Street Life Lyrics - Geto Boys

Up early in the morning lacin up my british knights 

Throwin up my deuce sign, fuckin with the street life 

Never knew no better cause my mommy never taught me 

Going out to get the shit that mommy never bought me 

Only ten years old and I can't stay away from trouble 

But you don't give a fuck cause you ain't never had to struggle 

And everybody's tellin me it's get greater later 

I need to get my shit right now, cause it ain't shit in my refrigerator 

And I done struggled for my whole life 

Seeing my moma layed up with a different nigga everynight 

And when you see me you can spot a crook 

Cause I'm going through her motherfuckin pocket book 

I'm going out to get my papes 

Cause she don't give a fuck about me anyway 

And my daddy's doing two terms 

And all she ever does is sit around and get served 

My mommy never hugs me 

I'm callin deuce my family, cause these niggas say they love me 

I'm steady dustin chumps off 

And ready for the battle if the shit would ever jump off 

So send my ass to hell 

Its eithr being covered up with some dirt, or boxed in a cell 

Anyway that's what it looks like 

If I don't hurry up and get my ass up out the street life 

Chorus: (spoken) 

You know the streets is all I know 

This is my way of survival 

You know I've been dealt some bad cards 

But I gots to play them 

What else am I to do, look for a job? 

But until them my family will starve and be broke 

So I resort to the streets 

As a source of income 

I'm stuck here 

I step out on my own block 

And everyone's throwin up the deuce to little j-rock 

And all my little homies that I hang with 

Are either jackin, or mixed up with this gang shit 

See it through reality 

Never leavin the gang cause it's the street life mentality 

My homies got a proposition 

Pulled the nigga off some change and said he'd help in my position 

So now I'm rollin with the ogs 

Puttin in work for the jack, for some overseas 

And maybe in a year or two 

I'll be able to roll in a benz like the gangsta's do 

Makin hoes ride dick 

Cause that poor, broke ? ? ? 

Ain't hittin ? ? ? shit 

I gotta lock my crew down 

And sew this whole motherfucker up like the jews town 

Develop us a strong click 

Break my pops off some dope while he rot 

Pops would like that shit 

Seeing his little nigga on his own two 

Doing shit I heard my pops used to do 

A real nigga to this crime thang 

And had it going on before his time came 

I gots to get my shit right 

Until my shit gets right 

I'm rollin with the street life 

Chorus: 

You know what upsets me 

Is when whitey sits back in they lavish homes and bmws 

And tell me the streets ain't the place to be 

See it from my prospective 

Poverty strickin, livin on welfare 

And the government cuttin that shorter every week 

I'm shortin on education cause I'm black 

The corner doesn't promise me a good life 

But at least it shows me promise 

Finally after shit got right 

I'm wanting out of the gang cause I'm searchin for a new life 

But I remember what was said 

You come in alive the only way you leave out is dead 

So I'm kinda fucked on both ends 

I thought I had friends, but I ain't got no fuckin frinds 

Cause if they were my friends they'd let me break 

Outie five thousand fuck this shit, I'm packin my 38 

But first I gotta stay down 

Until it's time for me to punch it out and just lay it down 

And that's a motherfuckin shame 

Tonight I gotta spill another ride with my little gang 

So slowly I walked up to it 

With no hesitation I broke the window and jumped into it 

Unhooked his shit and was headed off 

I opened up the door that's what set it off 

A nigga came out with a glock jack 

And put a slug in my motherfuckin back 

And my so called friends 

Want me out of the gang cause they don't know if I'll walk again 

Now tell me what's that deuce life 

Fucked up myself for good cause I was wrapped up in the