Meshell Ndegéocello - Dead Nigga Blvd. Part 2 lyrics

You can gain the world and lose your soul
Worrying about what you ain't got

Trying to make that dollar
Trying to make that dollar
Trying to make that dollar

Lift me up! Lift me up!
Lift me up! Lift me up!
Lift me up! Lift me up!

"They say, you're growing up in the rough
Neighborhood you're mama's on
Crack everytime she gets a welfare check -
It's gone you ain't eatin'
Good you're goin' to
School people laughin' at ya 'cause you're
Dirty and shit get money square you're
Goin' to school you're eatin' damn
Niggas gettin' jealous they want
To take your money so, damn you got to
Hold your's can't keep takin' my money
'cause I'm out here every single day
Trying to make this money"

Lift me up!
"Nah, you ain't gonna take my money and
If it lead up to a
Fight - you gonna fight but then
The next time you see 'em
It's gonna be gunplay so you
- basically you're defending yourself"