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