[Intro]
Every hood youngster got a dream (Hey!)
(Dream on, [?])
They gotta make it through the nightmare (Hey!)
(Dream on, [?])
(Love songs)
Love songs, life songs are love songs
Love songs, life songs are love songs
Love songs, life songs are love songs
[Verse]
They never told me that I had so much to learn, here
Like, "Boy, keep livin', there are things hard work can't earn, here"
Hard turkey roasted on flame, I flip, I'm the bird, here
Screw them niggas royally, leave 'em all in they urns
Here's flames if you don't fuck with me
You did me wrong, now you wish you had better luck with me
If I tell you I love you, I swear, you stuck with me
Shower them blessings with niggas who dug through mud with me
Thank you for puttin' trust in me
I see how my family struggled with addiction
But if I paint it black and white, you wouldn't get the picture
Got wisdom, still ain't actin' right, subject to the appetite of the flesh
But when correction come, we hardly listen
But when connection come, we shine and glisten
Pray for protection, runnin' wild omissions
Give 'em that gas, better check my emissions
An Inglewood nigga that's still good in the ozone
And that's a L.A. reference
Live and die by respect, them L.A. lessons
When niggas situated on them blocks like Tetris
Aware of my surroundings at the stoplight, niggas was tryna stop life for me
I ran through red light hectic
And that's a true story on Prairie and Manchester
Was barely a man but heaven got her hands on me
I never gangbanged or shot at my enemies
But I handled my friendlies, they know Smokey got hands, homie
What does it matter when grown ass kids would rather splatter?
Your intuition all on dashboard create a pattern
But in this game of life, I'm lookin' like created player
Neo dodgin' bullets, homie, see you later
Underground digital, he original, mixed with a risen savior
How can I weigh in when pain is major?
How can I stay in when on the outside, they step off the porch?
You could love your family and love your neighbor
That's word to Terrace Martin on Slauson and me on C.M.T
Wanna put love in the air like BnB
Back with my cousin Mikea from C.M.G
Tagged her name in the door of my grandma house
Like T.N.T., it would go up
All fun and games 'til the haters would show up
One of us is in the way, lights fade like a lowcut, it's too much to soak up
We grew up on Spongebob
We'll grab a stick, pick up our britches like, "En garde"
How playful nature plus mistakes lead to gun charge?
One day, a mother lost her baby in front yard
She was only playin' but that stray bullet hit one heart and broke many
Crazy how tragedy take the win out the whole city
She was so pretty
But with the hope of glory, know the story don't end on this side
We got the whole spirit (We got it)
[Outro]
If I die, then I die (Wake up, Supa)
If I live, then I rise (Wake up, Supa)
If I'm here, then I'm there (Wake up, Supa)
And if I'm here, then I'm tryin' (Nigga, long as I'm on this side)
We will never give up, nah, nah (You on some forward motion, big time)
Ain't nothin' better than us, nah, nah (Still on the front line)
Nah, nah
Nah, nah (Wake up, Supa)
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