still i wanna be right here in my hood

still i wanna be in the state of my home

still i wanna be in my low low

getting closer i wanna be in the streets yeah

to the mommies and the daddies with they babies

i know it's hard and it may seem a little crazy

to my ladies with their babies by their lonesome

your little baby boy one day will be a grownsome

and it's harder in the night but then the light come

you made a choice baby girl then it's the right one

and to my people with the struggle trying to cope

yeah we're living in the dark but there's hope there