| It’s a shame that the hood’s an addiction
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| Them man fell from the heavens but nobody missed him
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| All that knowledge and wisdom
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| But he didn’t share it so there’s no one to protect him
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| Yeah there’s power in numbers
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| But don’t underestimate age out here
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| There’s too much power in youngers
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| And them man forgot there was hundreds
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| Anybody can be gangster
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| You’ve seen City of God, there’s no age restriction
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| Being nice never made man money
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| You pay to go to the church there’s no paid religion
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| I’m not being funny
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| If you was raised in a broken home
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| With poverty constantly hanging over your head
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| Would you not fight the affliction?
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| The hood’s an addiction
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| He went from no one to having a big reputation
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| Violated by his own family
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| He’s got no problem with violation
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| Using a weapon brings fear
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| And fear just means you don’t need explanation
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| All he needs is a bad boy driver
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| To help him escape from the destination
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)
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| Man’s living like a wild animal
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| When he gets hungry then it’s robbery season
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| Beaten up as a child
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| So he likes to hurt people he don’t need a reason
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| He thought them man were Gods
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| But he watched them man turn mortal and weakened
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| The hood’s an addiction
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| But most things in the hood these days are deceiving
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| No snapchats or tweeting, he’s living under the radar
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| And that means he’s avoiding policemen
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| He got left with a scar and that’s a reminder of when he got beaten
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| But it’s not an L when it comes from an older
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| Them man are Gods no longer and they’re human and humans stop breathing
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| Flip the mattress, pull the Adidas shoe box out it’s that time
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| He don’t play games anymore, but it’s looking like Mortal Kombat time
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| He had Scarface playing on DVD in the background
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| So when he left his room he heard Al Pacino say: «You better say good night to
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| the bad guy.»
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)
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| The hood’s an addiction
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| He’s wearing clothes with no description
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| He’s heard stories about hits
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| And he’s got what it takes to make a man go missing
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| He knows where my man chills
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| And he takes the back roads he’s turning and twisting
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| The plan’s quite simple
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| Go to the pub, identify man and blast him
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| As he gets closer he starts losing his composure
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| He remembers looking up to the man
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| That he’s about to go and dispose of
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| It’s ten o' clock
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| And he knows them man linked at the pub just to talk business
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| He pulls down his mask and that’s just in case there’s a witness
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| Just to be safe, then he arrived and seen everybody standing outside
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| Squinted his eyes, located the guy and then let 4 shots off with the quickness
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)
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| He definitely hit somebody on the floor
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| He could see a lifeless body
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| Mixed emotions, breathing heavy
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| No remorse at all he’s not sorry
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| He just licked man down and he cannot wait for the word to get 'round
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| This means he’ll be the talk of the town and now they’ll know that he’s never
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| been a clown
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| Then he got a call straight from hell, but it wasn’t Lucifer, it was his sister,
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| Shell
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| Hysterically crying, with police sirens in the background as well
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| She said mum’s been shot at the pub, we were standing at the door and she just
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| fell
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| He had 1 more bullet, he looked up into the sky and blasted himself
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| It’s a shame that the hood’s an addiction
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| Them man fell from the heavens but nobody missed him
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| All that knowledge and wisdom
|
| But he didn’t share it so there’s no one to protect him
|
| Yeah there’s power in numbers
|
| But don’t underestimate age out here
|
| There’s too much power in youngers
|
| And them man forgot there was hundreds
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (Yeah)
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| If you live by the gun, die by the gun (By the, by the) |