HAD TO GO GET IT

It was the '90s, shit was, shit was grimy and shiny I didn't wanna work I wanted to get some work, have the trap jumpin' like Holdens' church I, I didn't, you know, I didn't wanna do wrong But, boy, I didn't wanna work long I had to, I had to sort it out I just prayed, "God, forgive me" 'Cause I didn't wanna, I didn't wanna ask permission I had to get it I just be walkin' the tightrope Am I gon' always do right? Nope Used to sell grams of that white coke On Ponce de Leon, the white folk Knew to do better but I wanted cheddar, so danced with the devil Yeah, yeah, yeah, I did it, and crime got committed And I must admit it that I was addicted Like dope to the dealin' and whiskey and wickedest women And lustin' the luxury livin' Bitches and Beamers and Benzes I had some demons for friends and They kept the town on the frenzy Hoodlum, we're movin' and groovin' They would rob anything movin' They were determined, no losin' They were 'bout winnin' and sinnin' They were 'bout gettin' it, no gimmick They told me, "Michael, you gonna go higher But us, we stuck in it, so we go relentless" And I understand that from the west side of the city Shit can get violent, real vicious Life is a bitch, but you still suck her lil' titty When that's all you got for nutrition Don't argue, just listen I was wrong But one day You heard my prayer So grant me better days Father, it was You Yeah, I was wrong But You made a way A way out of no way