LITTLE JAY COLLAB VERSE W/HOOK

Ever since I was a little kid, I never truly ran with thugs,

I ain't into ganging up, banging 'em, or slanging drugs,

meanwhile in the ghetto the blood leaked from hanging rugs,

until that shit would dry up, memories would dangle rough,

there's never ever silence on the streets, understand the love,

and peace has been symbolically destroyed like mangled doves,

I wish I could reach up and touch the clouds, they hang above me,

no one seems to understand my struggles, troubled and it sucks,

my motherfucking life has been a secret and a blatant lie,

I pray to God and stay in squad, playing hard, blazing skies,

are looming up above me 'cuz I have such a dark past,

this is for those kids who feel no love, let their arm slash,

drug dealers are on every corner news stand and sell there,

but what would you do if you had food stamps and welfare?

it seems like the entire thing is stupid and that's never gone,

the government tracks us down like Basset Hound echelons,

testing bombs, you really think it's different from Desert Storm?

C4 was planted at the Twin Towers, missiles hit the Pentagon,

the world is so corrupt, you can't even trust the Catholic church,

two hundred years ago we should've known the gats would burst,

we've lost so many kids to gun violence, and the facts are worse,

'cuz many of those black youth are born to die just after birth,

reflecting on our troubles is what heals us, and the past, it hurts,

if God had any questions for me, I'd make sure to ask it first,

'cuz life is short, there's not much time, I'd be thrown back to Earth,

these underground rappers would straight murder for half a verse,

I've been thrown down, damn, pushed straight into grass and dirt,

see rap, it works to calm me when I'm spaced out like Captain Kirk,

I'm Lucifer, but still I want to save myself from Satan's lakes,

and maybe serving for the greater good will be my saving grace,

but it's hard to not hustle crack when every single day's a race,

I've learned many a lesson, keep ya head up, we make mistakes but

 

This is what my Mama used to tell me when I used to fight,

see life's a temporary set back, and still the future's bright,

I had a dream that shit was easy, then I went and woke up,

and realized that life's a bitch, and that gives you no love