Hard Streets-T-Bone

[ti:Hard Streets] [ar:T-Bone] [al:Bone-A-Fide] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.36]Hard Streets - T-Bone [00:00.95]Written by：Louis "Buster" Brown III/Warryn Campbell/Rene Sotomayor [00:01.32] [00:27.76]See I was only 16 such a tender age [00:30.33]A young seed leaving my home in search of ghetto fame [00:32.75]Mom's begging me to stay [00:34.19]Crying but yo I gotta make it on my own now [00:36.48]I'm tired of hustling plus I'm almost full grown now [00:38.97]Packed up my gears and pursuit of my dreams [00:41.04]Gave her a kiss then wiped the tears [00:42.38]From eyes so that she couldn't see [00:44.14]Jumped in the car starring up at the stars [00:46.09]Rhyming for hours thinking one day [00:47.78]I'm a hear the applause [00:48.86]Now I'm 17 still broke loc [00:51.09]No money [00:51.82]Holes in my shoes [00:52.83]And people laughing 'cuz my clothes crummy [00:54.40]No food to eat so now I'm digging in the trash can [00:56.81]Eating left over food from last week in tha bags man [00:59.32]I never thought that it could get this hard pray to God [01:02.14]Then I get to stepping 'cuz I know that I'm called [01:04.05]I told myself I gotta keep the faith living inside [01:06.49]Knowing I'll make it one day [01:07.80]So I can't just lay down and die I gotta try yo [01:10.13]What streets doing to me [01:12.10]Ghetto running through me [01:15.45]Thicker than blood down in the mud [01:18.33]Trying to come up [01:19.53]These hard streets do it to me [01:22.33]Ghetto running through me [01:25.14] [01:25.78]Thicker than blood down in tha mud [01:28.01]Trying to come up another day [01:29.97]It's 1991 getting older now [01:31.30]Kicked out my crib nowhere to live [01:33.10]Wit problems [01:33.71]And the world on my shoulders now [01:35.19]If I go home [01:36.10]Mom will think I'm a loser [01:37.23]And if I call the homie [01:38.30]Then he'll think I'm trying to use 'em [01:39.79]So now I'm stuck sleeping [01:41.16]On my managers sofa [01:42.39]Even though I know he's ripping me off [01:43.89]Trying to play me like a game of poker [01:45.92]Congested wit depression [01:46.89]I proceed to try and count my blessing [01:48.83]Daily like [01:49.22]The fact I'm still alive [01:50.58]I could have died on these mean streets [01:52.34]'Cuz they ain't kind [01:53.16]So many killers [01:53.85]And dealers committing horrible crimes [01:55.59]D**e fiends driveby's [01:56.99]Muggers and drug smugglers [01:58.11]No one expecting me to make it 'cuz I'm from the gutter [02:00.76]A young g from the streets of killa cal [02:03.03]Where riders pack heat and smoke w**d as a juvenile [02:05.81]It's all good though I'm out to prove 'em all wrong [02:08.19]Reach for the stars [02:09.04]And show 'em one day I'm a be the bomb [02:10.84]These hard streets do it to me [02:13.44]Ghetto running through me [02:16.47]Thicker than blood [02:18.08] [02:18.61]Down in tha mud [02:19.57]Trying to come up [02:20.84]These hard streets do it to me [02:23.66]Ghetto running through me [02:26.31] [02:26.98]Thicker than blood down in tha mud [02:29.23]Trying to come [02:29.89]I'm sick of all the heartaches [02:31.54]Let downs [02:32.25]Broken promises and feeling hopeless [02:33.97]I'm tired of being rejected and all the disappointments [02:36.95]Feeling like I ain't worth a dime [02:38.60]People telling me I'm the greatest [02:39.98]But there's no deal to sign [02:41.25]Crying devastated and confused at the same time [02:44.16]My mind is telling me to quit and God's saying try [02:47.00]My heart is telling me it's over and I'll never rhyme [02:49.30]But something's telling me prevail and it will be fine [02:51.58]Too much crime yo [02:52.95]So much drama yo [02:55.41] [02:56.03]From tha block or ya babies mama [02:58.30]Be running that game [03:00.80]Come on [03:01.55]Run me over yo [03:03.47] [03:04.14]Like my corner yo [03:06.12] [03:06.77]In these streets gotta get your hustle on [03:09.31]Just like a jigsaw puzzle on [03:11.04]Come on [03:11.46] [03:12.13]What streets doing to me [03:14.68]Ghetto running through me [03:17.48] [03:18.27]Thicker than blood [03:19.66]Down in the mud [03:20.82]Trying to come up [03:21.99]These hard streets do it to me [03:24.89]Ghetto running through me [03:27.54] [03:28.37]Thicker than blood down in tha mud [03:30.39]Trying to come up another day