16 Shots

Ready for the war we got our boots strapped
 A hundred deep on State Street, where the troops at?
 The mayor lying saying he didn't see the video footage
 And everybody want to know where the truth at
 On the South side where it's no trauma centers, but the most trauma
 A lot of cannons but you don't want no drama
 I can't imaginein, and talkin behind my back
 I'm kind of schizophrenic, I'm in this shit to win it
 'Cause life's a Wheel of, Fortune here's my chance to spin it
 Got no time for cops, who trip and try to catch me
 Too fuckin' trigger happy, to let them suckers snatch me
 Niggaz gettin jealous (jealous) tryin' to find my stash
 Whip out the nine, now I'ma dive and pump your ass
 Peter picked a pepper, but I can pick a punk
 Snatched him like a bitch, and threw him in the trunk
 The punk thought I was bluffin, but swear I'm nothin nice
 Before I take your life, first wrestle with these, mics
 I listen to him scream, Tray Deee went insane
 I guess the little, mites had finally found his brain
 New Rovers pull me over, I'm sentenced to the pen
 Remember that little, bird, he snitched and told a, friend
 It's trouble on my mind, I'm with the old timers
 And fuck five-oh, blaow blaow, turn em into forty-niners
 Bye bye, I was never meant to live
 Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where you live
 Bye bye, I was never meant to be
 Livin' like a thief, runnin through the streets
 Bye bye, and I got no place to go
 Where they find me? 16 on Death Row
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 Dear mama, these cops don't understand me
 I turned to a life of crime, 'cause I came from a broken family
 My uncle used to touch me, I never told you that
 Scared what you might do, I couldn't hold you back
 I kept it deep inside, I done let it fuel my anger
 I'm down for all my homies, no mercy for a stranger
 The brother in my set, is 16 is wet
 It's hard to adapt, when you're black and you're trapped in a livin' Hell
 I shouldn'ta let him catch me
 Instead of livin' sad in jail I coulda died free and happy
 And my cellmate's raped on the norm
 And passed around the dorm, you can hear his asshole gettin' torn
 They made me an animal
 Can't sleep, instead of countin' sheep, niggaz countin' cannibals
 And that's how it is in the pen
 Turn old and cold, and your soul is your best friend
 My mama prayed for me
 Tell the Lord to make way for me, prepare any day for me (why?)
 'Cause when they come for me they find a struggler
 To the death I take the breath from your jugular
 The trick is to never lose hope
 I found my buddy hangin dead from a rope, 16 on Death Row
 Bye bye, I was never meant to live
 Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where you live
 Bye bye, I was never meant to be
 Livin' like a thief, runnin through the streets
 Bye bye, and I got no place to go
 Where you find me? 16 on Death Row
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 Dear mama, they sentenced me to death
 Today's my final day, I'm countin every breath
 I'm bitter cause I'm dyin, so much I haven't seen
 I know you never dreamed, your baby would be dead at 16
 I got beef with a sick society that doesn't give a shit
 And they too quick to say goodbye to me
 They tell me the preacher's there for me
 He's a crook with a book, that motherfucker never cared for me
 He's only here to be sure
 I don't drop a dime to God bout the crimes he's commitin
 On the poor, and how can these people judge me?
 They ain't my peers and in all these years, they ain't never love me
 I never got to be a man, must be part of some big plan
 To keep a nigga in the state pen
 And to my homies out buryin motherfuckers
 Steer clear of these Aryan motherfuckers
 Cause once they got you locked up
 They got you trapped, you're better off gettin shot
 I'm convinced self-defense is the way
 Please, stay strapped, pack a gat every day
 I wish I woulda known while I was out there
 Now I'm straight headin for the chair
 Bye bye, I was never meant to live
 Can't be positive, when the ghetto's where we live
 Bye bye, I was never meant to be
 Livin like a thief, runnin thro