King Of The Block

Ain't no way to be a king without a crown When you make it out yo city don't look down If you a king give back to yo town But ain't no love in the city keep yo back to the ground Ain't no way to be a king without a crown When you make it out yo city don't look down If you a king give back to yo town But ain't no love in the city keep yo back to the ground Riding on my mongoose swaying left to right Switching lanes like the cars racing through the night Coming home from the park after winning fights Gone catch us at the gas station standing with our bikes Collecting change from the couch for we start hustlin Cutting yards and raking leaves so we ain't struggling Chex mix on the corner flipping day old bites Old man gone call the cops ain't got no civil rights Started with the house fire back in 07 Dryer burst in to flames seen the stairway to heaven But the bacon woke us up like high cholesterol would thank the pig But the pork ain't the leading cause Thanking god that we made blessing us with life Stay in the trap a year ain't doing mamma Old spirits and bad neighbors made the times rough But we grew with thick skin so all tough Ain't no way to be a king without a crown When you make it out yo city don't look down If you a king give back to yo town But ain't no love in the city keep yo back to the ground Ain't no way to be a king without a crown When you make it out yo city don't look down If you a king give back to yo town But ain't no love in the city keep yo back to the ground Bigger house don't necessarily mean better home brothers alone And sisters is creeping on the phone Abusive cycle and city kids turning suburban But is it worth community leaders with no purpose I guess get it Nah really I do If you move out the city only thing you'll miss is food Cause they got better schools And they got better vision But all the suburbs is Is a community of These four walls is closing in so I need some escaping If I was raised in the hood would I have ever made it Or would I be forsaken taken by step fathers They killed little josh and that still haunts me Killed frankenstein Killed another dude Lost so many that this death really becoming rude But I'd be wrong if walked around with attitudes Least my momma raised me with some respect and gratitude Ain't no way to be a king without a crown When you make it out yo city don't look down If you a king give back to yo town But ain't no love in the city keep yo back to the ground Ain't no way to be a king without a crown