Overcame

Back to back in the trenches Park benches juvenile detentions Dumb young and reckless Really moving relentless Struggle creates growth I was raised by a certain oath Auntie Ma Dukes buried both I paid my dues I really want what's owed Loss pain sacrifice The hood's not a paradise All I wanted was more Twenty-four pass or score Ject whores plot back doors Leaking pores paints floors Five boroughs about survival City's motto dead on arrival Time's crucial life's vital Young-ins idol homicidal I came from the dirt Protect my son from this hurt Failing him if I don't want better Raising him to be a Go-Getter It's all full circle Same story different hurdle A bottomless pit Way too hard to remain legit Staying clear from the Jakes Cause focus on high stakes I can't afford mistakes Switch out the license plates From the dirt and the trenches Wired fences My eye's are the perfect lenses See the hurt and the pain From the dirt and the trenches Wired fences My eye's are the perfect lenses See the hurt and the pain Look what I overcame Grass full of snakes A world full of fakes Stayed down can't fold Summer's were cold These New York streets Walk miles soles meets Spark trees mind's at ease On knees love one's disease Had to up it trigger squeeze Street Dreams made of these Who am I to disagree Move keys to cop AMG's It ain't a guarantee Reaching home safely It's never peace it's always war Relationships are for moments Before I die I have atonements Ain't no love in streets Gotta keep a Nina Shells arrange widow's peaks Every day's a game like an arena Cold winters gripping heaters Run Ricky's dash hundred meters Henny mixed two liters Block's sprayed street sweepers Death will make you a believer Cold sweats and fevers Chopping grams with meat cleavers Praying not to get knocked Bookings on Island's locked On edge with paranoia Packing powder like Goya Tales of the Ghetto Shorties walk blades in stilettos Many forms of the Devil Bringing me down a level I know that I'm special Time's different on this bezel From the dirt and the trenches Wired fences My eye's are the perfect lenses See the hurt and the pain From the dirt and the trenches Wired fences My eye's are the perfect lenses See the hurt and the pain Look what I overcame