Singing: Gerald Alston See I was raised up on these mean streets Im from the projects,right where poverty and hell meets Im searchin every day to find a better way,I gotta Hustle,steal to get my pay before I hit bottom Now some might say I'm already there But who are they to judge or question what I do so I dont care Tired of eatin cheese sandwiches with no meat Tired of watchin all the playas from the same street So its a life of crime,some might sing a rhyme To escape the ghetto before the flatline Choices to make,what am I gonna do Gotta use my talents that gonna put me through Hook: Gerald Alston Now with success I've become a target They wanna set me up,I guess mo money equals more problems They wanna get me,wanna hit me,strip me of my riches They want to cut me up in pieces,leave me deep in ditches And I cant take it,but I'm gonna make it (Fading as Meth's verse starts : Fight to stay alive) Verse 1: Method Man I was raised on these meen streets You know,where poverty and hell meet Brothers get jelly,lifes for sale cheap Since my momma held me in her arms to tell me That its a cold world I dun held heat And held myself down,lots of bodies and shells found And niggas takin anything that aint nailed down We fell down,aint hard to tell now I aint tryin ta see the cell now Or see momma put the house up for sale now So Ima give all I got,to try and get that guap Nigga,Im hot with this hustle,go ahead and get the cops I used my talent to get more fickis Unlike these little cornerstore niggas Go change your drawers niggas Hook: Method Man,Gerald Alston Now with success I've become a target They wanna set me up,take me hostage Or take me down some notches They wanna hit me,wanna stick me,get me for my riches They wanna diss me,wanna clip me,leave me stiff in ditches And I cant take it,but I'm gonna make it Verse 2: Inspectah Deck