Off the Block

It's hard times Struggling Trynna get by, trynna get by, trynna get by... [Chorus] It don't stop Always runnin' from the cops Pray at night, in the day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the block [Verse 1: E-40] Crystal my religion, i'm tryn not to go to prison Watch out ? it's murky, shoot with precision My vision never missing, Winchester rifle ammunition These double deuce thirds will go through your ligaments We created a sequel despite our skin and our pigment One day I hope to become legitimate That's the thought process of a young hustler about his money Far from a dumby smart enough to run with big company If i was put in position the end results would be lucrative No more life on the rough, livin life as a fugitive Unregistered gun and marijuana smoke in my lungs To decrease the stress Got a vest and some olive oil that the pastor blessed Then I take out the bottle, put it on my head and chest, to protect me from death It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty [Chorus] It don't stop Always runnin' from the cops Pray at night, in the day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the block [Verse 2: E-40] Second verse You ain't no better than me My sins ain't no worse than yours, only father thy god can judge me I heard somebody say i'm sick of they urban gear The dreads and the saggy pants, i had it up to here You said "why yall show your drawers and wear em down to here"? I said " why yall show your balls and wear em way up there"? Contradictions and criticisms we trapped in the system There's not a lot of schools but there's a lot of prisons My big homie going through it man just like me and you Hopin' and wishin' for a financial breakthrough Comin' from where i'm comin' from you gotta be street smart and not dumb Put your hands up... don't run Cops will shoot you with they gun Consequences, everyone makes mistakes The difference btween today and tomorrow, is your faith It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty [Chorus] It don't stop Always runnin' from the cops Pray at night, in the day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly trynna make it off the block [Verse 3: E-40] Third one Tryna make it off the block, triangular markers and yellow tape Bodies outlined in chalk We be funkin' non stop Warrin and beefin, tryna take off a top We stressin depressin, nobody to answer our questions The government treat us like peasants Can't get a job nor reference He really good people back in the day easy, had some scrill Now he go to jail on purpose just to get a decent meal Stop chasin his first high, he can get some get back But he strung out, got that monkey on his back UGHHHHHHHHH I see it all the time, What you see? The people that help you the most be the ones you give the hardest time Ain't that some backwards ass shit? Yeah it is Act like you owe him somethin And you don't owe him shit It's gruesome out here in this spooky ugly and murky They dirty out here, they dusty scummy and certainly thirsty [Chorus] It don't stop Always runnin from the cops Pray at night, in the day they sell rocks Gotta make it out, before we get popped It's ugly tryna make it off the block