Give a damn what you may think of me
(That's right you're a bad ass nigga)
I'mma do what I'mma do, I'mma say what I'mma say
(You think you're a bad ass nigga)
Ya understand what I'm saying?
I was born in these streets
Arrested in these streets
Protected by these streets
Through the valley of these streets
I shall not fear these streets
Because I run these streets
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
And I've paid my own dues
With my own pennies and now
I've stood on these blocks
More hood on these blocks
I've been around the block
Been watched on these blocks
Through the valley of these blocks
I shall not fear these blocks
Because I run these blocks, yeah
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Paid my own dues with my own pennies
Now I believe the day will come
When my heart will decide to change
See everything will remain the same
See sometimes I gotta tell myself
And no matter what the cause
I gotta keep on keeping on yeah
There was no father there for me, hey ooh
Cause sometimes we would just have to go without eating
Give my life for my brother
See I'm a bad mother SHUT YOUR MOUTH
Go on, go on, go on, go on...