9th Wonder - Ya Hear Me lyrics

[Intro] I've been living so foul so long, I swear I think it's the only way I know how to live The streets made a monster in Jozeemo I might need some help Let's go [Hook] The streets is all I know, the d** is what I do The crime is a damn shame, God, you hear me? The streets is all I know, the d** is what I do The crime is a damn shame [Verse 1] You want to talk about hammers? Well I own some You want to talk about cases? Well I got a few Probably ‘cause I shot at you I'm from the east side of Durham where the cops patrol And live by the code “lock and load” Glocks explode and grandmothers end up crying Half the time, the wrong n***a always end up dying What's a daddy? Ain't nobody got them, we got to suffer Knowing some dirty n***a in the back f**ing our mother School shopping, got two outfits, the other kids noticed Started joking, sh**, I ain't been back since I was a little n***a fiending to eat And when the weather got cold, I found out the true meaning of heat f** a radiator kerosene I was 11 years old with a nine, I was strapped with a inf beam Way too young for this grown man sh** But I'll be damned if I'm on clutching with a two-hand grip Come on [Hook 4x] The streets is all I know, the d** is what I do The crime is a damn shame, God, you hear me? [Verse 2] Yo I heard of CREAM but the DREAM seem astounding ‘Cause in my hood, d** rule everything around me Never hit the mall, the booth will bring the stores to you It's amazing what some hard can do Make a mother take the food right out of a child's mouth A preacher get to losing religion and wild out I've seen it all first hand All-nighters on the block scared as f** trying to bubble off my first gram I got robbed, I got punched in the eye And said “f** it”, next n***a try to play me got to die So before I got posted up, 40-cal holsted up Been about my life, took the strip and lit the whole sh** up That's when the beef came, the hood had my back, jack So that's when the east came and Jozee got the street fame The LOV was running sh**, we had it locked, stocked, and barreled Thorough, that's even before the summer hit [Hook]