Shyheim - Life as a Shorty lyrics

Thug niggas bounce to this
Only thug niggas bounce to this word up
I wan't no fruitcake ass? niggas bouncing
To this shit right here
Word up, strictly hardcore only, check it

Gunshots, they travel throughout
My projects quickly i stay thuggin'
For pray the god that none hit's me
Me and my peoples we swarm in packs
Some rap others sell crack
To get stacks of the green paper
We move makers, lex and landcruisers takers
Block vacators
Thugs that run 5 acres of land
Flooded with dealers who kill for grams
It's the street life
Baby you wouldn't understand nothing
Getting my hustle on, just 8 to 10
But here I go again
Cause recreation programs
They makin' me no grands
So much stress on my mind I
Can just kill a man


I never knew my own dad when
I was young he broke out
That's when my mom got smoked out
And I took the street route
I hung around with real gangstas
Playas and hustlas
I guess they liked my style a lot
So they took a little nigga under the wing
Eventually I started slingin' white shit
No time for school cause the hours didn't mix
So sleep late at night most
Nights I didn't even sleep
That's how I got caught up
And sold a dime to the beast
They offered me a 1 to 3, hahaa
I do a bullet
Traded in my gats for greens that's
How the state do it
I'm movin' ain't no joking
Get your muthafuckin' dosage
So when you and the penal don't
Be acting like no biaaatch

I'm seventeen now, and I'm off to parole
I see the? a month, hopefully I be home
I'm kinda anxious
I haven't seen my friends in a year
My moms OD and when I
Think about it every seals
But, I'm a young man that
Gotta change his lifestyle
Get a job at compound
It ain't easy as it sounds
I gotta have some fast money
Flippin' burgers everyday
I been to? house, I get a slinky day
Anybody in my way I'm blasting
Fuck the peace
Cause there's a war upon the streets
No south west or east
All my niggas in the struggle
Hold your head and get the CREAM
Big gunz money and pussy be
The US ghetto dream