[Intro: Layzie]It's ya boy L-Burna, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony babyYou know what it isDuece-double-oh-six baby, the struggle don't stopTen toes to the ground, where my soldiers at?[Chorus: Layzie Bone]Every day I wake I pray, prayin I can find my wayEvery day get harder man, but I promise not to lose my faithEvery day the sun gon' shine, let the Heavens beam on mePeoples need a helpin hand, c'mon you can lean on me [Layzie Bone]It keep gettin harder and harder, beggin and borrowinthanks to the generals, lieutenants and sargeantsGivin us guidance, keepin us marchin, government tryin to make us targetsRegardless, we strong like them folks down in New Orleans manMeaner than Katrina, and our dreams'll never fold up manBetter hold up man, 400 years of oppression couldn't break usBut it made us, leaders of the new school, so damn courageousFlippin them pages rockin them stages, if it wasn't for the music and sportsCould we afford what we afford? Can we pay our way out of court?Peace to Flesh Bone, my brother gone, better believe that he comin homeHe did the crime, yeah he doin his time, but he comin back strongon you bitches, damn the riches, I'd rather be blessed and giftedthan to be walkin around lost, with a hellbound sentenceCan I get a witness, can I get a witness? It's a set-up down hereDeep in the ghetto, off in the ghetto, they don't let up down hereBut I'ma keep fightin man 'til we get this shit how it 'posed to beI should be your president, yeah, y'all should vote for me [Chorus] - 2X[Thin C]We livin off in these streets, under the thumb of the beastIf you tryin to ease the squeeze, you gotta prayWe livin off in these streets, under the thumb of the beastIf you tryin to ease the squeeze, you gotta pray, pray, pray [Layzie Bone]Got a message to Bill Gates, NASA, Oprah; ask usDo we need help? Take off the maskJust show us love, hold us, grab usWhat y'all waitin on, more distasters?C'mon, baby we willin to work, help us create these jobsWhen we do get paid the ends don't meet, nigga feel like he just been robbedWe've got kids to feed, bills to pay, spendin it on a necklaceNiggaz is wreckless, too young and restless, just flat out selfishJust can't help it, America the great bred us like thatNiggaz is starvin, stomachs is touchin, y'all ain't fed us like thatWe be's, so incomplete, why do they treat us this way?We run the streets, we totin heat, y'all can't keep us this wayCause we don't educate our damn self, penetrate your whole systemTake control of our destiny, eliminate y'all victimsCan I get a witness, can I get a witness? It's a set-up down hereOff in the ghetto, deep in the ghetto, they don't let up down hereBut I'ma keep fightin man 'til I get this shit how it 'posed to beI should be y'all president, yeah, y'all should vote for me [Chorus] - 2X[Thin C] Every day{*scratched*: "Fingazz on the track"}[Layzie] Yeah, it don't stop 'til the, casket drop[Thin C] C'mon, you can lean on me