[Verse 1]
Look
Feelin' like I've gotta go hard on these bros
Feelin' like I've gotta go with the flows
Feelin' like I've gotta go harder they know
Feelin' like I've gotta go harder than most
Feel like what I see doesn't seem to amaze me
Feel like if I plead my truths they'll think that I'm crazy
How I'm into the spirit, the soul, the mind, the body control
Know that they stealing the gold, know that they want me to go
No, in too deep, got two feet, don't dive, it's too steep
Got me questioning the world like who he be
If the government still wanna kill my peeps
If my own brothers still wanna rep that street
Feeling like that gave us it gave us everything but still can't keep
Outside of the gutter, outside of the trenches
Got us feeling like we made it but still be defensive
You know this shit is all a game when the fakers respect it
I guess this thing is on me, feeling like I gotta leave, but
Lately I've been feeling the heat of the tension
And lately I been feeling the heat of the pressure
How do you measure when people dont understand boy?
You don't ever wanna see me in my bad, boy
Best believe we run it up we got it ham, boy
Just the way we smoke it up it's like damn, boy, yeah
[Chorus]
Gladly, I could it all behind in a back street
Remember living all alone up in Cali
Dark days, had me thinking where my family
Dog, how it had me
Gladly, I could it all behind in a back street
Remember living all alone up in Cali
Dark days, had me thinking where my family
Dog, how it had me

[Verse 2]
Feelin' like I gotta put myself in position, yeah
Just so all my brothers get to see how we living, yeah
Just so that momma ain't gotta clean all of the dishes, yeah
Just so that all the violence in the ends could diminish, yeah
I remember running from the opps on the block
Sixteen, just to figure out I ain't who they want
See the trauma too real, young brothers don't heal, what's the deal This is really what the hell is going on
People only care until the hype dies (hype dies)
Rise above them all, it's still a rough ride (rough side)
Gotta tell the youth it's in the inside (yeah)
We don't wanna end up on the wrong side

[Chorus]
Gladly, I could it all behind in a back street
Remember living all alone up in Cali
Dark days, had me thinking where my family
Dog, how it had me
Gladly, I could it all behind in a back street
Remember living all alone up in Cali
Dark days, had me thinking where my family
Dog, how it had me