You know sometimes in this game,
being a latino coming up in this industry,
it's like a fight with your
back up against the wall,
you know what I'm saying?
Gotta give it your all, don't give a fuck,
keep on riding to the motherfucking end,
coming up from the barrio,
this is why I stay on the streets,
I've been patiently waiting to
that could straighten the heart,
the underdog, the distraction,
quick to bite when you bark,
Like Pac, I'm quick to bomb first,
I've been ducking hell's curse
stay connected while I'm breaking,
they're sticking me in my unit
stacking cents like 50 calliers,
it's like a motherfucking track
Three strikes, police slice,
late nights with street fights
Motherfuckers be over there by
before they reach the device
Falling a victim to the system,
always going in the circles
In the studio writing verses
while I'm choking on purple
good cars with quick cash
You could always tell who's winnin' the war,
Ball heads in blue brass,
brown skin covered with tacks
from the side where they gang bang
Day to day, this the same thing
I was raised to pull out pistols,
keep runnin', duckin' officials
Puttin' in work until they come and get you,
I'm the side where they gang bang
I was raised to do the same thing
Straight livin' the life of danger,
Come from a broken home, I'm had to work,
was introduced to the street
My only friend was my cronch
Until I met some fools that's just like me
That grew up rough like me,
that just don't give a fuck like me
Quick to throw up their neighborhood
and quick to bust like me
white shirts and hinky jackets
even them automatics through I .A.
me and my peers were educated
Most wanted and most hated,
Different spots gettin' raided,
all my homies affiliated,
This is how I lived as a champ,
me and my homies kicked up
so there's no dirt on the ground
that I'm still here doin'
Some of the homies servin' time,
I'm from the side where they gang bang,
day to day it's the same thing
I was raised to pull out pistols,
keep runnin', duckin' officials
Put it in work until they come
I'm from the side where they gang bang,
I was raised to do the same thing
Straight livin' the life of danger,
I was raised as a Latino,
Look that different cause
Never gave a shit a minority
Living a criminal cause I broke the law
They said in my community,
Browns killin' browns on the daily
In the worst of cruel and shady
and they keep feedin' us drugs
All throughout the neighborhoods,
that methamphetamine burn
It's also up to no good, homie
Space of the life sit tin' skin,
when you can't shake the voice
body bags and white chalk
and the crooked -ass cops
enforcing these gang injustices
Like a city full of crooked shit,
I hear that sayin' a lot,
they fall a victim to this wicked -ass lot
I'm from the side where they gang bang
Day to day, it's the same thing
I was raised to pull out pistols,
keep runnin', duckin' officials
Puttin' in work until they come and get you, homie,
I was raised to do the same thing
Straight living a life of danger,
And this is exactly why I stay on the streets,
The streets embrace a motherfucker,
you know what I'm saying?
This shit don't stop, homie