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Street Life chords by 
Askari X
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Verse 1
Em
G
C
Green life, it's so much trouble out here
D
Em
G
In the Valley of Decision,
C
out here by the river of Kabar
D
Em
The place of Livingstone,
G
C
we in the concrete jungle y 'all
D
Em
Oakland is my home
G
C
It's hard, I know, that's the way
D
that this green life
Em
I saw a sister on the
corner turning tricks
G
C
Cause she's a bad girl, still her body for
D
Oh, what a sad world
Em
to be living in
G
Spending all your dividends that you got
C
From different men's on some crack
D
Smoking on the hooter
Em
while your children is in the back
G
C
Ain't got no clothes to wear for school
The white woman from the
D
social service office
Em
Gon' be coming by,
G
calling you a unfit mother
C
Cause you trapped up in a maze,
D
coke smoke got you dazed
Em
Now they trying to take the little brothers
G
C
And the two little girls
D
that you brought into this world
Em
Turning them into another statistic
G
Of broken homes and
C
dysfunctional families
D
Of the ghetto where fair reform
Em
got your money's shoulder
G
Plus you older youngsters
C
round the corner for some boulders
D
They shout you on credit,
Em
look at your life
G
Think about how you let it slip
between your fingers
C
D
As I sit back and let the thought linger
Em
Man Screen live
G
C
It's taking our brothers
D
on a one way ride
Em
G
Brothers are grinding, mothers are trying
C
To raise their babies
D
but their mothers are dying
Em
G
Oh, hardship an d pain,
C
D
that's the struggle of the street life game
Em
G
C
It's hard, I know, that's the way
D
that the street life goes
Em
G
I walked in my homie's funeral last week
C
The tears rolled down his mother's cheek
D
Em
and it made me think I never tripped
G
when I was gunnin' and funnin'
C
But the things I did in the past
D
got me duckin', dodgin', runnin'
Em
D
And it ain't that I'm scared
G
C
But if a food store hits blast,
D
then it ain't like I'm gon' stand there
Em
G
See, mom's already lost my brother,
C
so I keeps my vest on
D
when I roam in the gutter
Em
G
But see, we droppin' like flies,
C
what's goin' on on the east
D
side can't be denied
Em
Remember when we used to box,
G
C
but nowadays we grabbin' AKs
D
and springin' up the whole block
Em
Kid's gettin' caught up
G
in the crossfire,
C
before she reaches her teens,
D
Em
she's expired 12 years old
and it's a damn shame
G
C
D
Layin' in the middle of the nary slain
Em
Street life
G
C
It's takin' our broth
ers on a one -way ride
D
Em
Brothers are grinding,
G
mothers are trying
C
To raise their babies,
D
but the fathers are dying
Em
D
G
Oh, hardship an d pain
C
That's the struggle of
D
the street life game
Em
D
G
It's hard, I know,
C
D
that's the way the street life goes
Em
Look, cusses on the corner,
G
doing what they do
C
Dope fiends all toe the hell up,
D
still coming through
Em
It's the ghetto,
G
where everybody's out to get it
C
A lifestyle of a street hustler, man
D
Partner, can you deal with it?
Em
G
Only a chosen few gon' make them
C
Cause in this game, man,
you can't play
D
Em
Gangsters die every day, it's a cold plot
G
Man, you gon' learn a lot
C
You can't be faking the funk
D
You might get found in the trunk
Em
G
East Stokely, a cold city on the map
C
A million stories to be told,
D
everybody plays a role
Em
G
Our praise is due to the creator
C
Cause he controls the show,
the systems corrupt
D
The ghetto's better,
Em
my hood is gangsta'd out
G
Just like the rest,
C
cause everyday I'm taking chances
D
Catchin' slugs in my chest
Em
G
Street life, is takin' our
C
brothers on one ride
D
Em
Brothers are grinding,
G
mothers are trying
C
To raise their babies
D
but their fathers are dying
Em
G
D
G
Oh, hardship an d pain
C
That's the struggle of
D
the street life game
Em
G
It's hard, I know
C
D
That's the way the street life goes
Em
Street life
G
C
It's taking our brothers
D
on a one way ride
Em
G
Brothers are grinding, mothers are trying
C
To raise their babies
D
but their fathers are dying
Em
G
Oh, heartache an d pain,
C
that's the struggle of
D
the street life game
Em
G
It's hard, I know,
C
D
that's the way with the street life
Em
G
Oh, street life,
C
it's taking our brothers over the line
D
Em
Brothers are crying,
G
C
mothers are trying to raise their babies
D
But their mothers are dying
Em
G
All the tears an d pain
C
D
That's the struggle of the street life pain
Em
G
It's hard, I know
C
D
That's the way the street life
Em
G
C
goes
D
Em
G
C
D
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.
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