How? Because....

How? Because...

Teen Boy

I chose the struggle,

I chose to hustle,

Now I'm to blame

for the way my lil' brother

acts every day. 

Blood's not always thicker than water

'till you see that coffin,

Motivation, There's no stopping

When you're in the fast lane,

They call it a game

but there's no playing

Sometimes life is the admission.

Who's paying?

Addiction took my life away

to me a knife is no way of payment

No one keeps it real in this place

How come?

Because alone...they're on knees praying,

Real talk nobody can take it,

For me, I can't take being away from the streets.

Tears of a soldier

If you hear a tear drop on the floor

Out of cell 1E4

That's ain't ride-or-die

in the heat

They run-or-hide

can't take the streets

No I love you

Don't say it because the streets don't love too

The streets are cold and hearltless

So I'm only eating with who I started with,

This is the real me,

This is what the streets make young

Loyal teens out to be.