Yeah I'm from Richmond Hell yeah it's crazy out here Nigga might stab you over A dollar in a dice game Nigga might shoot you over some King Cobra Shit it's crazy in the Rich I was born poor lived poor Top Ramen dirty floor Dirty clothes snotty nose Empty stomach brutal soul Running around the village with A bag full of now and laters Watching all the dope dealers Hustle making dirty paper Yellow bus free lunch Missing school should have flunked Fights with older niggaz had to let Them know I'm not a punk Ran up on a couple chumps No help I got jumped Fought back when a lotta niggaz Probably would have run Dirty cops task force Batter ram my front door Looking for my pop's coke Stash under the kitchen floor More drama Watched good mothers turn to crack mamas Watching beauty queens Turn to dope fiends Lost honor Friend shot some are dead Bullets sending out their head All over turf business Niggaz turn to cold killers Rap game hoop game Dope game same thing Only way that niggaz thought They'd make it out the rich man That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the Now I'mma take y'all niggaz to the start Curly hair crescent park Early years stressing hard Niggaz letting weapons spark Mama had an aching heart Daddy didn't play his part They was separated a minute But didn't stay apart Sister was an artist then Left's uncle started seeing Crack came barging in Niggaz wasn't starving then We was on some real shit Filthy phil li'l rick Filthy pulled an ill lick But to us he's still sick Same time dope game Cocaine flooded in Drought came no 'caine Dough ain't coming in Niggaz was hungry their f**king Stomachs was rumbling Out comes the gun again Pigs started running in It happened all in richmond Where them bullets be whistling My little cousin was murdered And shit I f**king miss him But we gonna keep it pimping Carry on his tradition We representing You f**king haters I hope you listening That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the You've got the boys in the village man Chilling on griffing During the day but at night It's dope dealing and killing You've got the crescent park niggaz Down on Fleming Niggaz will snatch off your rims If you come through spinning You've got the niggaz in the Projects out in North Where they fight in the street Bare knuckle like it's a sport You've got the seaside niggaz They be holding steel F**k around there'll be rollin' ill You've got the easter hill boys One way in one way out Run your mouth they will knock you out And there's a lot more niggaz in church Than we could mention But no matter where you stay Motherf**ker it's all richmond That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the That's how we live in the That's how it is in the That's all we get in the That's how we live in the