"Beauty In The Streets" lyrics

Tale as old as time
Streets full of crime
Locked up and then released
From the belly of the beast
I know it's not a lotta peace
Some of the homies is deceased
But it's beauty in these, beauty in these, beauty in these, beaut—
It's beauty in these streets
Tale as old as time
Streets full of crime
Locked up and then released
From the belly of the beast
I know it's not a lotta peace
Some of the homies is deceased
But best believe it's still beautiful

Been in these streets since I was six years old
Walkin' home from school, stealin' shit from the store
I guess that's how it go when you a latchkey (Latchkey)
Mama was at work, she couldn't catch me (Catch me)
Homework undone, havin' much fun
Best friend's big bro showed me my first gun
Cuz, this that chitty-chitty bang-bang
In hood, Lynwood, whole city gangbang
Story gettin' me throwed, Imperial to Pico
We was organizin' crime before we heard of RICO
Tribal, not trife, Blood and Crip life
If this shit wrong, then I can't get right
I found leadership in thugs, Crips, and Bloods
Just a young Black kid tryna get some love
And that's really all it was

Tale as old as time
Streets full of crime
Locked up and then released
From the belly of the beast
I know it's not a lotta peace
Some of the homies is deceased
But it's beauty in these, beauty in these, beauty in these, beauty in these
Beauty in these streets
Tale as old as time
Streets full of crime
Locked up and then released
From the belly of the beast
I know it's not a lotta peace
Some of the homies is deceased
But best believe it's still beautiful