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Life of the streets

Delilah Prosperousrose Mela

Hustle hard they say
get yo money nigga make pay
but they rarely speak of the backlash of the late night early morning work that
can get you hurt locked up or killed on they beats
Its all about the money, fast cars and bitches you see
They wanna blind your eyes to the conspiracy
What conspiracy you may say
We do it to ourselves
But who endorses the crack in the neighborhood
Who keeps bringing it back, with gold around your neck to scream, “bling, bling I
got dem dollars make you holla
But on da scene I mean the screen you see those faces as criminals and fiends.
The media is exploiting your dreams of becoming a hood star
And putting so called “hard workin’” brothas in tha system
They dreams didn’t go far
They only thought so high
Just wanted to get by and find a quick high
just a way to release and not think about the police
See the life of the streets is seriously cold and will make you grow old young
From poverty to a Bentley we all got dreams
But in da hood dreams are plentiful like fiends
And that’s...
just
The life of the streets.

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