Faith Evans - Gotta Be A Better Way lyrics

[DJ Deff Jeff Scratching] Gotta Be, Gotta Be, Gotta Be, Gotta Be, A Better Way [Verse 1: Ray Dog] Illegal life got me handcuffed And got my man snuffed I'm shackled down, shooting guns With the crackle sound, nickel round If you salt you get peppered Enough to leave your fxckin' head severed It's me or you, it's do or die, I see your crew Them bullets fly Now who would try to bring out and ring out The dog for redemption, snitchin', trynna lock down The strongest of our henchman [E-Devious] I'm at the point of no return, I'm feeling lonely Trapped up in my mind, all by myself No body can hold me Riding with my team, we gotta carry big toast Cause rolling with force, if he shows, motherf**ers who can k** the most, but, professional murderers never leave a Clue, uh, remember that, I live my life, so my n***as can see another day, but we all know there is gotta be another way [DJ Scratching] [Chorus: Faith Evans] There's Got To Be A Better Way x4 [Tony Rhome] Check it, I get this call from my man He's trying to withstand the ghetto life, of living trife, but he don't understand You either play the game or get out of it, no in-between sh** What I mean is, you got to know the time that goes along With the crime So everything is cool, so if you get caught up now you know the rules But some turn b**h, and wanna snitch, taking overtime, fxcking up your's and mine You want something n***a, set your goals for it, illegally, legally, homie go for it Cause you gotta do what you gotta do and forget how you gotta do it and who you gotta do it to Cause every man will gamble for himself, and it's always a gamble when you gotta scramble for illegal wealth But if you do - Be smart and stack it until one day, maybe we can find a better way [Repeat Chorus] [Ray Dog] [?] I see you got a gang with body but no head And you got a thang with hardly no led. Said you wanna Spread gun smoke like cancer, drug financer, waiting For a chance to, take charge, live large, every day you live there's a bullet that you dodge, you let 'em sabotage your sh** with the infiltration, and freeze your elevation, it's all set-up for you to get wet up And when you return to the streets, keeps your head up, fed-up, enemies, bad memories, remember these g's you'd squeeze for a 7 keys, you didn't peel 'em, you left 'em breathing, now they strapped to make you feel it and get even You didn't believe in the power of the Cheddar, now you all [?] But maybe that way's better..