Front Row

I can't make this shit up I've seen the battle get tough Hit my wounds with peroxide and patch it right up I can't sit still waiting for them boys to catch us Them weak traits that you carrying don't get you no luck I take impact over the numbers I take hard work over the slumber They ain't taking me under My emotions take a backseat When I'm thinking survival Lost in a loop of paranoia trying to slip out the cycle Slave hard 'til the graveyard isn't the plan Wanna retire with a family and get me some land And I'm taking it there but America ain't making it fair For a nigga like me to expand Wash yo hands before you touch this plate Gold soul food sold at a high price don't make a mistake And miss out on the heat cause you taking too long I can't lie I'm still righting my wrongs Slave hard 'til the graveyard isn't the plan Just wanna retire and get me some land Sit down with the homies and inquire a plan So we can vacation to some sun and some sand Front row at the struggle and it don't feel good My niggas don't deserve to die in the hood Just cause it's gang gang don't mean shit good My niggas don't deserve to die in the hood You hear me? Aye Rain hitting the window When I talk you can hear pain hitting the tempo When you hit the come up the shit feel like a blessing But to see your niggas going through it feel like a limbo All them strong battles you fought the losses you caught From the boss battles of life yes it left you distraught Just remember you're a seed from the soil you came One day you gon' bloom outside of they range And I'm proud of you just to see where you gon' take it Just remember when you wasn't they favorite Them same white folks we spit at cause they racist Them same white folks gon' be your next door neighbors Stop playing to play start playing to win If you got some affirmations then say them again Keep a strap on you too if you in what you in When death come it don't got no friends my nigga Slave hard 'til the graveyard isn't the plan Just wanna retire and get me some land Sit down with the homies and inquire a plan So we can vacation to some sun and some sand Front row at the struggle and it don't feel good My niggas don't deserve to die in the hood Just cause it's gang gang don't mean shit good My niggas don't deserve to die in the hood You hear me?