[Verse]
Paper chasin', dreams murkier than swamp waters,
Hustle in the alley, prayers to forgotten fathers,
Glocks stashed, secrets locked, lips zipped,
Blood on the sidewalk, etched tales of the crypt.
[Chorus]
Gangsta life echoes, shadows in the twilight,
Survival of the fittest, every night’s a street fight,
Hustle hard, live fast, dice roll the heartbeat,
Where bullets and ambition on the concrete meet.
[Verse 2]
Top down, ridin' dirty, stones in the duffel,
Fiends on the corner, every deal a hustle,
Eyes wide, lurkin’, never know who schemin’,
Game thick as molasses, nightmares you dreamin’.
[Bridge]
Mama prayed, said the streets gonna take you,
Friends yesterday, now enemies who snake you,
Honor's a ...