"Saved My Life" lyrics
Man, I couldn't believe that shit (Turn me up, Kino, couldn't believe it)
I seen that motion (Mm, mm, mm)
People said I had to get permission just to rap? (What?)
I mean, just to rap? (What?)
Huh, really? (Really?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why? Look)
I been rappin' since thirteen, the game admired me (Yeah)
I was gone almost thirteen, the streets still ride with me (Ride)
Came home droppin' my shit, court tried to silence me (Damn)
DA say they gon' violate me, I rap too violently (That's cold)
Man, I'm the heart of the streets, can't go away silently (I can't)
Fightin' for my First Amendment right, I know Slim proud of me (I know he proud of me)
City hall contacted (What's up?), mayor been followin' me (Yeah)
Say I deserve a key to the city, they wanna honor me (Let me get that)
I was thinkin' about shuttin' it up, goin' away quietly (Quietly)
Nah, they got me fucked up, that's that Tupac in me (That's that Tupac)
I really done changed my life and they still bother me (My life)
It's 'cause I put on for real niggas and do it honorably (Honorably)
I'm a real nigga (Nigga), I stood on all ten (Toes)
Real niggas stand with me (Yeah), they all want me to win (Win)
I fuck with dope boys (Boys), that used to sell bricks (Used to)
I'm from the NO, nigga (What's up? Yeah), and we all with the shits
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
I ain't never had shit easy, got it the hard way (Hard way)
"Dick good, but he be cheatin'," that's what my broad say (Broad say)
I'ma win, it's real nigga season, that's what the cards say (Cards say)
Highly favored and I'm blessed, that's what the Lord say (Yeah)
Obstructin' justice, 924G, that's what the charge say (Charge say)
Thought I had the freedom of speech, that's what the law say (Law say)
Every day I did in that cell, it was a hard day (It was hard)
He got motion, that's worth the risk, that's what the cost say (That's what the cost say)
They ain't only hatin' on me (What else?), it's discrimination (Damn)
It's unconstitutional and borderline racist (What else? Woo)
Man, that shit crazy (Crazy), them NO streets made me (Made me)
Mad they ain't break me (Mad), Slim and B raised me (Facts)
Give it up, I can't (Can't), I'm a street poet (Poet)
One of the realest in this shit, nigga, the streets know it (Know it)
They got love for the boy, yeah, the streets show it (Show it)
The G's tell me, "Don't stop, Gizzle, keep goin'"
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Man, I been rappin' since I was thirteen, man (For real)
How you expect me to come home and not follow up with my career, man?
You wanna tell me I can't do nothin' pertainin' to rap? (What?)
Or pertainin' to entertainment, that I can't make money off, like, really? (Mm, mm, mm, got to be more careful)
What, you want me out here robbin' shit? (Robbin' shit)
Want me out here layin' niggas down? (Get over here)
Swipin' cards? Committin' fraud? Like (Nah, workin' at McDonald's and shit?)
What's really goin' on, man? Nigga just tryna make an honest living, man (What the fuck?)
It's only entertainment, man (That's all it is, man)
Know what I'm sayin'?
You can't hold a nigga raps against him, man, you heard me? That's wrong, man (Nah, it's freedom of speech, man)
You might as well go tell Robert De Niro he can't make no more mob movies, man (What's up with the First Amendment?)
You tryna tell me I can't write a fictitious book? Come on, man, stop it
I seen that motion (Mm, mm, mm)
People said I had to get permission just to rap? (What?)
I mean, just to rap? (What?)
Huh, really? (Really?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why? Look)
I been rappin' since thirteen, the game admired me (Yeah)
I was gone almost thirteen, the streets still ride with me (Ride)
Came home droppin' my shit, court tried to silence me (Damn)
DA say they gon' violate me, I rap too violently (That's cold)
Man, I'm the heart of the streets, can't go away silently (I can't)
Fightin' for my First Amendment right, I know Slim proud of me (I know he proud of me)
City hall contacted (What's up?), mayor been followin' me (Yeah)
Say I deserve a key to the city, they wanna honor me (Let me get that)
I was thinkin' about shuttin' it up, goin' away quietly (Quietly)
Nah, they got me fucked up, that's that Tupac in me (That's that Tupac)
I really done changed my life and they still bother me (My life)
It's 'cause I put on for real niggas and do it honorably (Honorably)
I'm a real nigga (Nigga), I stood on all ten (Toes)
Real niggas stand with me (Yeah), they all want me to win (Win)
I fuck with dope boys (Boys), that used to sell bricks (Used to)
I'm from the NO, nigga (What's up? Yeah), and we all with the shits
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
I ain't never had shit easy, got it the hard way (Hard way)
"Dick good, but he be cheatin'," that's what my broad say (Broad say)
I'ma win, it's real nigga season, that's what the cards say (Cards say)
Highly favored and I'm blessed, that's what the Lord say (Yeah)
Obstructin' justice, 924G, that's what the charge say (Charge say)
Thought I had the freedom of speech, that's what the law say (Law say)
Every day I did in that cell, it was a hard day (It was hard)
He got motion, that's worth the risk, that's what the cost say (That's what the cost say)
They ain't only hatin' on me (What else?), it's discrimination (Damn)
It's unconstitutional and borderline racist (What else? Woo)
Man, that shit crazy (Crazy), them NO streets made me (Made me)
Mad they ain't break me (Mad), Slim and B raised me (Facts)
Give it up, I can't (Can't), I'm a street poet (Poet)
One of the realest in this shit, nigga, the streets know it (Know it)
They got love for the boy, yeah, the streets show it (Show it)
The G's tell me, "Don't stop, Gizzle, keep goin'"
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Rappin' really saved my life, they can't take that away (Damn)
They already took my freedom and took my gats away (Damn)
Why they wanna do a G like that? (Why?)
Why they wanna violate my freedom of speech like that? (Why?)
Man, I been rappin' since I was thirteen, man (For real)
How you expect me to come home and not follow up with my career, man?
You wanna tell me I can't do nothin' pertainin' to rap? (What?)
Or pertainin' to entertainment, that I can't make money off, like, really? (Mm, mm, mm, got to be more careful)
What, you want me out here robbin' shit? (Robbin' shit)
Want me out here layin' niggas down? (Get over here)
Swipin' cards? Committin' fraud? Like (Nah, workin' at McDonald's and shit?)
What's really goin' on, man? Nigga just tryna make an honest living, man (What the fuck?)
It's only entertainment, man (That's all it is, man)
Know what I'm sayin'?
You can't hold a nigga raps against him, man, you heard me? That's wrong, man (Nah, it's freedom of speech, man)
You might as well go tell Robert De Niro he can't make no more mob movies, man (What's up with the First Amendment?)
You tryna tell me I can't write a fictitious book? Come on, man, stop it
