Under

i've been on this earth for about a dime and a nickel

and ever since my birth

i've been too hard to handle

these city streets have turned us baby face into stone

and now i just wanna get away oh get away

and belong

don't let the city get me

don't let the bullets hit me

don't let the dealers shrink me

don't let the streets win me

don't let the the corners hold me

don't let my mother mourn me

don't let the hood take me

don't let this hood take me under

i've seen the light except the face of my father

and i'mma need y'all to pray

pray for my mother

i've got sisters and brothers

that i probably walk by every day

i can't help it

that's just a day a day in the life of where i'm from

don't let the city get me

don't let the the bullets hit me

don't let the dealers trick me

don't let the streets win me

don't let the corners hold me

don't let my mother warn me

don't let the hood take me

don't let this hood take me under

anybody out there like me

oh

don't you just wanna feel free

i hope it doesn't take me out

before i reach my destiny

don't let the city get me

don't let the bullets hit me

don't let the dealers shrink me

don't let the streets make me

don't let the corners hold me

don't let my mother mourn me

don't let the hood take me

don't let this hood take me over

oh don't let them take me right now

i'm begging you please lord

oh