Rugged One - A Losing Battle lyrics

Take a walk down the street, see the pushers push d** Everybody and their brother wants to act like a thug With their backs to the brixs, their gat, and mean mugs They act out the life that Pac done dreamed up I done seen some slums, done dirt I can't clean I've Stabbed cats, in the name of pride, for my team All it ever gave me, was nightmares, of bad deeds Made me question if I was indeed a bad seed In need of structure badly, believe To see me succeed is all my dad needs To see the salvation he's prayed for to come For his youngest child, me, his one and only son Wrote Never Learn to thank him, for keeping his faith He's the man behind the scenes, who wants to see me be great He wants to see me wield my sword to cut my slice of the cake Instead of using it to see just how much I can take It's apparent that parent's parenting could make the differ-ence Between a kid who deals yay, and other kids who sniffing it I'm wishing we were winning in the battle, but we're losing it The winner in the end, is who had nothing to do with it The chorus is a metaphor, forever for the guide To heaven's door, cause heaven's courts will judge you on your life You could be a pusher, be a custie, or be a sheep If God calls himself a shepherd, which he want you to be Not a question, about your knowledge of the bible But simply a suggestion how to rise above your rivals It's easy to be a loser, just do nothing Pursue less than that, smoke weed, sell crack Pattern your life, after my life, and it'll happen And the only thing you'll need to learn, is how to make a weapon Or f** your kids neglect ‘em, leave ‘em when they're just infants After all, it ain't your fault you got a ten year sentence, is it Of course it is, nobody forced this business on ya You might have seen it, but I've lived it, so I spit it for ya It's apparent that parent's parenting could make the differ-ence Between a kid who deals yay, and other kids who sniffing it I'm wishing we were winning in the battle, but we're losing it The winner in the end, is who had nothing to do with it