I know, it get kinda hard sometimes,   We all looking for some kind of, outlet to plug into, but ahh,      From the corners of street,   In every hood and every ghetto   (AZ) Every hood   I'm the proof of what could be, if you try   If you wanna try   (AZ) It's on you   All the haters wanna see,   (AZ) Uh uhn   A nigga's life in misery   (AZ) Uh uhn   But I'ma keep on doing me, 'til I die      Handcuffed by the wrist and tied in the feet   So stressed, wish that I could die in my sleep   And Lord knows, thru his grace I done tried it wit peace   But it's like niggas ain't happy 'til they finally deceased   Feel the grief, of a street, nigga that turned to rap   And just applied everything that he learned from crack   I'm in now, it's life ain't no turning back   It been foul so what kinda concerns is that   Peep the signs of the eyes ''cause it tell it all   One of the few in the streets that was selling it raw   Made mistakes, but it made me intelligent more   And how I move, you could still look and tell I was poor   How can the hate from another man stop my flow   That's like another pimp thinking he can knock my hoe   I'm here now, just trying to copp and blow   Couple of cars and lot's of doe      From the corners of street, in every hood and every ghetto   I'm the proof of what could be, if you try   If you wanna try   All the haters wanna see   A niggas life in misery   But I'ma keep on doing me, 'til I die      One by one, seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall   You seen one nigga ball, you done seen 'em all   Even standup niggas seen 'em lean and crawl   What makes a man wanna fiend for more   Life itself is more than a trial or a quest   Intelligent wise, it's like I done ran with the best   And very rarely, you can catch me casually dressed   I'm more relaxed in a hat and some sweats   Doing me, been amongst some of the street's most strongest men   Around for months then they gone again   Incarcerated, penalized for the love of they acts   Criminals, cold-hearted, now what's fucing wit that?   Where we at? hit inside of a life that's rarely exposed   Spoken in codes for the killers that daily'll dose   Get yours, hit a quota then get indoors   Get legit then get them stores      From the corners of street, in every hood and every ghetto   I'm the proof of what could be, if you try   If you wanna try   All the haters wanna see   A niggas life in misery   But I'ma keep on doing me, 'til I die      So now it's on y'all, could see, I done figured it out   Only a few could say that they been in my house   And caroused at my wall color, blend with my couch   I'm as low as you can go in the south   When it's too deep, it's hard for the mind to relate   Some say I'm too street and way too involved wit the snakes   What make a man bigger that life, I'm twice his age   Understand I'm a sinner but I'm nice some ways   Knee-deep in what I speak ''cause I spit the truth   I become angelic when I sit in the booth   Just a thought of all the ill shit that lurk in streets   How can another real nigga wanna work wit police   Bad enough you got thiefs and the beef is rough   I took an oath just to smoke, eat, sleep and fuck   Knowledge of self, I'ma do this regardless of wealth   Regardless of how the deck and how the cards get dealth      From the corners of street, in every hood and every ghetto   I'm the proof of what could be, if you try   If you wanna try   All the haters wanna see   A niggas life in misery   But I'ma keep on doing me, 'til I die