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Verse 1
(E minor) Green life, it's (G major) so much (C major) trouble out here
In (D major) the Valley (E minor) of Decision, (G major)
out here by the (C major) river of Kabar
The (D major) place of Liv (E minor) ingstone,
(G major) we in the concrete (C major) jungle y 'all
Oak (D major) land is (E minor) my home
It's hard, (G major) I know, (C major) that's the way
that this (D major) green life
I saw a sister on (E minor) the
corner turning tricks
(G major) Cause she's a bad girl, (C major) still her body for
Oh, (D major) what a sad world
to be (E minor) living in
Spending all your (G major) dividends that you got
From (C major) different men's on some crack
Smoking (D major) on the hooter
while your (E minor) children is in the back
(G major) Ain't got no clothes to wear for (C major) school
The white woman from the
(D major) social service office
Gon' be (E minor) coming by,
calling you a (G major) unfit mother
Cause you (C major) trapped up in a maze,
coke (D major) smoke got you dazed
Now they (E minor) trying to take the little brothers
(G major) And the two little (C major) girls
that you brought into this (D major) world
Turning them into another (E minor) statistic
Of (G major) broken homes and
dys (C major) functional families
Of the (D major) ghetto where fair reform
(E minor) got your money's shoulder
Plus (G major) you older youngsters
round the (C major) corner for some boulders
They (D major) shout you on credit,
look at your (E minor) life
Think about how you let it (G major) slip
between your fingers
As (C major) I sit back and let the thought (D major) linger
Man Screen (E minor) live
(G major) It's taking our broth (C major) ers
on a one way ride (D major)
Brothers are grind (E minor) ing, mothers are try (G major) ing
To raise their ba (C major) bies
but their mothers are dy (D major) ing
Oh, (E minor) hardship an (G major) d pain,
(C major) that's the struggle of the (D major) street life game
It's (E minor) hard, (G major) I know, (C major) that's the way
that the (D major) street life goes
I (E minor) walked in my homie's funeral last (G major) week
The (C major) tears rolled down his mother's cheek
(D major) and it made me think I (E minor) never tripped
when I was (G major) gunnin' and funnin'
But the (C major) things I did in the past
got me (D major) duckin', dodgin', runnin'
(E minor) And it ain't that I'm (D major) scared
(G major) But if a (C major) food store hits blast,
then it (D major) ain't like I'm gon' stand there
See, (E minor) mom's already lost (G major) my brother,
so I (C major) keeps my vest on
when I (D major) roam in the gutter
But (E minor) see, we droppin' like flies, (G major)
what's goin' (C major) on on the east
side can (D major) 't be denied
Remem (E minor) ber when we used to box,
(G major) but nowadays we grabbin' (C major) AKs
and springin' up the (D major) whole block
Kid's (E minor) gettin' caught up
in the (G major) crossfire,
before she reaches her (C major) teens,
she's ex (D major) pired 12 years (E minor) old
and it's a damn shame
(G major) Layin' (C major) in the middle of the (D major) nary slain
(E minor) Street life
It's (G major) takin' our broth (C major)
ers on a one -way ride
(D major) Brothers are grind (E minor) ing,
mothers are try (G major) ing
To raise their ba (C major) bies,
but the fathers are dy (D major) ing
Oh, (E minor) hardship an (D major) d (G major) pain
That's (C major) the struggle of
the (D major) street life game
(E minor) It's hard, (D major) I (G major) know,
(C major) that's the way the street (D major) life goes
Look, (E minor) cusses on the corner,
(G major) doing what they do
Dope (C major) fiends all toe the hell up,
(D major) still coming through
It's the (E minor) ghetto,
where everybody's (G major) out to get it
A lifestyle (C major) of a street hustler, man
Part (D major) ner, can you deal with it?
(E minor) Only a chosen few gon' (G major) make them
Cause in this game, (C major) man,
you can't play
Gangsters (D major) die every day, it's a (E minor) cold plot
Man, you gon' (G major) learn a lot
You can't be (C major) faking the funk
You might get (D major) found in the trunk
East (E minor) Stokely, a cold city (G major) on the map
A million stor (C major) ies to be told,
everybody (D major) plays a role
Our (E minor) praise is due to the creat (G major) or
Cause he controls the (C major) show,
the systems corrupt
(D major) The ghetto's better,
(E minor) my hood is gangsta'd out
Just (G major) like the rest,
cause (C major) everyday I'm taking chances
Catchin' (D major) slugs in my chest
Street (E minor) life, (G major) is takin' our
broth (C major) ers on one ride
(D major) Brothers are grind (E minor) ing,
mothers are try (G major) ing
To raise their ba (C major) bies
but their fathers are dy (D major) ing
Oh, (E minor) hardship an (G major) (D major) d (G major) pain
That's (C major) the struggle of
the (D major) street life game
It's (E minor) hard, (G major) I know
That's (C major) the way the (D major) street life goes
Street (E minor) life
(G major) It's taking our brothers (C major)
on a one way ride (D major)
Brothers are grind (E minor) ing, mothers are try (G major) ing
To raise their ba (C major) bies
but their fathers are dy (D major) ing
Oh, (E minor) heartache an (G major) d pain,
(C major) that's the struggle of
the (D major) street life game
It's (E minor) hard, (G major) I know,
(C major) that's the way with the (D major) street life
Oh, street (E minor) life, (G major)
it's taking our broth (C major) ers over the line
(D major) Brothers are cry (E minor) ing,
mothers are try (G major) ing to raise their ba (C major) bies
But their mothers are dy (D major) ing
All the tears (E minor) an (G major) d pain
That's (C major) the struggle of the (D major) street life pain
It's (E minor) hard, (G major) I know
(C major) That's the way the street (D major) life
goes (E minor) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (E minor) (G major) (C major)
(D major)
to make you successful and make that
what you talk about, success,
you keep them out front.
Yes sir.
And by you keeping them out front,
you carry the other ones
that don't mention it
so that they can be able to make it
because they wouldn't be able
to make it on their own
by putting themselves out front.
That's true.
Yes sir.
Do understand what
Yes sir.
So by us mentioning it in its proper way
is what makes them successful,
what makes the Creator
make them successful.
Oh yes sir.
You understand, if we join them,
then they won't be successful
and neither will we.
That's true, sir.
We will be successful in
showing a successful side
of what you're not there to do.
Yes, sir.
Is that not true?
That's true, sir.
So that's why I'd like to the President
of United States of America
to have the person there, Master J,
that they work through,
they can make things,
they're going to make you
always keep it out front.
Yes, sir.
Street Life
Askari X
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