How Long Can It Last (feat. Charlie Wilson)

[00:05.43] Dear Lord, I know You don't condone
[00:07.12] The things I be doin' out here in these streets
[00:12.23] And I hope that, I pray that You can overlook
[00:14.47] The wrong that I had done in my life
[00:19.65] I don't know no other way to survive out here
[00:24.35] I got a whole bunch of people dependin' on me
[00:27.26] Just walk with me, walk with me
[00:36.82] Busslin' and gamblin', hit licks scramblin'
[00:39.85] Bricks, I'm out here handlin', I'm pimpin' and I'm payin' the rent
[00:43.48] Didn't choose this dirty game, this dirty game, it chose me
[00:46.29] Every city love cocaine, they'll get it from him
[00:48.95] If they don't get it from me
[00:50.23] So I get cross-country with that thang
[00:51.79] Makin' that crisp, lettin 'em hang
[00:53.31] Bangin' that 'Pac, if I die tonight, least mama know I didn't die in vain
[00:56.68] 'Cause I put up sum from every sale so all my children can live well
[00:59.88] Might go to heaven, might go to hell
[01:01.16] But just put me in woodgrain lane Deville
[01:02.88] I wonder sometime how life would be if it was no such thing as D
[01:07.18] But then I put that sweet down 'cause that bullshit don't apply to me
[01:09.14] 'Cause out here on the real streets a dreamer always stay sleep
[01:12.99] 'Cause out here the strong survive
[01:14.50] And now they didn't die from thankin' weak
[01:16.04] Gotta play for keeps, gotta play it hard, still tryna get right with God
[01:19.27] Still read my Bible lone 'cause Reverend do wrong, still livin' fraud
[01:23.90] Tonight if I get down on my knees
[01:25.46] And ask the Lord to forgive me, please
[01:26.35] You thank He gon' hear me?
[01:27.44] 'Cause tomorrow I'm still gon' be slangin' ki's
[01:29.62] Lord, I'm just a G
[01:32.79] Out here livin' fast
[01:37.15] How long can it last?
[01:39.45] I just can't give it up
[01:43.73] I'm riskin' all out in the streets
[01:50.19] Out here livin' fast
[01:50.66] How long can it last?
[01:50.95] See, I was born in the ghetto, manye, I was raised in the hood
[01:51.40] And unless you lived it yourself, it just can't be understood
[01:51.81] People think hustlin' is cool or hustlin' is live
[02:04.64] They don't understand hustlers only hustlin' to survive
[02:07.71] They wished they lived in the 'burbs, wished they didn't have to hang
[02:11.24] Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slang
[02:14.88] They wish their daddy was home, mama wasn't on drugs
[02:17.36] And they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugs
[02:21.15] Po' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy
[02:24.77] But it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthy
[02:28.03] You ain't givin' no hope, nobody showin' you pride
[02:31.00] And you live with all this anger and frustration inside
[02:33.79] Dog, don't let nobody tell you what you can or you can't do
[02:37.95] Just 'cause they funky ass couldn't do it, they ain't you
[02:40.97] You can be who you wanna be, live life how you feel
[02:44.30] Just put your faith in the Lord, now that's keepin' it trill fo' real
[02:47.33] Lord, I'm just a G
[02:52.97] Out here livin' fast
[02:55.24] How long can it last?
[03:04.68] I just can't give it up
[03:04.89] I'm riskin' all out in the streets
[03:05.07] Out here livin' fast
[03:05.33] How long can it last?
[03:06.05] I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G's
[03:18.02] For all the niggaz in the game that's been slangin' cheese
[03:20.72] For all them boys on them swangers and their fifth wheel
[03:24.11] I'm out here riskin' my life, niggaz shife but I stay trill
[03:27.27] I pray so much, I wonder if the Lord love me
[03:30.87] I think He do but I'm so caught up in my thug deep
[03:34.23] The feds bug me, followin' me around for three
[03:37.17] Niggaz couldn't catch me so they hit me with conspiracy
[03:40.07] You know that that's the other level of the game
[03:44.26] Ain't got shit on me but some niggaz said my name
[03:47.11] So here they come, they thang tight
[03:50.80] They playin' shife, no Bun, givin' me life
[03:54.40] I ain't goin' back, I'm a make 'em kill me
[03:56.95] I'ma bust back, fuck the pen, you feel me?
[04:00.74] Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girl
[04:03.55] I know it's a better place than livin' in this dirty world
[04:06.82] Lord, I'm just a G
[04:10.34] Out here livin' fast
[04:15.10] How long can it last?
[04:17.37] I just can't give it up
[04:21.55] I'm riskin' all out in the streets
[04:24.80] Out here livin' fast
[04:27.26] How long can it last?
[04:30.54] Some people win and some people lose
[04:36.36] Some always cryin' the blues, yeah
[04:42.65] Some people win, some people lose
[04:50.01] Some always bein' misused
[04:55.05] Lord, I'm just a G
[04:56.21] Out here livin' fast
[05:07.36] How long can it last?
[05:10.04] Just can't give it up
[05:14.01] I'm riskin' all out in the streets
[05:16.45] Out here livin' fast
[05:20.57] How long can it last?
[05:24.23] 'Cause I need You, Lord, right now
[05:25.63] I need You, right now
[05:33.74] Need Ya, I need Ya, I need Ya
[05:35.67] I need Ya 'cause I'm goin' and livin' too fast, yeah
[05:42.17] Lord, I'm just a G
[05:42.92] Out here livin' fast
[05:47.31] How long can it last?
[05:49.44] I just can't give it up
[05:53.67] I'm riskin' all out in the streets
[05:55.36] Out here livin' fast
[05:59.99] How long can it last?
[06:02.23] Out here livin' too fast, how long can it last?
[06:04.36] I can't get up, Lord, can You help me?
[06:08.62] Lord, can You help me? Can You help me?
[06:09.66] Can You help me, right now, yeah
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