[Verse 1: Pretty Ugly]
It started when the hotshots went past my spot
Police used to knockin for blocks, it had me wantin to clock
The one day I got proposition, they had me trippin
I put my man onto what I was gettin and where we flippin
I dogged two pairs of sneaks in the first week
I couldn`t sleep, cuz I was afraid to miss a beat
Now my phase done passed and I`m in the game deep
The smokers love me, watch for the cops and my peeps
My mom kinda new, and so did the law too
Respect was due, so I chill when they come through
I calm down my crew, put a skirt on the brew
I always miss my curfew but what the fuck would you do?
With 5000 a night, off each G I made a tre`
The block was warm as May and gettin hotter every day
With no dues to pay, wasn`t a way I could lose
But my last week of school my ol` head was on the news
[Hook] - 2X
In order to eat, you gon` struggle
I ain`t gon` lie
While you eat you gon` struggle
Don`t ask me why
Life is all a struggle then you die, yeah
Is it fair? Nah - Does life care? Nah
[Verse 2: Pretty Ugly]
Now I`m back where I started, couple grand and a stash
Wrote my man down what happened, told him watch his ass
After this court case pass, we gon` try it again
Until then I made friends with a pad and a pen
I wrote about current affairs and issues I was havin
All the coke I was baggin and all the pussy I was taggin
Every rhyme gave me the chills, cuz everything I wrote was real
Now who the fuck thought I`d get me a deal?
I grew up in Philadel, 2-3 to 4-6
It`s survival of the fit, I`d flip a brick and get rich
But rough times danced along, but money was the song
But I couldn`t get it on, cuz my ol` head was gone
I went to visit him, he said paper stay strong
Watch my new born, I`ma be here real long
But I gotta get mine, he said, Naw get signed
Didn`t know I was livin live, till I had a decent time
[Hook] - 2X
[Verse 3: Pretty Ugly]
Now two years done passed, I came home with to cash
Tried to catch up with the past but the streets is movin fast
I had homies, but they left me lonely
Either they fell for a case, or they fell for a tenderonie
I was stuck in between a dream and a drug scene
Wasn`t born with mean but I learned how to D
I lace a lot, five times a day non-stop
But I miss huggin the block and spendin a knot
Money was callin, felt myself Riq` I was fallin
I started robbin, cuz I couldn`t stand starvin
And then I got shot two times in two spots
I almost went in shock because the blood wouldn`t stop
I ain`t gon` lie, I ain`t ready to die
I ain`t ready to fry, but I`m ready to ride
Some flip bricks and get rich, some stay broke and flip burgers
I`m gon` get further, write murder or get murdered
[Hook] - 2X
Aye.. P.U., High & Mighty
You know, Philadel, still reign supreme
Know who y`all heard ya first gangsta rap from
We started all this, it`s our turn
Aye...
