[Ronnie Spencer] Ooooooh, yeeeeeeeah Yeeeeah-ay, ooooh yeah [Hook: Isis Re] I don't know, how I can survive In these streets, hard to be me I can surviiiive [Ronnie Spencer] And I don't know how long, I can survive Living in these streets Puffing on these sweets, keeps me alive And I don't know how long, I can hold on When I look into the sky, see the birds fly Keeps me holding on And I don't know what to do This life is taking me, through my up's and down's And I can't get off this ride, holding on so tight I just close my eyes (close my eyes) [Hook: Isis Re] [Z-Ro] I had to keep from going under, like Stevie I wonder thinking hard Running out of places to lay my head, got me drinking hard Born struggling, a fellow achieved his bubbling The fact that I can't get no job, don't do nothing but rub it in I'm running out of time, and I'm sick of slanging nickels and dimes Ducking the police daily, is affecting my grind Losing my mind behind the wrong woman, that say she loves me Long as I'm dropping on the rent, everything is lovely So many features in songs, tell me why I ain't got no home Penitentiary grown cause I roam, with a pocket full of stones Somebody tell me, will I make it to the cream of the crop Forever stressed, so I be screaming a lot Dog at twenty years old, I use to know that I'd be reaching 25 Now 24 and still no do', my job is struggle and strive I keep my heat up under my seat, when I creep Cause I just met Mr. Sweets, but now he under my feet Man it's a cold cold world, that we living in Killas'll take your life, and it ain't gotta be about no divid-ends Forgive me for my sins, I'm just trying to make it Trying to keep my pistol from my head, cause I just can't take it Jesus, I'm trying to survive [Ronnie Spencer] And I don't know what to do This life is taking me, through my up's and down's And I can't get off this ride, holding on so tight I just close my eyes (close my eyes) [Hook x2: Isis Re]