Hook:

Wow! Don’t you know the streets don’t apologize, yeah, no no, now you got a

Little reputation and and they saying that you on the rise, yeah, and you say you got a lot of ties

I know what it cost, I know what it cost, I know what it cost, just to get it-get it, I know what it cost

Verse 1 (Dru Bex)

Wow! Look at how far I came, got the mission and I ran with it

Running man, running through the dark with the candle lit

This is all God’s plan, I couldn’t plan for this

Im reminded of the cause, thinking 'bout my past, I’m reminded, I was lost

Saviour had to come down and die up on the cross

So that I could be found like a diamond in the rough

Now I’m praying for my dogs, yah, running in the street, looking out for the opps

I know you got a whole lot of drama, but you ain’t got to stay up on the block

I know what it cost to get you some respect like a boss

But when the ops come and pull up with the llama, you won’t care about respect when your gone

Hook:

Wow! Don’t you know the streets don’t apologize, yeah, no no, now you got a

Little reputation and and they saying that you on the rise, yeah, and you say you got a lot of ties

I know what it cost, I know what it cost, I know what it cost, just to get it-get it, I know what it cost

Verse 2 (Jon Keith)

Count it, I really did

I try to stay up off the corner where my relly (relative) live

And do you bang ‘cause you rap? It’s all relative

You get the John without the past, is that a better gift?

Who-who-who hot, who you really got?

Boy I know you ain’t a snitch but you got a shot

Off the block, tell me what it’s worth, you ain’t got a lot

Photo op, you ain’t get the picture, you just want the crop

Bang-bang-bang, yeah-yeah, I been in the pen

I worked with them kids, I seen what it is they saying

“Bang-bang-bang, I’m a need that”

Then they let them go, they ain’t free, they about to relapse, uh

I seen a better way, meditate, don’t medicate

Dru, I’m a need another eight like Jon and Kate

They Don’t get it ‘til they get got or get locked

Or been shot, a whole lot, it’s too hot

They won’t stop, I’m done

Hook

Don’t you know the streets don’t apologize? Now you got a

Little reputation and you saying that you on the rise, yeah you say you got a lot of ties

I know what it cost, I know what it cost, I know what it cost just to get it-get it, I know what it cost