Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Stay Down, artist - Ruff Ryders. Album song The Redemption Vol. 4, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопDate of issue: 25.07.2005
Record label: Balboa
Song language: English
Stay Down |
| How many days we gonna live our life struggling on the streets |
| How many days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat |
| You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| Stay down stay down just to live a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| (Flashy Verse 1) |
| How many blacks gotta die by the hands of another |
| Don’t you understand that man’s the same color so that man is your brother |
| That’s what happens when that man is from the gutter |
| And that man is a hustler trying to survive, moving grams of that butter |
| See, his momma was a dope fiend, poppa was a rolling stone |
| He never knew what family was he grew up in a broken home |
| Ever since twelve years old he was known as grown |
| 'cause ever since twelve years old he was on his own |
| And even though it seemed like school was the best plan |
| His only choice was distributing the rock like Def-jam |
| While everybody else was getting diplomas |
| He graduated from the middle of the strip to the corner |
| But I don’t knock him cause he tryin to bubble |
| There’s no food on the table, the rents past due and that’s why he hustles |
| And I ain’t sayin that its right to be dealin |
| All I’m sayin is I feel him I guess |
| I just see eye 2 eye wit his struggle you know |
| (Akon) |
| How many days we gonna live our life struggling on the streets |
| How many days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat |
| You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| Stay down stay down just to live a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| (Flashy Verse 2) |
| Now baby girl’s got a promising future |
| But her moms passed away while she was younger and her father’s a loser |
| He’d always abused her but what else you expect from a coward |
| He wasn’t even proud when she got accepted to Howard |
| And even though she loves college everyday it would stress her |
| But it wasn’t cause of exams or she hate her professor |
| It was her financial situation here she couldn’t pay a semester |
| And the only means of making it better was totally reversing the role |
| Lap dancing working that pole even though deep down its hurting her soul |
| And even if it meant taking off her clothes |
| She was down for what ever to help her accomplish her personal goals |
| And I ain’t trippin off a-how shortie livin |
| She gotta pay her tuiton put food in the kitchen and that’s why she strippin |
| And I ain’t sayin I agree with her job but shit times is hard |
| I guess I just see eye to eye with her vision you know |
| (Akon) |
| How many days we gonna live our life struggling on the streets |
| How many days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat |
| You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| Stay down stay down just to live a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| (Flashy Verse 3) |
| Now see the moral of the story is this |
| If you ain’t tryin to help stop our troubles then don’t knock our hustle |
| Cause really at the end of the day its not ya’ll struggle |
| But you always got something to say |
| Well hear this fuck you |
| Yeah that’s right I’m talking to you come try to sleep in our beds |
| Eat off our plates, take a walk in our shoes |
| Look at the world from our view try to live by our rules |
| Drink the same water we do, put your kids in our schools |
| I guarantee you won’t maintain your health you’ll probably try to end it all |
| And hang yourself or bang yourself |
| You couldn’t possibly understand all pain we felt |
| And without folding your hands play the games we dealt |
| I’m being real I ain’t tryin to be evil |
| Look how we live, look how ya’ll live |
| C’mon be serious how is we equal |
| Matter fact I feel I’m wasting my time |
| I’m finished writing this rhyme |
| Ya’ll never gonna see eye to eye with my people you know |
| (Akon) |
| How many days we gonna live our life struggling on the streets |
| How many days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat |
| You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way |
| Stay down stay down just to live a brighter day |
| Stay down stay down just to live a better way (Repeat 2X) |