Young Niggas

So what's up Lil' J?
 We down, Ray Ray
 So what set you claiming?
 Claiming Hoover and South Shores
 We down with 32's in most quads, straight like that
 Straight like that, huh?
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 We grew up as friends
 We was ten, lil' niggas on the block
 He ain't have his own basketball so we shared my rock
 His mama was a fiend, he ain't heard from his pops
 Used to share my clothes with him all the way down to his socks
 He would spend a night, that one night would turn into a week
 At least until his mama got back on her feet
 And she never did
 So he moved in with me, my mama, and my sisters
 Couldn't let him go to foster care cause she ain't trust the system
 So she took care of him like he was me
 Gave us everything she could back when shit was all good
 Just some young niggas
 We was just some young niggas
 We was just some young niggas
 Niggas turned twelve in '92, we was headed to the 7th grade
 Running 'round, stealing cars, dreaming about the better days
 Ducking strays, catching fades, tryna make it through this maze
 Teachers out here smoking J's and wonder why we misbehave
 Same book, different page
 Another year, different age
 Cross colors, colors cross, bows turning into fades
 He started Cripping, I started Blooding
 Now we walking through the halls of school like we don't even know each other
 Young niggas out in these streets
 We was just some young niggas
 (All in these streets to feed)
 Young niggas
 (Lord knows I don't want no enemies, yeah)
 (Young niggas in the streets)
 Started off as brothers but sometimes shit falls apart
 How can I hate this nigga with all this love up in my heart
 With this nigga mean mugging
 Every time we in the class
 Nigga tuck that blue rag or I'm beat your fucking ass
 Guess my mind gone
 Caught him after school, he ain't had no ride home
 Still got that rag hanging, that's what got him fired on
 He pulled the strap so I pistol whipped him with the chrome
 Wasn't tryna kill him, coulda pulled the trigger
 I was just a young nigga
 Young nigga out in these streets
 Just a young nigga
 (All in these streets to feed)
 Just a young nigga
 (Lord knows I don't want no enemies, yeah)
 I was just a young nigga
 (Young niggas in the streets)
 Whooped my nigga ass, he ain't take it on the chin
 Rumor started to spread, I guess I saw him when I seen him
 Two weeks pass and graduation came around
 I was walking through the choir, .45 under my gown
 Had to take a leak, so I headed to the bathroom
 Corner of my eye, see him coming out of the class room
 We exchange words so I cocked the 45th
 He shot, I shot back, thank God I ain't get hit
 But damn, I miss my young nigga
 (Out in these streets)
 I miss my young nigga
 (All in these streets to feed)
 My young nigga
 (Lord knows I don't want no enemies, yeah)
 (Young niggas in the streets)
 Young niggas, young niggas, young niggas
 I ain't the one, nigga
 Damn, I miss my young nigga