| Growing up I’ve seen a lot of shit in my time
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| I’ve seen hunger, hunger, pleasure, pain, violence and crime
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| I have learned from the mistakes of my friends that have died
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| And from those who have gone down in life that just never
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| tried
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| Life is just too short I realize that now
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| I’m gonna get my shit together and try to make it some how
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| Cause one thing that I have learned is that you only live once
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| So now I’ll take life by the balls and squeeze until they crunch
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| Knowledge of the streets, a valuable tool
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| Type of education you can’t get in school
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| Many hard times, losing friends, getting burned
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| Nobody to teach me, I just learned
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| A man like clay molded by his surroundings
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| He starts to take shape of the beating and the pounding
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| Assembly line that I’ve been through
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| A hard motherfucker with a bad attidude
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| Maybe its just the times we live in Maybe its just urban discipline
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| The ways of urban life are not as they seem
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| Standing up and fighting is what living here means
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| In order to survive you’ve got to earn your respect
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| The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret
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| Lead
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| Verse II
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| Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens
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| Standing up and fighting is what living here means
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| In order to survive you’ve got to earn your respect
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| The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret |