"In My Hood" lyrics
8Ball and MJG & DJ Drama Lyrics
I come from kings and queens
I come from slavery and poverty
And I overcome any adversity
I am an American nigga
I'm from the hood where them fiends run up straight to your car
Boys with the white and brown livin' better than stars
From a hood where them dirty bitches sell they ass
No protection passin' infection and its so sad
When an innocent baby born sick and can't breathe
Cause one day his momma went and rolled up her sleeve
Shared a needle with some people who wasn't clean
No she wakin' up in pain and livin' a bad dream
I'm from a hood where the schools ain't shit
Where the parents unfit they don't care about shit
But a damn outfit at the club takin pics
Poppin' neck head gone tryna be up in the mix
I'm from a hood where them youngsters like to pop guns
Until they catch a bullet now that shit ain't no more fun
A girl caught a stray and died in her momma arms
You never know how the grim listen to me now
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
The hood ain't big enough I want the whole block
I don't want a little share I want the whole stock
I don't like the imitators I like the old part
Don't be hard headed even though I told y'all
We own the streets, the beats, and the heat
The freaks between the sheets put they mouth on my meat
I'mma keep this money, I'mma make this money
Make more money, you can't take it from me
I'mma [?] I'mma soldier
You thinkin' this is just a rap bar we done told ya
I don't keep my ideas and rhymes in a folder
I write when its time to make a song and its over
I got a heart like a gorilla and big boulders
Its the size of the back of a '76 Nova
MJG I got a chip on my shoulder
Shit more X-files [?]
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
You gotta have hope and pray for better days
Be strong in the face of adversity I can say
I came from the gutter from nothin but raw hustlin'
Pops never taught me shit I did a lotta fumblin'
Maybe I was meant to take the road that I've been travelin'
Lotta good, lotta bad, know I'm outta medicine
Cause now my brain will take away the pain that I'm feelin'
Its a shame, but at the same time sho will
Gotta re-up can't let the other blocks beat us
We keep big heaters even in two seaters
Seventy percent was cut hold up
[?] some special was sugar it blowed up
Now I'm lookin for them boys that sold us this fools gold
I hope them niggas ready to pay up them dues though
Cause sometimes without even makin' a sound
Them drama in the hood be breakin' them boys down
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
I come from slavery and poverty
And I overcome any adversity
I am an American nigga
I'm from the hood where them fiends run up straight to your car
Boys with the white and brown livin' better than stars
From a hood where them dirty bitches sell they ass
No protection passin' infection and its so sad
When an innocent baby born sick and can't breathe
Cause one day his momma went and rolled up her sleeve
Shared a needle with some people who wasn't clean
No she wakin' up in pain and livin' a bad dream
I'm from a hood where the schools ain't shit
Where the parents unfit they don't care about shit
But a damn outfit at the club takin pics
Poppin' neck head gone tryna be up in the mix
I'm from a hood where them youngsters like to pop guns
Until they catch a bullet now that shit ain't no more fun
A girl caught a stray and died in her momma arms
You never know how the grim listen to me now
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
The hood ain't big enough I want the whole block
I don't want a little share I want the whole stock
I don't like the imitators I like the old part
Don't be hard headed even though I told y'all
We own the streets, the beats, and the heat
The freaks between the sheets put they mouth on my meat
I'mma keep this money, I'mma make this money
Make more money, you can't take it from me
I'mma [?] I'mma soldier
You thinkin' this is just a rap bar we done told ya
I don't keep my ideas and rhymes in a folder
I write when its time to make a song and its over
I got a heart like a gorilla and big boulders
Its the size of the back of a '76 Nova
MJG I got a chip on my shoulder
Shit more X-files [?]
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
You gotta have hope and pray for better days
Be strong in the face of adversity I can say
I came from the gutter from nothin but raw hustlin'
Pops never taught me shit I did a lotta fumblin'
Maybe I was meant to take the road that I've been travelin'
Lotta good, lotta bad, know I'm outta medicine
Cause now my brain will take away the pain that I'm feelin'
Its a shame, but at the same time sho will
Gotta re-up can't let the other blocks beat us
We keep big heaters even in two seaters
Seventy percent was cut hold up
[?] some special was sugar it blowed up
Now I'm lookin for them boys that sold us this fools gold
I hope them niggas ready to pay up them dues though
Cause sometimes without even makin' a sound
Them drama in the hood be breakin' them boys down
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
Watch yaself it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
Listen to me now
The hood it'll break you down
If you weak it'll break you down
If you let it it'll break you down
Broken down to the very last compound
