Yeah yeah yeah hey
The cityscape where
I stay is gettin hot now
Unemployment is high
And buildings is gettin
Chopped down
Gold teeth populating the block
Slurring slang they ignite
On the lookout for cops
Make the shots ring
Out like the Liberty Bell
No escape from the heat
That's getting hotter than hell
Like the oven's on broil
With blood stains in the soil
Pimped on in the
Colors of crown royal
And little sister's
Got a baby on hip
And her momma never
Home so the cycle is sick
Young ballers on the court
Wanna play in the league
But got knocked in the
Spot for a quarter of weed
It's getting hot in here
Baby leave on your clothes
Much more to living life
Than emulating them hoes
I try to speak truth
In the form of my flows
But the temperature is rising
It's harder to grow fo' sho'
Gotta keep my head up yeah)
Even though I'm fed up
Gettin' hard to eat right)
And all the drama in the street
Gotta keep my head up yeah)
Even though I'm fed up
Gettin' hard to eat right)
And all the drama in the street
Heads up eyes open
Rest in peace headquarters
Tunnel vision
Most of us is rushing
Like a special order of stolen NIA
The block is hot the ghetto on fire
With more narc sales than
Avon Barksdale from
That show The Wire
We keep growing
Like hair when you die
Black butterfly on the rose
That's preparing to fly
I paint a picture with the
Color of the orchid it's vivid
Whatever kid I talk it
I spit it I walk it I live it
God bless every step
And need to go through a reverend
Your boy used to gouge
An eye out just to get into heaven
We live between heaven
And hell like John Constantine
Doing crimes they confessing
Like a teenage drama queen
We were leaning
Now were falling down
Like Michael Douglas
I spit it fast I gotta get it out
They might unplug it
And try to drug us
So I stay aware and watch
Out for the set up
Never scared to go head up
Got a plan to get my bread up and
Gotta keep my head up yeah)
Even though I'm fed up
Gettin' hard to eat right)
And all the drama in the street
Gotta keep my head up yeah)
Even though I'm fed up
Gettin' hard to eat right)
And all the drama in the street
