Live by the Game

[Verse 1]

Came up on this ghetto street, no choice but to carry heat

Ain’t nothing staring me, apparently, till they bury me

I’m serving, working, Chevy hugging this curb and

Got to watch out for them jackers cause you know they stay lurking

And they itching to plot a scheme, but I won’t let them stop my dream

Can’t leave my crib without my tool stuffed in my jeans

They keep banging, slanging, on them corners we hanging

Get twisted in the wrong situation and leave you stanking

I was built for this, but I must admit it’s just too hot

My focus in this rap shit just to get me off this block

And mama, she broke her neck to make sure I didn’t want for nothing

But I was so self-destructive, I had to wish off the hustling

I’m thugging, rolling the dice with my life on a nightly basis

See if I crap out, I’ll probably be trapped out, I should be patient

And paper ain’t never promised, so product I push that

I just pray my baby brother don’t follow my footsteps

[Hook][x2]

I’m in the game, I live the game

I think about the pain, it’s a shame that I can’t shake the game

Everybody and they mama asking why

But I’m in the game, live by the game and in the game Imma die

[Verse 2]

This life I’m living like a magnet for drama

All night I fight with all my might to get that almighty dollar

I be hustling, struggling, out here thirsty and thugging

Got to watch the way I move, I got enemies by the dozen

It’s cold but I wish it wasn’t, the chopper’s constantly busting

These niggas that barely know me will smoke me all over nothing

They hating, waiting to put me under the pavement

Ask god to walk with me through the dark cause my heart was aching

Don’t ever say [?] I swear my conscience was gone

Ain’t no excuse for my actions, I know I was doing wrong

Lord I just pray you forgive me, I got blood on my hands

Tryna find a way to wipe them clean but I don’t understand

How I maneuver through this game, no fear, risking it all

When it’s check out time, you best be prepared when you get the call

Now everybody and they mama asking why

But I’m in the game, live by the game and in the game Imma die