I grew up by those street lights
Remember days chilling by the crib with the same guys
Same three, always made the most out of summertime
Niggas was hating but that's the way we live life
Always doing risky shit, just some shit we don't mind
Couldn't see my own future, guess I'm just really blind
They said I'm talented, guess it was just a sign
They say change my life, I say I'm just trying to survive
They ask me
Why I got my team, I'm just tryna survive
Why I'm rolling deep, I'm just tryna survive
If I take drugs is to take me through the night
I live on the edge that's just how I live life
Everyday gets wild used to hearing gun fights
I grew up in the islands why you acting surprised
I went and got a job tryna make my mother smile
I moved to the six but I grew up in the five
Everyday someone ask me when last have I cried
I said it's been a while they just thinking it's lies
I don't remember feeling having tears in my eyes
They don't know how much pain I got built up inside
Gotta check the news when you hear somebody died
You get that feeling too when it's one of the guys
Hoping it's a dream that's just playing in your mind
Tryna wake yourself up, all your thoughts running wild
A nigga tried to rob me he lucky he got saved
They say don't hold a grudge Ima take it to the grave
Heard a grown nigga still talking on my name
Brodie doubling my age, like he ain't got no shame
Bottling the pain it done made me change
Been through so much it done fucked with my brain
Thats the main reason I live life like a game
I grew up in the struggles nigga is not the same
Outsiders don't know bout the life that we live
Always over petty reasons why somebody get killed
Need a side hustle if you really gotta pay bills
Police on your case, gotta take a spin through the hills
We done been through it all we treat that shit like a drill
Police chase so you better hope your driver got the skills
If you ever get caught pray get bail
Don't got that money they gon hold you in the jail
They ask me
Why I got my team, I'm just tryna survive
Why I'm rolling deep, I'm just tryna survive
If I take drugs is to take me through the night
I live on the edge that's just how I live life
Everyday gets wild used to hearing gun fights
I grew up in the islands why you acting surprised
I went and got a job tryna make my mother smile
I moved to the six but I grew up in the five
Why I got my team, I'm just tryna survive
Why I'm rolling deep, I'm just tryna survive
If I take drugs is to keep me through the night
I live on the edge that's just how I live life