The Game, Masego, J. Stone - One Life lyrics

One life, nigga, one love
Reach them heights and keep goin' up
Hundred miles and runnin'
We ain't slowin' up
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah
They know it's us
They know it's us
Hit them lights and come glow with us
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up
Had to earn them stripes when
We was growin' up
Niggas see you make it out
They hate to show you love

I'm honestly a better man
An odyssey, a river ends
I gotta speak it from within
A lot of tree, a lot of gems

Bottle all that hate and bring it over here
Don't be scared, accept your fate
Mind over fear
How many funerals I done been
To all these years?
Got it tatted on my face so
I don't shed a tear
Just so we clear
Niggas been hatin' on me my whole career
Catchin' fades while the little
Homies hold my beer
Had to move out of Compton
Too much tension here
Glock on my lap
I'm in this Lamborghini switchin' gears
I been rappin' at this level
For like 15 years
My nigga Pup had been in
Solitary my whole career
I know my purpose
Kill any nigga that wanna interfere
Shoot that nigga, pick up the shell
Keep it for a souvenir
Yeah
It's hard to smile when you losin' peers
Paint on that Grand National lookin'
Like some new veneers
All black tint, they lookin' at it like
"Who in there?"
This L.A., think twice before movin' here
You only got

One life, nigga, one love
Reach them heights and keep goin' up
Hundred miles and runnin'
We ain't slowin' up
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah
They know it's us
They know it's us
Hit them lights and come glow with us
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up
Had to earn them stripes when
We was growin' up
Niggas see you make it out
They hate to show you love

I'm honestly a better man
An odyssey, a river ends
I gotta speak it from within
A lot of tree, a lot of gems

Yeah, sellin' my own taste to put
Food on the dinner plate
I used to curb syrup but it
Was better on that interstate
You could tell what's on my
Belt to know I'm heavyweight
My .45 compliment the Louie
I'm forever straight
I was grindin' on the steps
Just to make a profit
I was tryna get a check
I'm just bein' honest
We was taught to stay solid and remain loyal
My reputation good and my game royal
We was cookin' crack, makin' cocaine boil
Invade your block with my troopers
Like we came for oil
We gave up our childhood just
To go on Slauson
When you see that yellow tape, nigga
You know it's caution
Nigga, you ain't been against all odds
Nigga, you ain't been to Crenshaw High, no
No
Nigga, you ain't never did drive-bys
Nigga, you ain't never seen
Shots fired, nope
Quiet

The Cincinnati fitted made me a marked man
By the Parma blocks and 12
Sittin' inside that parked van
Pacin' to the store, pocket full of hard tin
Let me get a Old English, yeah, the tall can
It really ain't no options when
You born in Compton
Shoot at your opps and keep them cops
Out 'til they bring the SWAT in
They told Dre not to sign that nigga
"He a hot head"
The Documentary went Diamond
That's what brought Dot in
I'm a gangbanger, fuck your top 10
Tell your engineer make space and
Get your ass boxed in
I never fold
Under pressure I ain't gon' never break
I never told
I never snitch
I never hesitate to pull my .9
Empty the clip and if I get caught
I'ma do my time
I took the risk, counted my losses
I'ma die for mine
My kids first, my mama second
On my daddy grave, you don't wanna test it
Nigga

One life, nigga, one love
Reach them heights and keep goin' up
Hundred miles and runnin'
We ain't slowin' up
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah
They know it's us
They know it's us
Hit them lights and come glow with us
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up
Had to earn them stripes when
We was growin' up
Niggas see you make it out
They hate to show you love

My job is to, somehow
Make them curious enough
Or persuade them, by hook or crooked
To get more aware of themselves
And where they came from
And what they are into and what is
Already there to bring it out
This is what compels me to compel them
And I will do it by whatever means necessary