what you make it...s going to war with the other side of town ...I use the world as my zoo, I ... when I think about the slave camps ...I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain) ...sweat it, just play the game of life at your best ...Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't ...Shy fuck the world it's a mess)

I'm the prime suspect in the projects ...ozer, got me livin' life with no future ...The only thing that kee...rd to my peoples in the essence ...but it might be for the best ...'Cause life is full of stress ...And the projects you won't ...God, fuck the world, it's a mess ...God, as I look into the sky ...onder why things be the way they are ... world lookin' from the outside in ...The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass ...Every day lived, is a step to...il you're dead that your body's at rest ...The Two Cent S, my cous...Rest in peace no one can ever take your place ...The pain is eternal ...No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence ...e but we still feel your presence ...Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart ...It's the harsh reality you'r...Of sorrow, no one's pr...(It seems like the good times versus the bad times) ...akers that's all in the past ...And I'm livin' for the future, gotta make the great cash ...I might be going to your wake) ...Members of my family upstate i..., gettin' the, best of me ...So it seems like life is my worst enemy ...Life is what you make it...s going to war with the other side of town ...I use the world as my zoo, I ... when I think about the slave camps ...I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain) ...sweat it, just play the game of life at your best ...Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't ...Shy fuck the world it's a mess)