Nuff Respect

Nights with no sleep, grinding like it's endless Even told my girl I'll stop when my heart finished From the block to the booth, nigga I was all in it See, the Lord know the truth, I ain't with the false business I do this for my niggas in the pen And all my people grinding hard to get a mansion and a Benz I felt it in my stomach, it was tryna drag me in But I let it take me 'cause the streets made me who I am Riding by my damn self, I ain't even in the lane At times life can make a nigga put a pistol to his brain 'Cause all the drama you can't even count that 'Cause you can't solve a problem you only can bounce back Been smoking so I'm in the zone, it's like I always feel alone 'Cause paranoia got me using everyone as stepping stones We feel this, we feel pain, we feel blessed But the only thing you can't get 'til time is respect If I could turn back the hands of time I would go back to when I bought my first gat Take back the cash, walk back to the house Tell my mother that I love her while she sitting on the couch Walk back to my room and answer the phone Tell my homie "fall back, we ain't gotta buy a chrome" He used it for a robbery turned into a homicide But he ain't doing life... 'cause he the one that died Shit, that's life for the hard knocks Ain't nobody satisfied 'til they heart stop I'd rather die before I live inside a cardboard box Fiends travel on bikes just to cop more rocks, nigga And where I'm from it's even worst 'Cause half of the population don't even own a shirt Dictating politicians making niggas eat dirt And the cemetery full so they put your feet first