A Lot 2 Live 4

When I was you age, I wanted to be a ball player
I would dream about being a ball player
About being a, a race car driver, an astronaut
You aint, you aint afraid to die?
I respect that, I respect that
But what about what you have to live for?
Man, there ain't nothing to live for!
Being 5 and I live and it's makin' me sick
Brother's got me scared to go to school but I can't quit
'Cause if I do (If you do)
I'll be through (He'll be through)
And plus mine's are beepin' 'til I'm black and blue (Fool!)
So what I do is take it day by day
Go to school and get a lecture 'bout my pants being the wrong way
Then they try to ban a man for havin' braids
Oh yeah, even though I was keepin' up my grades
But yo, it didn't matter, (Why?), they just wasn't with it
They kept callin' pops tryna give me the 'Quit it!'
I got some friends that be treatin' me mean
Jealous 'cause they seein' us on the T.V. screen
They wanna beat us down 'cause we ain't around no more
They wanna beat us down 'cause we ain't around no more
But they gots to understand I'm still down with my crew
I just had some business to attend to
But never will we ever go shame (shame)
And turn back my hood 'cause my hood is what praise me
Uh, What's funny is that I ain't grown up
But we did something to keep some of
our young up here from being town up
And now I'm considered as a role model (role model,)
So when there's somethin' mo' to life
They turn it up an gold bottle (huh)
I pray and pray that everyday is good
'cause it's rough and tough growin' up as little boys it the hood
If we wasn't doin' this we'd be out the back door
But I was told like I'm telling, you got somehin' to live for !
Break 'em off son
You aint, you aint afraid to die?
I respect that, I respect that
But what about what you have to live for?
You aint, you aint afraid to die?
I respect that, man, I respect that
But what about what you have to live for?