See we gotta see some motion to this street code

Remember dukes kicked me out, slept up in tha cold

Now I count my blessings like I'm counting foes

Death another subject, life simple stay ten toes

R.I.P Frostbite.. and rest in peace Beats

On a quest for dollars, still pouring liquor in the street

Chozen few gang, a lot of my ninjas packing heat

..I'm still tryna remember the reason I started weed

Still sipping from my cup.. it's delightful without the greed

City and the game faded, killa bees tryna sleep

On the come up as I creep, kid isn't for the weak

I give my thanks everyday, but sometimes I never speak

Young J from tha lake, and I'm deeper than the sea

90's lifestyle, just sustaining this family tree

And If I make it.. Ima execute these plans with ease

I'm in the studio illmatic rhythm we spread the disease

Slept in the cold.. when my dukes said I couldn't stay

Lost my mindstate.. there were really nights I couldn't pray

Had to find my faith without church every seven days

Still hustling to double up, wise know crime pays

See we gotta see some motion to this street code

Remember dukes kicked me out, slept up in tha cold

Now I count my blessings like I'm counting foes

Death another subject, life simple stay ten toes

See we gotta see some motion to this street code

Remember dukes kicked me out, slept up in tha cold

Now I count my blessings like I'm counting foes

Death another subject, life simple stay ten toes

A one-2, a one-2, a one-2, a one-two

From tha southside all the way to the milly strip

A one-2, a one-2, a one-2, a one-two

Yeah we dodge a cop, no charges ever since

It's raining red, I'm just tryna maintain my head

Resurface the pain, like a shot full of meds

Lifes a movie.. we gon make it to the credits

From the bottom to the top, yeah we southside legends

Stay on a gangsta lean, counting up my blessings

Give thanks to tha team, and the lord when I'm stressing

Protected from weapons, yeah tha kid's from tha shore

Street visions bring ruckus, it's the hunger for more

Rolling dice.. making change, outside of the liquor store

Can't spend it all.. known to keep a dollar in my paw

Got this chick on my stick, like some corn on the cob

And the gentlemans club already gave me the nod

Babyface to the broads, yeah this life's been hard

And I'm still repping the battlefield, back of the car

Still the best on earth.. and the best on mars

Back then tha kid J was still serving em scars

See we gotta see some motion to this street code

Remember dukes kicked me out, slept up in tha cold

Now I count my blessings like I'm counting foes

Death another subject, life simple stay ten toes

See we gotta see some motion to this street code

Remember dukes kicked me out, slept up in tha cold

Now I count my blessings like I'm counting foes

Death another subject, life simple stay ten toes

A one-2, a one-2, a one-2, a one-two

From tha southside all the way to the milly strip

A one-2, a one-2, a one-2, a one-two

Yeah we dodge a cop, no charges ever since