Under the Streetlight

"So today on W.E.B.REAL, we have our special guest 2-TONE in the house! So tell the world a little bit about yourself; what has inspired you to do... what you do?" Yeah, it's what I've been through you know What I had to overcome in order to be in this position To share my story with the masses and inspire others to be pushing for greatness No matter how successful you become in life, you can never forget where you came from The trials... the struggles... it builds character; it's fuel to persevere through any situation No matter what we've been through, it all happened... Under The Streetlight Little kid in the streets lost trying to find his way Bullets ricochet everyday trying to find a stray Momma's paranoid telling me she wants to move away Empty bottles in the hallway drinking up her pain Went the wrong way; the broad gate smoking up cocaine Caught up in the dope game; brain dead like Cobain Tried to get away searching for a little peace Roamed the streets saw the crack fiends blind to the beast Bought a piece from my peeps no protection from police Hit the concrete when they started shooting on my street Roc City homicides where they kill you for a dime Too many friends of mine are dead or doing time Saw a girl in my class prostituting on the Ave A lost soul searching for the love that she never had Feeling trapped in the city where there's no turning back Starring up at the streetlight that's where it's at I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight Woke up 3 a.m. handcuff me to the pen I'm only sixteen sleeping in a cage with grown men It's the chain gang slaves on our way to see the judge Ain't no love when a fake thug snitches on your blood Oh no here we go again; I'm back on the streets again Tagging up my name again banging with the hooligans Breaking into cars sparkplugging your windows Took your toll change, speakers and your custom radio Searched the console and snatched hidden bags of indo In-and-out like a shadow running off with valuables Hot flips now we're bringing more than food to the table Shot kids fall like dominoes doomed from the cradle Murder flows through our veins since the time of Cain and Abel Nothing's stable; I need protection before it's fatal Everyday it's a war zone rollin' with gangs At night I pray Under the Streetlight for a better way I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight It's hard to breathe when you're serving fiends in the crack house Watching 'em bleed internally; high as cloud Hard to believe human beings turning into zombies Dead on the couch; crusty lips foaming at the mouth The devil's around watch out I might go down I can sense a wolf shrouded as sheep no doubt Plaguing the streets with disease homicide rates increase Pray for peace in the areas abandoned by police Violence will never cease its American Greed Silence in the murder scene; the Code of the Street Cruising in my tinted jeep dropped my boys on the Ave Stepped on the gas looked back saw crack in a bag Who the hell am I to trust when the system's all corrupt? I was being set-up now anybody can be touched Even though I made it safe and paved my way out the game My drive and motivation came from these streets of pain I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight I was born and raised Under the Streetlight No one can take that away baby I'm game tight Through all the struggle and pain hustling late nights I was born to reign Under the Streetlight In every borough, city, state and country around the world who can relate; this one's for you! "God Bless the Child that got's his own!" 2-T.O.N.E.! I'M 2-TONED UP!