Never Lettin Go (Bonus Track)-RittZ

1995, I saw my first friend get buried in the ground We was traumatized. We just smokein' out of Patina's crib Now we got a Funeral and his momma cry my guy got 2 years and Charles died both of em gone from a homicide All of sudden murder wasn't so uncommon the innocence that we had Was gone inside so we quit high school and selling drugs was cool Now all of a sudden hittin' licks for the drugs was in My close homeboys from the rida crew put me in the middle Stickin' up my friends. No wonder why nobody didn't trust me when They busted in and tied up and gagged and a guy with a gun thats Behind a mask was some dude you used to sit behind in class I asked hoodie guy how much time he had sat down he was Found guilty and his youth was stripped he called me collect And we used to spit a bunch of d**e a** rap cus this music Sh*t was the only future that boosted a optimism but the time Was ticking as we lose the crib years of boozin' and usin' And abusin' drugs [?] you have you used to Livin' this street life () The street life, the street lights don't seem bright No more. The Devil's got a hold of ya soul and he's Pulling you below. (*Humming) Caught up in the street life, the street lights Don't seem bright no more. The Devil's got a hold Of ya soul and he's never lettin' go (*Humming) (2) Back in the day she was kinda fine, but drugs Took a tole on her pretty face. That along with Hard times combined. These days you find a website Online she quit stripping now she gettin' paid to escort It's f**ked cus she was the girl from next door Now you can see her ad next to sex toys and All you got to do is hit the local sex store It made a lot of people lose respect for her But check yourself cus only God can judge her She blamed her family her step-father touched her She tried to tell her mom but her mom was to Drunk ta' really give a f**k and all disgust her She sat back and watched her daughter suffer so Her trust in love and life's lost it's luster anyway I hope you rocked Her up if you f**ked her though cus sh*t gets thick like The fur in the neck of a buffalo when your pissin' an Your dickhead hurts but you gotta let it burn like an Usher song and try to play it off like nothings wrong But I know it won't be long I see my homie at school and He said "what ya know?" he said you gotta reap what You sow so many people try to swim against an undertone In This street life yeah! () (3) We was young and dumb full of bad ideas(Bad ideas) So the past five years(past five years) I be Looking back like sh*t! how the f**k did I make it I'm just glad I did(Glad I did) Slick called me up And told me Black got killed I was like for real dawg? In disbelief somebody shot em up a couple years back He lived now he's gone for good and I pray he rest in peace It's terrible knowin' you'll never to see your friends Face again I guess thats why protection is a necessity You can expect to see your life expectancy not be That long when you let the streets become your 2nd home they Didn't have a choice accept your roll hoping they can see the Next episode someone will shoot you in the head with the wrong Sweater they cold-blooded and never lose a wink of sleep And the cops don't care neither it's squat to them your dead body Is just another crime scene to sweep and I ain't never been A gangsta but thanks to Gwinnett growing up I did seen some Things I just hope the friends that I named in this song Are watching over with the Angel wings when we livin' this Street life! ()