This Is Why We Ride

[00:00.40] People always wanna know
[00:03.37] The reason for what they consider senseless violence in the hood
[00:08.01] I'ma break it down for you
[00:09.95] This is why we ride
[00:16.32] And this is why we ride
[00:29.96] And this is why we ride
[00:37.10] I gotta say this clear, I gotta say this loud
[00:40.95] I should've been dead, don't know how I'm here now
[00:44.15] I should've been dead, damn it forty years ago
[00:47.33] How the fuck did I survive? Something that I'll never know
[00:50.42] I played the crack game, gang bang, guns
[00:53.47] Motherfuckers told me I'd never see twenty one
[00:56.69] I come from LA, deep in the heart of the hood
[01:00.00] Every night the bullets fly, this shit ain't Hollywood
[01:03.17] Could be your best friend, mother or brother dead
[01:06.30] Cops can't do shit, these streets are blood red
[01:09.49] So we leave the block and we load the guns
[01:12.70] And we want revenge, until revenge comes
[01:17.14] And this is why we ride
[01:32.28] And this is why we ride
[01:45.96] I made it out the hood, I got a great life
[01:50.55] But them bullets fly every motherfucking night
[01:53.72] Another kid dies every motherfucking night
[01:56.88] Another mother cries every motherfucking night
[02:00.06] Ghettoes of deep crack, made to never escape
[02:03.12] A place to store the poor, made to never escape
[02:06.19] They're all over the world, people go to die
[02:09.46] Murders go unsolved, I understand why
[02:12.76] They remove hope and then we sell dope
[02:15.96] Pain in poverty has us at each other's throat
[02:19.19] Families are broken and so we gang bang
[02:22.25] A bit form of unity but most love some of us ever seen
[02:27.78] And this is how we die
[02:41.93] And this is why we ride
[03:09.91] Oh man, coming up and surviving in the ghetto
[03:16.84] The smallest argument goes from little drama to big drama
[03:27.64] Next thing you know, somebody's dead
[03:32.14] I don't think you can understand if you've never been in your streets
[03:37.64] And held your best friend in your arms
[03:41.25] Your child in your arms and watch them breathe their last breath
[03:49.23] 'Cause somebody shot them dead in the streets
[03:54.73] You ain't thinking of calling the police
[03:58.62] You want revenge and you want it now
[04:06.36] I gotta be honest with you
[04:09.83] If somebody were to kill me, shoot me right now,
[04:15.54] My last words wouldn't be peace
[04:20.23] It would be get those motherfuckers
[04:22.70] (And this is why we ride)
[04:24.54] This song is dedicated to all of you who has lost somebody to street violence
[04:49.96] And this is why we ride
[05:03.25] And this is how we die