T-Bone Burnett

Street Life

T-Bone Burnett


Yo picture me rollin like Pac in a drop gold double R 
Women, champagne, weed, cigars and caviar 
Livin tha life of a thug, movin em drugs, duckin em slugs 
Dealin wit phones tapped wit bugs, plus 
Associated wit some hard hittas, cold killas 
Convicts, thugs and drug dealers 
Cop killas, and drug lords stackin 8 figures 
Quick to pull a trigga and leave a body floatin in the river 
We gorillas in this jungle collectin mad skrilla 
Bankin on cheddar and cream, from dope fiends 
From a land where everybody gotta fend for themselves 
Half of the mommies doin 25 to life in a cell 
Seems like we dwell in the pits of hell wit no bail 
Chained up, captive and tortured by the enemy's spell 
Who hears my cries from these lonely jail cell 
And what do I profit to lose my soul and gain from drug sales 

[Chorus] 
Livin the street life 
Crystal, drugs and crushed ice 
Hangin wit plays who plain hiest and roll dice 
In casinos like Bugsy Siegal 
We outlaws forever livin illegal 
Tha street life 

[T-Bone] 
A yo, the street life is the only life I know 
taught to hustle these streets and grind to make dough 
Cope the 4-4, jump in the 6-4 
Blast on my adversaries then end up on death row 
Yo, this was the life I seen raised as a youth 
Where everybody smokin chronic, sippin 98 proof 
Aint no happy days and sunshine 

In my hood is jus crime, cryin for one time 
Slugs flyin, and everybody tryin to come up in this evil drug game 
Insane, vision of murder just increase the pain 
Cocaine and methamphetamine 
I want out, but gave an oath to the death of me 
So let it be, Ima ride on my enemy 
But when they bury me, I fear where my soul will be 
Eternally searchin for light patna, but I'm in the midst of the dark 
Its so hard, when you in this ghetto prison lookin for God 

[Chorus] 

[T-Bone] 
Another homie dies, so I wipe the tears from my eyes 
And ask God how many lonely painful tears will I cry 
Seems like nobody even cares out here in the hood 
I tried to get a job, but they swear I'm up to no good 
Misunderstood from a young age, on a rampage 
From an adolescent carryin hollow points in a smith-n-wesson 
For anybody second guessin, if I'm scared to test em 
Aint nothin even worth livin for 
The richa gettin richa and the ghetto remains poor 
Liqour stores and gun shops 
And everybody wonder why thugs pack glocks and kill cops 
Full of hurt since birth, why was I placed on this earth 
Seems like everybody in this ghetto is cursed wit a curse 
And whats worse, is that my potnah dyin at a fast rate 
Dear God can you help me out, I'm lookin for an escape 

[Chorus]