Live Or Die

[Verse 1] There's people out here dying for grams Put 9s in their hands, living off of supply and demand Like, if crack rock would sell in the street Why the hell would I go to school, just to fail or get E's? And that's all good, right? Till you sell to police Or end up in jail in a cell, no bail for release This is the position we're put in, poverty tricking Jobs moving overseas and the economy's shifting We hustle night and day to provide us a living Keep stock in the kitchen and keep a pot we can piss in I see it all with my vision, I was it was a lie, but it isn't People trading dollar signs for they wisdom Young parents can't adjust, then fail high school Quit with the job to go back and get stuck in the same cycle What is the cause of this? The environment? The politics? Common sense should fucking tell you what the problem is [Hook] We're trapped in this war zone But we gotta snap, fight back — let your axe and your sword show It's either live or die, get rich or try Live like a king or just survive, just survive X2 [Verse 2] So if you missed to rewind, listen this time I make music for the blind and give 'em vision through mine I've never walked with a clip in a 9 For a limited time I hustled dro but it was nickels-and-dimes It's nothing to brag about I just needed money for that time Because I've always tried to put this album out Living in daddy's house Alternating with mom until she ran me out Because I ran my mouth That's just a cycle that my family has We've already found in the past that our personalites clash But, that's really nothing on a larger scale I'm just tryin' to carve my trail without seeing the bars of jail It's just too many people we see scarred and frail Searching hard for meals, digging to a garbage pail And while I daydream they beg me for change, see It's funny, I often begged for the same thing [Hook] [Verse 3] Now, I've never claimed to know something I didn't But I've claimed to know that something is missing From my government system Katrina hit and the dumbest decision Was it taken so long to come and assist them No wonder half the country's against 'em But, do you really blame us? All we have's a TV to entertain us And look at the way the media portrays us I guess that's the reason half the world hates us We're busy changing the world, but who'll change us? When they invade us, who's gonna save us? I've never been into politics, I just ignored it But why die for my country? I'd rather live for it And why fight for a cause that's been distorted? I light a Cuban cigar that's been imported I won't sit aside the sympathies or religious lies Just to find I'm gettin' mine, it's live or die! [Hook]