Life, painIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameI hold my glock to my chest, yes my steel is cold
I pray to God to come to rescue me and save my soul
I reminisce on my past life ever since I was a young
Shorty I didn't act right, live for the street lifeYellin', "What it be like?", Nigga we Folks
Money makin' hustlaz from the Westside and it shows
In these past years, shit it's been a hell of 25
Back in '91, I didn't even think I'd be aliveI was sellin' jewelry to rocks, and rocks to weed
Off at the comfort zone G with a fifth of T's and B's
Ready to do whatever, young with a pocket full of cheddar
No thoughts of stackin' just ballin', picture me fallin' nigga neverIn this lifetime but I had to grieve for awhile
'Cause a nigga fell off hard but I got my ass back on the grind
And hit the streets like a mad man, goin' against the grain
With dried tears on my face from the pain of this dirty gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameFresh out the pen and can't maintain
Wanna go and hit the block, be on the same thang
Tryin' to serve some Cain up in this dirty game
'Cause you did a lil' bit, think ain't shit changedYou wrong boy, these shorties out here misled
You fuck around and catch a bullet in yo forehead, ya heard me?
This ain't the 80's where you get a nickel sack and a hoodrat
A 40-ounce of Red Bull and blow yo' wig backNigga fuck that, this the year 2-G
Where the toughest muthafucka get left 6-feet deep
So don't sleep, 'cause the scariest nigga'll pull the trigga
Put 2 in 300 pounds, so that makes you a killaOh really, could you be that silly
To think you gon' take over a block where I be [Incomprehensible]
Nigga forget it, don't make me have to blow yo brains
In this fucked up world, this fucked up life, this fucked up gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameHey nug, for some reason at night I can't sleep
When I lay down, I keep tossin' and turnin'
There's somethin' wrong
But I don't know what's wrong with meEyes burnin'
'Cause sometimes I burst into tears
When ain't nobody home with me
Stress from thoughts of survival just rushed my dome quicklyY'all better come on get me
'Cause I bout to do somethin' so muthafuckin' drastic
Instead of writin' essays like grabbin' SK's
With one of the best ways that I know to feed my family'Cause y'all ain't foolin' me
Y'all people plannin' a way for my people to read my eulogy
I see what y'all bogus ass doin', y'all plannin' on hurtin' me
Used to be crucifyin' or burnin' me, now you eliminatin' paper currencyTerrorizin' with technology
And that Y2K shit, I don't know why you play with the chosen guys
The wool ain't no longer pulled over my eyes
Gots to get some scratch and I gotta get it soonWe about to be doomed
Do somethin' for the kids before I go to my tomb
Gotta bust this thang and maybe then thangs gon' change
Tryin' to check mine, 'cause all of it on y'all I can't blameMaintain, it's a strange game
At times you gotta throw blows for the gold
It's a long road, some of us do shit despite losin' our soul
Got cold flows but it's strangeI still can't get no change
'Bout to be insane
Tryin' to pay the bills but still straight causin' pain
It's a dirty gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameIt's so hard to survive in this world of pain
I feel like I'm goin' crazy so I'ma shell my brain
My niggaz out here droppin' off over rocks and thangs
Mama never told me life was such a dirty gameDirty, dirty, dirty game
Dirty game
Such a dirty game