Gang Starr, Uncle Reo, Snoop Dogg - In This Life... lyrics

Word up aiyyo Rome' (yo)
Yo life ain't what it's cracked
Up to be these days, y'knahmean?

Word! Knahmsayin?
Life hard out this muh'fucker, y'knahmsayin?

So you gotta make the best
Of a bad situation, and hold your head

Knahmsayin? You gotta progress through
The struggle man

From New York to Cali it remains the same
Bitch niggas always wanna go
Against the grain the strong will survive
The weak shall perish
Y'all need more courage
I keep y'all nourished
Get in line, I let you know right now
You need to slow right down or
You get blown right now
From what I see it's systematic
How we push to addicts
Demographics make the street life
Hell or drastic
In the hood we see effects of genocide
Cause if it's on it's on
You know at least 10 men'll ride
But on the other side, corruption runs deep
I'm aware of the conspiracies
Discussion is brief
They're building more prisons
Spendin less on schools on the block Smith &
Wess-ons and Teflons rule
It's hard to escape it
Certain laws are sacred
In this life my nigga
It's mad hard to make it

This one's for my sons and my lil' daughter
Peace to JMJ and my nigga HeadQCourterz
A Gang Starr with a gangster, on a mission
World Premier, limited edition
My mind keeps driftin cause I
Haven't had a spliff in
A long time, I'm doin fine, I feel terrific
I bop up the street, C-walk to the beat
It's cold outdoors
So I got to keep some heat
I never know when a cutthroat
Gon' try to test me
Disrespect me, things could get messy
Yes he, shoot a good game, like James
I mean Jesse, watch out nigga
Heavens to Betsies the big drum beater
With a car full of heaters
And some fly senoritas
In some Stacy's or some Chucks
Cause I gotsta keep it G'd up
Run up on the Dogg man you
Bound to get beat up

O-o-o oohhh, talkin bout this life
WhoahhhOHHHHHHHHHH, this life
This life fades out