Came a long way from hanging on that corner
Mama told me “boy stop hanging on that corner"
A lot of shit then changed on that corner
Seen so many n*'s get changed on that corner
Shit get dangerous on that corner
Shit got dangerous on that corner
N* popped out on the corner
By that corner store
58th to 57th to 56th, that's where the block at
2012,we was wearing white tees and Sox hats
Can't lie I ain't never been shot but I been shot at
Shit get real
You ain't got that steel and you can't send a shot back
You better run
War going on but he need Enfamil for his son
Should he risk taking taking that walk when it could be his last one
Oh it ain't fun now, he just had a Shorty he tryna calm down
But Shorty 'n Nem say if they catch him “It's gonna be a run down”
It's cool to jump around with pipes until they jumping out with pipes
These n*'s will risk they life for stripes like they could live it twice
So I put it somewhere in your heart you know that ain't the right thing to do, you know? Ya'll need no permission to start this shit back up, ya'll men. Ya'll ain't starting it ‘cause you know it ain't the right thing to do. Don't - Don't start killing our community. Don't start killing our community, and that's all it's gonna do. And that's all I was gonna- And that's all I was gonna have to do
It's sad to say but I seen more funerals than graduations
And the Shorties that's coming up think this shit fascinating
Hospitals full of bullet wounds and cancer patients
But when you take that last trip, it's not a planned vacation
And then get mad when cops kill us and call them killers
But when we kill us then we not killers “That shit crazy”
But the cops move quicker when it's a cop killer
But they move way quicker when it's not n*'s
Street n*'s hate the streets, it's you new n*'s think it's cool
But who am I to tell these shorties stay in school when I ain't stay in school
They rather break the rules but lace your shoes
Because that's a deep feeling to see your partner make the news
That shit deep
You ever been left with a pain you can't relieve
You ever seen your homie dying and all you could tell him is “breathe”
And that devil on your shoulder, it won't let you grieve
Got you feeling like you gotta see somebody bleed
He just want revenge
The black youth will have to change everything. The black generation coming up now, the ones who are most locked up in jail. And the ones out here, they got to change. They gotta change for the younger blacks that's coming up
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