backstreet

the air is still, the heat is rising, summer time's on the horizon, little girl with a baby crying, 'cause she's got no food to eat, and it ain't that nobody's listening, and it ain't that nobody cared, it's just that everybody's busy, looking out for what is theirs, i'm a hustler on the corner, making very little money, but down the block on the other corner, this nigger's down there getting paid, what's he doing that i ain't doing?, he got clothes and fancy things, big old car and pretty women, watch what jealousy and envy brings, on the backstreet, that's where i live, on the backstreets, there ain't nothing positive, now up the block comes my man, cee lo, say what's happening, how you feel?, he don't care about no, 'cause he's known to keep it real, peep what's happening down the block?, yo hood is down, you're taking mine, cee lo knows about his business, so he runs it down one time, he get keys straight from miami, hooks it up and sells it cheap, you ain't getting nothing but old from sally, so your prices are too steep, but i got just the thing you need, son, if you really wanna win, sunlight sparkles on his gold fronts, as he makes this evil grin, take a walk on down to my crib, and let me show you something new, now i got loads of guns and ammo, that i bought from this white dude, you could tell that i was down, that i was just the man to see, and he funded me and leased the cheese with, of artillery on the backstreet, that's where i live on the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive, now in his bedroom, it's amazing, he got guns of every kind, he lights a plant and we start blazing, then i picked the one that shined, it's an old school calico, semi auto dark as night, it's just the thing i need, to make my situation tight, so he shows me how to load it, since i don't know what to do, aims toward the wall and it exploded, through this poster of ice cube, it brought so much devastation, that it's obvious to me, that is just the thing, to separate your soul from your body, on the backstreet, that's where i live, on the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive, i went home and started planning, for he might come up at midnight, in the darkness catch him slipping, take his up, money is life, i'll just catch him as he goes out, to his car to make a run, now you can't front when you're confronted, with the cold steel of a gun, midnight comes and i'm moving, on the creep all dressed in black, wearing a ski mask so he won't know, who just put him on his back, so i hid behind the bushes, at the people's house next door, 3 shots rang out from behind me, and my blood began to pour, no, what? what now, boy?, told you i was gonna get you, boy, thought you's gonna catch me sleeping in your dream, do it hurt? let's go, everything happened in one swift action, should i just couldn't believe, cee lo told them what was happening, i been tricked up and deceived, and it ain't that nobody heard it, and it ain't that nobody cared, it's just that everybody was busy, looking out for what was theirs, city said, what they call the m-c-c, now i don't really know what that means, but it's what the cops called me, they don't care what happens to me, they don't miss me on the beat, all they know is that there's one less nigger, hanging on the backstreet where i used to live, on the backstreet, there ain't nothing, nothing, the choices you make can make or break you, the choices you make can make or break you, the choices you make can make or break you, the choices you make can make or break you