[00:03]Check it out, oh
[00:05] Detroit city got me gritty I'm filthy I can't help it
[00:08] I really hope to make it with this hand I was dealt with
[00:11] Staring out my rear view, looking for a clear view
[00:14] It's hard to pray to God when you feel the devils near you
[00:17] Kids turn to burglars, streets are full of murders
[00:19] Enough to turn you cold so we all pack burners
[00:22] Junkies by the furnace and they trying to keep warm
[00:25] Doing right ain't feeling right so I rather do wrong
[00:28] The world is on fire you can hear the bodies burning
[00:31] The oil is running out but the wheels keep turning
[00:33] Tomorrow ain't certain so I'm living for today
[00:36] I hope to go to college but prison's in the way
[00:39] Enough stress to turn me crazed so I'm looking much older
[00:42] You kill for colder if you turn the wrong corner
[00:45] Life expectancy is shorter than you really can imagine
[00:48] Hope to see 23, the only thing I'm asking
[00:51] It's another day alone, it's a war to survive
[00:53] I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive
[00:56] It's the street life, street life
[00:59] It's the street life, street life
[01:02] My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died
[01:04] You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide
[01:07] It's the street life, street life
[01:10] It's the street life, street life
[01:13] Now who the hell's there, someone's knocking on my door
[01:16] I feel death is out to get me hope to make it out for sure
[01:19] There ain't a star in the sky so it's hard to make a wish
[01:21] I might be the next to die, hard to see through the mist
[01:24] Blowing kiss from my mother, give a hug to my brother
[01:27] Light a candle on the mantle, say a prayer, say another
[01:30] It's a street life, we fight for everything we got
[01:33] It's the street life, three strikes, the only thing we got
[01:35] I make my money in the hallway, feast by the doorway
[01:39] Sell a pack, make a stack, I'll be here all day
[01:41] Hustle when it's broad day, forget what the law say
[01:44] Welcome to the jungle you a long way from broadway
[01:47] Never knock the hustle and they really would've see is
[01:50] Pistol packin in my jeans, see the demons in my dreams
[01:52] Now what does it mean when your body turns numb?
[01:55] And you're scared of what's comin so you begin to run
[01:58] It's another day alone, it's a war to survive
[02:01] I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive
[02:04] It's the street life, street life
[02:06] It's the street life, street life
[02:09] My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died
[02:12] You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide
[02:15] It's the street life, street life
[02:18] It's the street life, street life
[02:21] Call the cops, call the swass team, gotta man-made a loose
[02:23] doose doose in my goose ain't no call it a truce
[02:26] I spit the truth and nothing but it, now why can't I kick the bucket
[02:29] I'm used to having nothing so I'm always having something
[02:32] why the hell would i lie
[02:35] I know exactly where I'm going, why the hell should I try
[02:38] Everybody's getting locked up, bodies turning chopped up
[02:41] Girls are being knocked up, money's being mocked up
[02:44] You could get socked up so watch how you talking
[02:46] The whole city's gorgeous so watch where you walking
[02:49] This can happen often so it's really nothing new to me
[02:52] Usually, you could catch a kiss before puberty
[02:55] People's screaming unity but nothing seems to change
[02:58] Everybody's on the way, diamond knows what's in my brain
[03:00] Enough to make a man insane, all I feel is the rain
[03:02] I wanna welcome you to the city full of pain
[03:06] It's another day alone, it's a war to survive
[03:09] I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive
[03:11] It's the street life, street life
[03:14] It's the street life, street life
[03:17] My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died
[03:20] You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide
[03:23] It's the street life, street life
[03:25] It's the street life, street life
[03:29] It's another day alone, it's a war to survive
[03:31] I'm all on my own, hope to make it home alive
[03:34] It's the street life, street life
[03:37] It's the street life, street life
[03:40] My heart's turned to stone man it's almost like it died
[03:43] You could run and run forever but there ain't no where to hide
[03:45] It's the street life, street life
[03:48] It's the street life, street life
[03:57] It's the street life, street life