Word got around that a nigga got shot
Heard a nigga drew down and he bucked so his ass got popped
We was on my block tryna move these rocks
Tryna stack this cash on the low, gotta duck these cops
We was right off 3rd and Pollock, chillin' in the back of the tracks
Niggas got packs, tryna get them racks
X5, I was ridin' in the back
With the Brother's Fried Chicken and the gat in my lap
Seventeen had no dreams
Drinkin' 4 LOKO, Sprite and codeine
First class, I was on lean
Said fuck high school so I left Reed
No one told me life would be this way
I swear nobody told me
Guess this is the game we chose to play
Crazy how it's always been the same
People dyin' every day
That ain't nothin' new when you from downtown, downtown
Out here tryin' to make a way
I won't let these niggas take me down, down
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Phone just ring, heard a nigga got got
He was over in the east, last thing that he heard six shots
He ain't get no love from the cops, nobody got caught
Real talk when I heard who it was, my heart damn near stopped
Somebody done killed my brother, now I gotta get back
Lettin' off 'cause a nigga gotta feel that
Sittin' shotgun with the shot gun
When you hear the shots come, nigga don't run
Already bad, it can only get worse
Hand full of steel 'cause the shit still hurts
Cut so deep when they put him in the hearse
Never saw twenty-five, had to put 'em in the dirt
No one told me life would be this way
I swear nobody told me
Guess this is the game we chose to play
Crazy how it's always been the same
People dyin' every day
That ain't nothin' new when you from downtown, downtown
Out here tryin' to make a way
I won't let these niggas take me down, down
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Once upon a time downtown in the 9 (9th Ward)
Where they don't mind dyin'
Sworn to a life of crime, was a youngin' only stood 5'5
Big money on his mind
Clothes ain't wrinkled while his hands on his iron
Shot six times right in front of my mom (dear Lord)
Had a .32, man I'm lucky to survive
On that Pac "Juice," real niggas don't die
Bitch, I'm from A-Town, slang crack on the same sack
Blood stains there from a homie with his head cracked
Hold Gs like A-Wax
They been doin' this shit way back since A-Track
And we yell, "Rida Gang Act"
You can get fame there from the way you go and bang that
Truth from the head watch how you aim that (aim that)
Price on your head and we gon' take that (we gon't take that)
It's about to go down
You ain't about this then you better go now (go now)
Sun goin' down, keep the 'dow down
Everybody lay down, ski mask down
All you gon' see is my eyes and my frown
Last thing you hear is my gun goin' pow
It happens every day 'round my way
This ain't nothin' new you grew up downtown, huh
People dyin' every day
That ain't nothin' new when you from downtown, downtown
Out here tryin' to make a way
I won't let these niggas take me down, down
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
(So I ride) Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
Ridin' on these niggas, I be ridin', I be ridin' on 'em
