Intro: It's Not a Game

[intro skit plays until 1:03] [Layzie Bone] Yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah) L-Burna (L-Burna baby) It's not a game (it's not a game) Uhh, what? Layzie Bone bringin it to ya like (what) Where I'm from it's cutthroat, grimy is the way we livin Whinos and dopefiends, occupy an abandoned buildin Smokin in the alleyway, across from where the children play Bullets ain't got no names on 'em but they flyin around the stray Chasin after the innocent ones when the wicked ones they goin hard Tell me why is it like this dawg, why the ghetto leave me permanent scars? No time for education, we hustlin just to eat Scramblin tryin to make it man, it is hectic on these streets The fiend is what they issue out, tell me what yo' issue about The landlord want his money now but the landlord 'bout to kick you out Baby needs some Pampers too, plus a can of Similac She blew that money smokin crack, why you think she seem like that? Damn my story grim like that, and it's always been like that Did the Lord take my blessings away? If he did, can I win 'em back? Hope he got a plan for me and I pray he don't forget my name 14 years old I'm already knowin life is not a game Pain and this agony, best friends backstabbin me You don't wanna see me come up, y'all niggas just want to laugh at me But y'all don't know the half of me, if you did you wouldn't judge me Would everybody be diggin a thug when a thug be livin lovely? And I know because I made it out, but I musta made a U-trun I'm right back where I started dawg, and ain't none of y'all concerned This time I got bail money if I have to move that white again Lock me up throw away the key and I know y'all ain't gon' write again Standin on my own two, dyin with my boots on Ready for whatever come my way if I'm forced to face the truth holmes In and out of group homes, they say Little Lay's defiant But I'm searchin tryin to find my way, lookin for some guidance My role model's the dopeman, pimps killers and thieves They say these streets, is the way so I guess this is the life I lead Speedin up a one-way, the wrong way, from which I came Switchin lanes in the fast lane, feel my pain, it's not a game