| Single mom I was raised by her, in a place where the hate triumphed
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| Half white, half Latin, so my inner conflict was a race riot
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| She said I’d never be shit, said I’d die young, said I’d end up in a precinct
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| Where the cops wanna see us dead, now they only looking for a reason
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| Uh, now I’m in the four seasons feet kicked up on the balcony looking at the
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| city lights
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| Thinking of the broads that I did so wrong, now, I was so focused on getting
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| right
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| Put them in a cab and I put them in a song, uh huh
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| I don’t know if she got style cause I only seen her in a thong
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| It’s a life I lead, no, my life don’t lead me
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| Yeah, and I don’t need love, and my love don’t need me
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| Yeah, that’s co-dependent, coulda end up as a co-defendant
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| Coulda spent months in a coldest cell because a code of silence is a code of
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| ethics
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| Where I’m from, everybody sold drugs, uh huh
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| We don’t wanna die young, and we wanna grow up, uh huh
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| And my homie just OD’ed, had to see it online, no one told me
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| Right, I ain’t know he was a dope fiend with kilos in his arm tryna play it off
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| lowkey
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| poking his vein, when I’m back home now it won’t be the same
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| Tryna find hope in the rocks like looking for a teardrop soaked in the rain
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| Nothing changes, hate from love or is it love from strangers?
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| Said I’m living on the edge, I just hope it’s sharp enough for me to cut the
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| chains
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and this can’t be
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| And this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| We deserve more than that, uh huh
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| Gotta make this right, yeah
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| We deserve more than that, uh huh
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| Gotta make this right, yeah
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life
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| And lately I’ve been praying, amen
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| Tryna box with God but my heart is too heavy to make the weigh in now
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| I’m staying patient, in the study, recording
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| I’m on credit for them hours, knowing that I can’t afford it
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| And my cousin started snorting shit, my little sister pregnant, damn
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| I told her to abort it, since I said it, I regret it now
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| When my niece and nephew enter this world, and it’s gonna be guilt
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| When I look into they beautiful eyes and I think of the time I said she should
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| kill them
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| I’m not perfect, I don’t pretend to be, I’m my worst fucking enemy
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| Cause I gave my ex’s all they best sex and they worst memories
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| But still they just can’t seem to leave me alone
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| That’s a cycle of dysfunction man, that shit just go and go
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| We just kids from broken homes, can’t fix shit, struggling with love and
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| addiction
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| And all the months that we never paid rent on time, landlord threatening
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| eviction
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| When them doors close though, you just gotta break through, right
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| You don’t wanna look back with regrets, stressed out 'bout what you ain’t do
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and this can’t be
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| And this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| We deserve more than that, uh huh
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| Gotta make this right, yeah
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life, and it can’t be
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| We deserve more than that, uh huh
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| Gotta make this right, yeah
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| Yeah, and this can’t be life |