Damn, take a ride to my block   My block, that's right heh   [Incomprehensible] on my motherfuckin' block      They got a nigga sheddin' tears, reminiscin' on my past fears   'Cause shit was hectic for me last year   It appears that I've been marked for death, my heartless breath   The underlyin' cause of my arrest, my life is stressed   And no rest forever weary, my eyes stay teary   For all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery   Shit is scary, how black on black crime legendary   But at times unnecessary, I'm gettin' worried   Teardrops and closed caskets, the three strikes law is drastic   And certain death for us, ghetto bastards      What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire?   Life in the pen ain't for me, 'cause I'd rather die   But don't cry through your despair   I wonder if the Lord still cares, for us niggaz on welfare   And who cares if we survive   The only time they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin' on a four five   My neighborhood ain't the same   'Cause all these little babies goin' crazy   And they sufferin' in the game and I swear it's like a trap   But I ain't given up on the hood, it's all good when I go back   Hoes show me love, niggaz give me props   Forever hope 'cause it don't stop on my block      Livin' life is but a dream   Hard times is all we see   On my block   Every block is kinda mean   But on our block we still play   But on our block we still play      Now shits constantly hot, on my block, it never fails to be gunshots   Can't explain a mother's pain, when her son drops   Black male slippin' in hail, when will we prevail?   Fearin' jail but crack sales got me livin' well   And the system's suicidal with this thug's life   Stayin' strapped forever strapped in this drug life   God help me, 'cause I'm starvin' can't get a job   So I resort to violent robberies my life is hard   Can't sleep 'cause all the dirt make my heart hurt      Put in work and shed tears for my dead peers   Mislead from childhood where I went astray   Till this day I still pray for a better way   Can't help but feel hopeless and heartbroke   From the start I felt the racism 'cause I'm dark   Couldn't quit the bullshit make me represent   Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I went   In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own   I close my eyes and picture home on my block      Livin' life is but a dream   Hard times is all we see   On my block   Every block is kinda mean   But on our block we still play   But on our block we still play      And I can't help but wonder why, so many young kids had to die   Caught strays from A.K's in the drive by   Swollen pride and homicide don't coincide   Brothers cry for broken lives, mama come inside   'Cause our block is filled with danger   Used to be a close knit community but now we're all cold strangers   Time changes us to stone them crack pipes   All up and down the block exterminatin' black life   But I can't blame the dealers      My mama's welfare check has brought the next man chrome wheels   Shits real, I know you feel, my tragedy   A single mother with a problem child, daddy free   Hangin' out pickin' up game, sippin' cheap liquor   Gamin' the hooches, hopin' I can get to sleep with her   It's a man's world, stayin' strapped   Fantasies of a nigga livin' phat, but held back   Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless   Wide eyed and losin' focus on my block      Livin' life is but a dream   Hard times is all we see   On my block   Every block is kinda mean   But on our block we still play   But on our block we still play      And block parties in tha projects lastin' way past daylight   A young nigga learned to break night   Used to play fight with my homies but they stuck in the pen   I send 'em ends, but it's tough on a friend   In my mind I see the same motherfuckers ballin'   Alcohol will make a lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call   I know the young niggaz understand this   Growin' up in this world where everythin' is scandalous   I reminisce on tha fast times, past crimes      Tryin' to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime   Can't explain just what attracts me to this dirty game   Gold chains some extra change, and the street fame   And what's strange is everybody knows my name   Swear they all know me   And lots of cash make a nigga change   I hit the green just to maintain, feelin' pain   For all the niggaz that I lost to the game from my block   Thats right      Livin' life is but a dream   Hard times is all we see   Rest in peace to all the muh'fuckers who passed away   Every block is kinda mean   From all the blocks that I'm from   But on our block we still play      One twelve street, Seventh Avenue, New York, Uptown   Know what I'm sayin?   But on our block we still play   183rd and Walt, my block, that's right   But on our block we still play   122nd and Morningside, my block, that's right   But on our block we still play      Decatur Avenue, Baltimore, my block, that's right   But on our block we still play   In the jungle of Atlantic city, that's my block, that's right   But on our block we still play      Los Angeles, aha, that's my block too   But on our block we still play   Oakland, can't forget Oaktown, that's my block for sure   But on our block we still play      And all the other blocks around this motherfucker   Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, Chicago   All y'all niggaz stay kickin' up dust   Representin' motherfuckin' block