Story Behind The Song

streets smarts plus book smarts equals great knowledge

Song Description

what one learns in the street life

Lyrics

1st Verse:
no one said it would be easy,
ain?t nobody show me these ropes,
I learned to tie ends, choose friends, roll up and smoke,
I learned to take shit serious, rarely crack jokes,
Learned how to keep my pockets fat,
Never flat broke,
Learned how to back stroke,
Always wore a rain coat,
Cause I learned a lot of bitches out here burn,
I stay firm cause I learned to deal with pressure,
Keep the steel in the dresser,
Bless your with dents in your texture,
I learned the right mixture,
Ginger ale for my liquor,
So co keeps me from going loco,
Provoke though and find that neck wrapped in a choke hold,
Whether with a crew or on the dolo,
I learned to move slo-mo,
Analyze, take wise steps, enterprise, disguise threats, etc.
See I learned to politic a little extra,
Learned the ins and outs of corporate America,
I learned a lot, I swear yall,
I learned to win and take falls,
Get up and hit hard,
Trust in God and pop willies on quads,
Learned every trick in the book,
Even wrote a couple,
See the credits, take a closer look,
Most are rooks, I?m a king
I learned the reason for my being,
Make it real instead of street dreaming,
Coming from windmills and feet sweeping,
to mills and heat reaching,
It?s ill but who?s preaching,

Hook:
The streets taught me,
Who taught you,
I learned to keep my eye on the friendly type playing it cool,
The streets taught me,
Graduated suma-cum-laude, Northside University,
The streets taught me,
Who taught you,
I learned to sit back and watch suckas play themselves for fools,
The streets taught me,
Man you can't show me shit,
cause believe me the streets taught me

2nd verse:
on my block they bust shots with a crooked aim,
Bullets with no names hitting any-body in range,
They murder for chump change and get away with it,
Feds to got a clue but the hood knows who did it,
Time is limited, scars are permanent,
Violence is definitely a bad influence,
It separates the soul from the living proof,
What?s left behind is anger
and I don?t think you can handle the truth,
Pain we go through to survive in this habitat,
You want respect you got to show them where your heart is at,
And after that, you?ll still be paying dues,
Cause now you in the game and you got to play by the rules,
See, in my hood,
If you a g, you roll with a gang,
If you a thug, you strapped ready to bang,
Different borough, same story,
the streets taught me
how to flip it and make double when it comes to the money,
can?t trust to many, mothafuckas are greedy,
quick to stab you in the back if you give them the opportunity,
but honestly, Man, I really don?t give a
fuck about these niggas, let them die, broke on the stretcher

Hook:
The streets taught me,
Who taught you,
I learned to keep my eye on the friendly type playing it cool,
The streets taught me,
Graduated suma-cum-laude, Northside University,
The streets taught me,
Who taught you,
I learned to sit back and watch suckas play themselves for fools,
The streets taught me,
Man you can't show me shit,
cause believe me the streets taught me

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