Sick Symphoniez (Sick Jacken & Street Platoon) - In This Lifetime lyrics

Hook: Sample "I don't know much About this thing called love But I'm willing to try I don't know much about it either, baby But if you're willing Then so am I" --] 5th Dimension (Verse 1) [Sick Jacken] It all started on the Mexican streets, and ended up In these L.A. blocks, that's where the love was released Me and Duke were a product of those immigrant antique Ways, went man on man on the cowards that back seats And that's deep Street education, my dad teached It ain't the gangs in the hood, but cops that harra**ed me He said money wouldn't last me long Enjoy family before they get to pa**in' on I grew up on the 17th block of Pico Union A rough life, but good times always keep it movin' I stayed down with mom and pop My blood Big Duke, Richie and Lil' Jake, that's one love [Cynic] I never expressed my love with a hug and kiss More like a f** you and a diss This life is a gift Before I looked at it like it wasn't sh** Cause of the way we grew up Mistreated as kids We also called it tough love Well, call it being real with each other Never cared about them enemies or undercover The escape for us, the streets Where all the kids felt like me Constantly, got in a beef There's no one to blame For our mistakes and the pain we went through And made our folks feel too So whenever I Did somethin' wrong, moms, I blamed it on you Though you had no idea of what your son would do Chorus: [Crow] There ain't no city like my city in this world [Cynic] There ain't nobody like my baby sons and baby girls [Sick Jacken] I thank God up above for this lifetime And I got love for my women in the night time [All] Yeah [Cynic] And it's still good I grew up in the ghetto, but I love my hood [Sick Jacken] Now this is how it is and this is how it's always gone be [Crow] Me and the fam til we R.I.P [Verse 2: Crow] I wake up And I'm surprised that I'm breathing Believing yes, it's another day that I cheated d**h Yeah, sometimes, it feels like there's nothing left To tell your mother wept, giving me your first breath I was blessed with this life that I lived Could've died as a kid, all the wild sh** we did Tag my name up And jumping from a bridge Smoking and drinking, sh**, I don't know what I was thinking Mom and pops couldn't watch my whole life All the stress, d** and fights, probably thought I wasn't right But in life Everything comes full circle Now we raisin' boys and girls that we brought into this world We were them young boys out there pullin' pistols No one ever said that your love was right with you Life is crazy Thank the family that make me Cause they raised me with them street smarts that saved me Repeat Hook (Verse 3) [Cynic] Now that I survived twenty-something years of my life I can see things much more clear I can live in the dark and give light to those that need I remember Jack giving me my first S.D Everyday I was making beef Flew out thee in need Tryna master this deed to see where it would lead Like after five years, they gave me my seed Now I'm praying Real hard for my family to live in peace [Sick Jacken] We learned tough love on these streets Sometimes a**ume we never had much So we broke the Lord just to eat Now I put my life to a beat Ain't sh** changed, though That's just how the game go, and I mean deep Thought if I stayed away from the guns and crime wave I'll be safe at the end of day From the drama But you'll find that this world just ain't nothin' nice I'll survive on what I learned early on in my life Repeat Chorus