In This Life...

Word up
 Aiyyo Rome' (yo)
 Yo life ain't what it's cracked up to be these days, y'knahmean?
 Word! Knahmsayin?
 Life hard out this muh'fucker, y'knahmsayin?
 So you gotta make the best of a bad situation, and hold your head
 Knahmsayin? You gotta progress through the struggle man
 In this life. (ohhh, this life)
 "You better wake up"
 In this life. (talkin bout this life)
 "R-R-Remember this"
 In this life. (whoah-ohhh)
 "S-S-Survival of the fittest"
 In this life
 "I go all out" - "Y'knahmsayin?"
 From New York to Cali it remains the same
 Bitch niggaz always wanna go against the grain
 The strong will survive, the weak shall perish
 Y'all need more courage, I keep y'all nourished
 Get in line, I let you know right now
 You need to slow right down or you get blown right now
 From what I see it's systematic how we push to addicts
 Demographics make the street life hell or drastic
 In the hood we see oppressive genocide
 Cause if it's on it's on, you know at least 10 men'll ride
 But on the other side, corruption runs deep
 I'm aware of the conspiricies, discussion is brief
 They're building more prisons, spendin less on schools
 On the block Smith & Wess-ons and Teflons rule
 It's hard to escape it, certain laws are sacred
 In this life my nigga, it's mad hard to make it
 In this life
 Money is key
 And everybody you see ain't what they claim to be
 In this life
 I try to do right
 I live a treacherous life, I know I ain't right, mm
 In this life
 You got to keep on
 You got to be strong, you got to hold on
 In this life, heh, I come in peace
 But still yo, I come from the streets
 This one's for my sons and my lil' daughter
 Peace to JMJ and my nigga Headquarters
 A +GangStarr+ with a gangster, on a mission
 World +Premier+, limited edition
 My mind keeps driftin cause I haven't had a spliff in
 A long time, I'm doin fine, I feel teriffic
 I bop up the street, C-walk to the beat
 It's cold outdoors, so I got to keep some heat
 I never know when a cutthroat gon' try to test me
 Disrespect me, things could get messy
 Yes he, shoot a good game, like James
 I mean Jesse, watch out nigga, heavens to Betsies
 The big drum beater
 With a car full of heaters and some fly senoritas
 In some Stacy's or some Chucks, cause I gotsta keep it G'd up
 Run up on the Dogg man you bound to get beat up
 In this life. (ohhh, this life, I'm tryin to make it better)
 "You better wake up"
 In this life. (I won't have to struggle no mo', no I won't)
 "R-R-Remember this"
 In this life. (ohhh, this life, this life)
 "S-S-Survival of the fittest" -> Nas
 In this life. (tryin to make it better, yes I am)
 Ooooohhh, talkin bout this life
 Whoahhh, oooohhhhhh, this life, this life