If you know this how you living, put your hands up! Where they at? If you from the streets like me, put your hands up! D Boys on my tease, put your hands up! Independent bad bitches, put your hands up! If you rep your city like me, put your hands up!

You're gonna know in your soul This is what we came here for Here and now So live it loud This moment, it won't be ignored So why not open up that door? They say that life is a two-way street When you're not sure. You gotta trust your feet

I was just underrated, then I turned to a beast (Hey) Eat you like a gator when you stuck up in the streets (Ahh) I got 4 kids and they mouths gotta feast (Feast) Get a lick on the north and I sold it on the east (East) I know I'm a dawg 'cause I'm

You wouldn't know what to say to yourself Love is a poverty you couldn't sell Misery waits in vague hotels To be evicted Oh, when they beat upon a broken guitar And all the streets, they reek of tropical charms The embassies lie in hideous shards Where

Surprise surprise Yesterday is yesterday And lies they lied You don't have to love this town Walking through these empty streets This town is dead Rain is coming harder now upon your head You can't get far enough away

Talkin' about the lights of my hometown Yeah, they come alive when the sun goes down When the sun goes down You know the lights of my hometown Main Street drag lined up with red tail lights Yeah they come alive when the sun goes down He almost comes

There's something dying on the street You're gonna get back on your feet Up against the wall When they knock you down (No you can't stop now) Remember what I said Boy you was battle born Cause you can't stop now (Cause you can't stop now) You lost faith

For street niggas livin with they lives on the line For young guns comin' up during these times For police that find drugs let niggas slide For your mans not snitchin' when the pressure is tight For pistols that don't jam when it's time to strike For

For such a simple man I know it sounds absurd When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily Oh joyfully, playfully watching me But then

For such a simple man I know it sounds absurd When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily Oh joyfully, playfully watching me But then