| Man I’m from the streets for real, man I gotta eat for real
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| Everything that I touch gotta be about a buck peep the deal
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| I’m a young west side nigga best side nigga, everybody gotta keep a steel
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| I’m in a hospital bed fucked up, plugged up, a nigga had to eat the pill
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| Tell my mama naw, we ain’t goin' back today, procrastinate, the nigga had to
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| evacuate
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| I’m tryna go and get this money, yeah, the faster way, smash the brakes,
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| I’m thinkin' of a faster pace
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| So foul the play, I’m tryna get a bag a day, baker man, would you make me a
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| patty cake
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| It’s sad to say, niggas out here actin' fake, I’ma really go and get it and
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| elaborate
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| Know that
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| When your back against the wall
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| Ain’t nobody there to call
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| The pain, you gotta hide it
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| You gotta remain silent
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| Streets are for real
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| Streets are for real
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| The streets are for real
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| These streets are for real
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| These streets are for real
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| The streets are for real
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| I ain’t gonna play around |
| I’m from the ghetto
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| You fuck around and you gon' be layin' 'round here
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| The streets are for real
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| I swear this shit be banging for real, man
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| These streets, these streets are for real
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| Boy, I’m really from the streets, for real
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| Nah, don’t pose for the camera real
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| From the mud I’m a Tar Heel
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| Carolina nigga with an Eve in Adamsville
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| Sick and tired of the lights bein' off
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| Make arrangements for the late bills
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| Mom’s puttin' pills in her pudding
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| (Why?) 'cause b, all these late bills
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| My flow, that Nas feel, I got two Illmatics
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| One Steelmatic, one made of plastic
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| One Mike in the hood Jordan on Jackson
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| Only choice in the hood Trayvon or fashion
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| Drip on the or pass it
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| Fuck bein' passive, bein' rich I’m 'bout to try it
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| For the bread I’m gonna riot, 'cause
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| When your back against the wall
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| Ain’t nobody there to call
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| The pain, you gotta hide it
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| You gotta remain silent
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| Streets are for real
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| Streets are for real
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| The streets are for real
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| These streets are for real |
| I’m from the ghetto
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| These streets are for real
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| The streets are for real
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| I ain’t gonna play around
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| You fuck around and you gon' be layin' 'round here
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| I’m from the ghetto
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| The streets are for real
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| These streets, these streets are for real |