Hood Living

I remember how we ran the streets
 I remember all the shit that I have seen, things you wouldn't believe
 Saw a body laying out in the heat
 But the summer took away all the degree, such a cold memory
 I remember playing hide and seek
 Camping in the front yard every weekend
 Back then I swear we saw the world how we want it to be
 Sometimes we couldn't face the reality, that it be
 No lights, no heat, sleeping head to feet, top ramen on the stove
 Good weed, house keys, tight jeans, kissing in the skating ring
 Hood living wasn't always a dream but I loved it
 Hood lessons taught us a whole lot of things, new blessing
 Hood living it ain't all that it seems
 You gotta love it, hood blessings brought the best out of me
 Oh yeah, oh yeah
 I remember them days, chilling with my cousins talking low
 Couldn't get caught cussing, bad as hell
 The food was good but my grades was decent
 Every Sunday it was singing and preaching
 'Til this day I still go back to my block
 Even though wolves eat life stock, you know how I rock
 Southside never kicking me out
 'Cause I got love for the worst with or with out
 No lights, no heat, sleeping head to feet, top ramen on the stove
 Good weed, house keys, tight jeans, kissing in the skating ring
 Hood living wasn't always a dream (ooh)
 But I loved it, hood lessons taught us a whole lotta things (yeah)
 New blessings, hood living, it ain't all that it seems (made all the dreams)
 You gotta love it, hood blessings brought the best out of me
 Oh yeah, oh yeah
 Hey
 Said I love my hood, it's all good (yeah)
 Southside crazy
 Westside crazy (yeah)
 Oh, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
 Oh, na, na, na
 Na, na, na, na
 Na, na, na, na, oh