[00:00:00] Sometimes I will take my brother by the arm [00:00:03] Other times I will take [00:00:04] My brother by the shoulder [00:00:06] Then there are times I will take [00:00:07] My brother by the neck [00:00:09] Any way I touch you walk with me [00:00:16] Uhh uhh uhh GRRRRR [00:00:24] This ain't the way it's supposed to be (B S ) [00:00:26] This ain't the way it's supposed to be [00:00:28] (off that bloodline thang) [00:00:29] This ain't the way it's supposed to be [00:00:31] This ain't the way sh*t is supposed to be [00:00:33] Now I done seen the streets turned [00:00:35] Into a beast with sharp teeth [00:00:36] Put claws in the strong [00:00:38] And just devour the weak [00:00:39] Make them proud niggaz humble (uh-huh) [00:00:41] Then turn around and make them [00:00:42] Loud niggaz mumble (uh-huh) [00:00:43] In the jungle I done seen niggaz [00:00:45] Voted "Most likely to win" [00:00:47] Lose it all at the end of a stem; [00:00:48] What a lame (uhh) [00:00:50] Friends killin friends for paper [00:00:51] What a shame (uhh) [00:00:52] And everybody thinkin they players [00:00:54] What a game (damn) [00:00:55] I done seen this whole sh*t change [00:00:57] Looked again and realized [00:00:58] That ain't sh*t changed (WHAT) [00:00:59] Except the fact that [00:01:00] I'm a grown man now (uhh) [00:01:01] Standin on my own two [00:01:03] Used to hate guns [00:01:04] Now a ni**a own two (C'MON ) [00:01:06] Twin glocks for cops and use I promise to [00:01:08] I ain't goin out like Amadou [00:01:09] You know what I'ma do (AIGHT ) [00:01:11] So sit back and try to visualize if you can [00:01:13] All the stories of a wise man - walk with me [00:01:16] Look at my life look at how I live [00:01:20] Look at what I go through [00:01:22] So what I've got to give (THIS IS IT ) [00:01:25] Look at my li-ife look at how I live [00:01:30] Look at what I go through [00:01:33] So what I've got to give (THIS IS IT ) [00:01:36] (My ni**a ) [00:01:36] Now I've done seen life play jokes [00:01:38] With death as a punchline [00:01:39] In a world with no hope [00:01:40] Struggle to get mine [00:01:42] I was raised in a time of [00:01:43] Regret and bad news (uh-huh) [00:01:44] So I was taught my values [00:01:46] By bad dudes (uhh) [00:01:47] Hustlers and killers [00:01:48] They taught me wrong from right [00:01:50] Told me everything [00:01:51] That's wrong is right like [00:01:52] Hoppin a train poppin the thang [00:01:54] And havin hot blocks poppin [00:01:56] With 'caine lockin the game (C'MON ) [00:01:58] And the more sh*t change [00:01:59] The more it's the same [00:02:00] And the more you try to get rid of it [00:02:01] The more it remains [00:02:02] You remember when the [00:02:03] Kid's dream to get to the top [00:02:05] Was bein doctors firemen [00:02:06] Even the cops [00:02:08] Look at the kids now lost no hope [00:02:10] To get ahead they plan to rap [00:02:12] Play ball or sell d**e (ooooh) [00:02:13] And if you thinkin we [00:02:14] The problem you wrong [00:02:15] A generation died at the same time [00:02:17] Our fathers was born [00:02:18] Look at my life look at how I live [00:02:23] Look at what I go through [00:02:25] So what I've got to give (THIS IS IT ) [00:02:28] Look at my li-ife look at how I live [00:02:33] Look at what I go through [00:02:35] So what I've got to give (THIS IS IT ) [00:02:38] (Big Stan) [00:02:39] I've seen a broken home influence [00:02:40] A good kid to go bad [00:02:42] Cause boys with sane minds to go mad (uhh) [00:02:44] And young girls to lose [00:02:45] They innocence so fast [00:02:47] And so often the results are so sad [00:02:49] Losin her skirt [00:02:50] Don't even know what flirt means [00:02:52] So a baby's poppin up [00:02:53] With a baby at thirteen (damn) [00:02:55] A few years she tried to settle down [00:02:56] With her man [00:02:57] Tried to stop f**kin all them other [00:02:59] Niggaz and can't [00:03:00] Though she want to [00:03:01] The curse got her doin this dirt [00:03:02] Cause she saw mommy do it whenever [00:03:04] Daddy went to work (damn)