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I was an outcast, outsider, trouble maker |
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A lost soul, outta control, in danger |
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Didn't have a care in the world, my feelings were numb |
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Never showin' emotion is easy for some |
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I don't know how it happened, how |
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I got to this point |
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But I needed a way out, |
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I was stuck in a ploy |
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I needed another path or |
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I'd self destruct |
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I was down on my luck, my head was so fucked |
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A menace rollin' the streets is what |
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I wasHoldin' my heat and rollin' with the serious thugs |
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You couldn't tell me a thing, |
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I was like my brother |
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Words went in one ear and out the other |
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Slangin' and bangin' with a chip on my shoulder |
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An insane, hit the brain, certified street soldier |
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So close to the grave at an early age |
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Can't tell you the price |
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I've paidOh, the sky overhead is like a canvas of gray |
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I don't know how much time |
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I'll be given to stay |
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From the first spring to light 'til the end of the day |
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I'm just livin' my life 'til they come carry me away |
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I've been there in |
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LA nights in the block where |
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I came upMy pops used to hate when we hanged with them bangers |
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Guess he knew one day that will become us |
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That's just how it is when you live where we come from |
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Fight, don't run, is the motto we live by |
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Get 'em on the ground and stomp a mind about ten times |
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Sure, we was just kids back then |
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I had no remorse for what we did back then |
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Six of us, one call, we'd all pack in |
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Hit the strip and go and get the shit crack in |
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Gun wars and drug deals, |
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I seen 'em happen |
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When I started losin' home, boys, |
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I wasn't laughin' |
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I looked all around and seen none of 'em there |
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That's when |
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I figured out that nobody cared |
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If we lived or die, we'll just get high and dry |
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And I wasn't gonna let this happen one more time |
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Oh, the sky overhead is like a canvas of gray |
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I don't know how much time |
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I'll be given to stay |
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From the first spring to light 'til the end of the day |
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I'm just livin' my life 'til they come carry me away |
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My mother would stand for me every step of the way |
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She didn't judge me, she told me |
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I'd win some day |
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When I was at my lowest, when |
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I had no focus |
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She pulled me out the gutter, said |
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I wasn't hopeless |
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Every night she prayed for me, |
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I was out on the street |
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Chillin' on the corner with the hand on my heat |
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Eyes open wide for the pigs and foes |
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It's an everyday hazard when you hustle for dough |
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So many nights |
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I didn't come home, she thought the worst |
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Maybe somebody shot me down without any remorse |
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Maybe I hurt somebody and |
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I was stuck in a cell |
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Well, I regret all those times that |
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I put her through hell |
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When I reflect back on those days, my heart aches |
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And everybody |
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I lost or let down, |
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I wish I could take it all back |
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And make it better but |
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I can't, so |
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I try to make amends |
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And be there through thick and thin |
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Oh, the sky overhead is like a canvas of gray |
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I don't know how much time |
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I'll be given to stay |
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From the first spring to light 'til the end of the day |
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I'm just livin' my life 'til they come carry me away |
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Come,, carry me away |
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Come carry me away |
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Come, carry me away |
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Come, carry me away |
