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Tallahassee Days
[Intro]
1993
Southside
Orange Ave
Southcity
Tallahassee Florida
I'm take ya'll back to the yellow mustang with no license
With that 38 under the seat
What you know? Yo
[Verse]
Whoever said life is beautiful lied, this shit is hell
I've seen too many funerals, too many of my n***as locked in cells
Nobody ever put me on life was like this
I'm 20 years old and my whole life's a crisis
No way out and I mean that when I say that
Runnin' round from place to place like a stray cat
I don't own nothing, don't hold nothing
I'm growin up with nothing to show for all my hustlin', still strugglin'
And a job is a joke, they ain't hirin'
The only free ride I get is one with a siren
So what other choice do I have?
I got n***as on the ave pushin slabs that a break me off a Porche and a half
So I can stand on my own two
Be able to have what I need so I can do what I want to
I wish I woulda had a career
'Cause through the years my mother stressed taking care of self but I ain't here
I was caught up, sippin on Coors, smokin Newports shorts
In and out of court without a single thought
But these days I'm out bout to Loc
Whether I make a record or serve dope, I refuse to keep bein broke
'Cause times are getting rougher by the second
As long as I come up, who give a fuck about the method
It's a kill or be killed kind of a theory that's in me
So when I die, believe I'm taking somebody with me
If I'm wrong, than I rather be wrong than right
45 calibre chrome and it's on tonight, n***a
That's how I'm livin, low life, runin licks
Taking big risks, tryna get my motherfuckin flow right
Cause without loot it's useless, my life as a youth was fruitless
That's why nowadays I'm ruthless
Plus I got a lady in my life
That one day just may be my wife if I can deal with this crazy strife
I put love in the air to show that I care for her
Let her know I always be there for her
But right now the type of life I live
Can't afford no wife and kid, I gotta fight for my right to live
So I cock my hat low
Snatchin up pocket books and float 'cause I'm a thug and that's all I know
Whatever it take to make the steps, I'm ready to take the steps
Whoever got papes better break theyself