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 My Block RemixMy Block RemixAlbum : Better Dayz
 Police Dispatcher ..
 He's headed out a window
 The man with the bag is running like a son of a bitch
 We have people with bags running across, running to the East River, the East River
 And we have four people parking behind the eastern runway
 (Ugh, take a ride, to my block (my block))
 OK it looks good, your clear now
 (That's right)
 Go
 (We're on my motherfucking block)
 [Verse 1]
 They got a nigga, shedding tears
 Reminiscing on my past fears
 Cause shit was hectic for me last year
 It appears that I've been marked for death
 My heartless breath
 The underlying cause of my arrest
 My life is stressed
 And no rest, forever weary
 My eyes stay teary for all the brothers that are buried in the cemetery
 Shit is scary, how black on black crime legendary
 But at times unnecessary
 I'm gettin' worried
 Teardrops and closed caskets
 The three strikes law is drastic
 And certain death for us ghetto bastards
 What can we do when we're arrested, but open fire?
 Life in the pen ain't for me, cause I'd rather die
 But don't cry through your despair
 I wonder if the Lord still cares for us niggas on welfare
 And who cares if we survive?
 The only time they notice a nigga is when he's clutchin on a four-five
 My neighborhood ain't the same
 Cause all these little babies goin' crazy or they sufferin in the game
 And I swear it's like a trap
 But I ain't given up on the hood it's all good when I go back
 Hoes show me love
 Niggaz give me props
 Forever hop, cause it don't stop
 On my block
 [Chorus]  Maybe life is but a dreamHard times is all we've seen
 (On my Block)
 Every block is kinda mean
 But on our block we still plaaayyy
 (My Block)
 (Heh heh heh)
 But on our block we still plaaayyy
 [Verse 2]  Now shit's constantly hot, on my blockIt never fails to be gunshots
 Can't explain a mother's pain, when her son drops
 Black males living in hell, when will we prevail?
 Fearing jail but crack sales got me livin' well
 In a sense I'm suicidal with this thug's life
 Staying strapped forever trapped in this drug life
 God help me, cause I'm starvin, can't get a job
 So I resort to violent robbings, my life is hard
 Can't sleep, cause all the dirt make my heart hurt
 Put in work, and shed tears for my dead peers
 Mislead from childhood where I went astray
 Till this day, I still pray for a better way
 Can't help but feel hopeless and heart broke
 From the start I felt the racism cause I'm dark
 Couldn't quit, the bullshit make me represent
 Hit the bar and played the star everywhere I went
 In my heart, I felt alone out here on my own
 I close my eyes and picture home
 On my block
 [Chorus]  Maybe life is but a dreamHard times is all we've seen
 (On my Block)
 Every block is kinda mean
 But on our block we still plaaayyy
 (My Block)
 (Heh heh heh)
 But on our block we still plaaayyy
 [Verse 3]
 And I can't help but wonder whhyy
 So many young kids had to die
 Caught strays from AK's in a driveby
 Swollen pride and homicide, don't coincide
 Brothers cried for broken lives, mama come inside
 Cause our block is filled with danger
 Used to be a close knit community but now we're all total strangers
 Time changes dust to stone, them crack pipes
 All up and down the block exterminating black life
 But I can't blame the dealers
 My mama's welfare check, just bought the next man chrome wheels
 Shit's real, I know ya feel, my tragedy
 A single mother with a problem child, daddy free
 Hanging out pickin up game, sippin cheap liquor
 Gamin the hoochies hoping I can get to sleep with herrr
 It's a man's world, staying strapped
 Fantasies of a nigga livin phat, but held back
 Pipe dreams can make the night seem hopeless
 Wide eyed and losing focus
 On my block
 [Chorus]  Maybe life is but a dreamHard times is all we've seen
 (On my Block)
 (What's up to all the homies?)
 Every block is kinda mean
 (When I first got some pussy was when I got it was at 112th and 7th avenue)
 (On my motherfucking block)
 But on our block we still praaayyy
 But on our block we still praaayyy
 
 [Verse 4]
 
 And block parties in the, projects
 Lasting a way past daylight
 A young nigga learned to break night
 Used to play fight, with my homies but they stuck in the pen
 I send them ends, but it's tough on a friend
 In my mind, I see the same motherfuckers ballin
 Alcohol will make the lazy nigga slip and fall, miss his call
 I know the young niggaz understand this
 Growing up in this world where everything is scandalous
 I reminisce on the fast times, past crimes
 Trying to cop a slice of pizza with my last dime
 Can't explain, just what attracts me to this dirty game
 Gold chains, some extra change, and the street fame
 And what's strange is everybody knows my name, swear they all know me
 And lots of cash make a nigga change
 I hit the green just to maintain
 Feelin pain
 For all the niggaz that I lost to the game
 From my block
 That's right  (Maybe life is but a dream)(Hard times is all we've seen)
 Rest in peace to all the motherfuckers that passed away
 From all the blocks where I'm from
 (Every block is kinda mean)
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 112th st. and 7th ave. in New York uptown
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 You know what I'm saying
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 183rd and ?
 My Block
 That's right
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 127th and ... East Side
 Kent Avenue, Baltimore
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 My Block
 That's right
 In the Jungle Marine City
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 That's my Block
 That's right
 Los Angeles
 That's my block too
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 Oakland
 Can't forget Oaktown
 (But on our block we still praaayyy)
 That's my block for sure
 And all the other blocks around this motherfucker ...  Houston, Florida, St. Louis, Tennessee, Miami, ChicagoAll y'all niggaz stay kicking up dust
 Represent the motherfucking block
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