T-Pain - Streets Saved Me lyrics

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[Verse 1: T-Pain]

One day I woke up and everything around me was broke up

Family couldn't handle me so I go smoke up

And go right back at sleeping dream about bringing my folk up

Without the chocker, oh oh

Was I even ready for the hand I was dealt

Was I even ready to the man that I be felt

Gotta get on my grind let me tighten in my belt

Spit this shit from my heart make the microphone melt

I grew up in the area where ain't nobody scared of ya

But when you hit the club niggas watch and niggas scared as fuck

Don't nobody wanna be here but they ain't got no choice

And er'body wanna be heard without a voice

If you don't speak up I can't hear over these speakers

I did what I had to do and I'm rocking double rolls royce

But I wouldn't have it if it wasn't for the streets

And these motherfucking beats

[Hook: T-Pain]

Man I've been handling for too long I miss my city

And all the motherfuckers that used to be cool with me

I was born and raised

Made in pain, lost in the game, insane

In the streets dollar after dollar I'm spending

I never can forget out the beginning

Cause nigga I was born and raised

Made in pain, lost in the game, insane

In the streets

[Verse 2: Young Cash]

I never worked a 9 to 5 what do it feel like

I run these streets getting money crutching that street tight shit

So listen close cause all I tell is the ghetto stories

Cause niggas die for nothing so that stick is mandatory

Cause in the projects is no love, no heat, no rub

Ain't tryin' to be doctor and no lawyers just more thugs

And they ain't tryin' to buy the kids books just more drugs

Tell them their future ain't right, they be like "so what? "

But who am I to try to point the finger

Cause I done sold everything under the sun that y'all niggas can think of

And no regret all because the streets saved me

But Lord knows this ain't the road that my mama paved me

You get tired of looking over your shoulder

You get tired of your mama crying over and over

You gotta take the bad with the good though

Yeah I made it out, but I'm still in the hood though

[Hook: x2]