[Verse 1]
Look
Yo let me take you to the corner of my strip
Show my crackhead love, he at the corner with chips
When he sober man his face be lookin' mad as it gets
Get to sippin' on his beer and then he laugh with a grin, gritty
Keep a razor blade stashed in his chin
Used to be a ball player, straight attackin the rim
I be thinkin about his pain while I max at the gym
I be thinkin about his loss while I'm after the win
Like
You either livin' or you dyin there ain't no inbetween
There ain't no quittin ain't no cryin, got this triple beam
Get it by any means, apply the pressure
I'm teachin with my professors, seekin' out all my blessings
Woke up to night terrors, thoughts of that gun flarin'
Chalk in the street, tracin my body I gotta clear it
Visions in that McClaren, whippin I gotta steer it
I know that death is coming, don't rush it but I don't fear it

[Chorus]
God on my side, I'm aight with that
I'll be dead before the day that I ain't fightin' back
It's deeper than rap, they really got us on attack
But we gon load up when they roll up, ain't no coming back
God on my side, I'm aight with that
I'll be dead before the day that I ain't fightin' back
It's deeper than rap, they really got us on attack
But we gon load up when they roll up, ain't no coming back
Life in the streets
Life in the slums
Ain't nowhere to sleep
Ain't nowhere to run
Life in the streets
Life in the slums
With nothin to eat still, got nothin but love
I been at war, yeah
Talkin' to god, yeah
Won't let me trip, naw
Won't let me fall, yeah
I been at war, yeah
Talkin' to god, yeah
Won't let me trip, naw
Won't let me fall, yeah
[Bridge]
And that's saying for footprints
In Brooklyn, eat footprints
I'm high now, I'm cookin'
They plottin', they lookin'
Off them drugs, get tooken
We high now, we cookin'
And that said for footprints
I'm good now, good lookin'

[Verse 2]
Look ain't no seltzer for my mind to sleep
I'm still working on that crib for my mom to sleep
I'm probably cut from a different commodity
But still I'm out here lookin' for some camaraderie
Hold on, think that i'm becoming one with it
Throw this shit out when we done with it
When we don't see no more fun in it
I find the love and I run with it
You put in work because it pays off
I put in work because I wanted it
You always taking them days off
N***as ain't have it, I fronted them
Stack it and flip it, as if it's tradition and put it all into my dreams
Ye said "Slavery was a choice", I think I know what he mean
Shinin' like a n***a mindset, but I won't let him get to me
Nah, I'm breakin outta the box, like a baby when the water burst
I might just dive in that water first, I learn to swim as I go
My n***a cuz you never know, how far this shit could really go
You givin her dick, she and soul
Shit, I been that n***a before but I learned to swim as I go
My n***a you never know, never know
[Chorus]
I been at war, yeah
Talkin' to god, yeah
Won't let me trip, naw
Won't let me fall, yeah
I been at war, yeah
Talkin' to god, yeah
Won't let me trip, naw
Won't let me fall, yeah