Meek Mill - Boyz In The Hood lyrics

[Intro: DJ Drama] Dear Lord, when it's all said and done I pray I'm forgiven for my wrongs And when they tell the story, it ends righteously [Verse 1: Meek Mill] Uh, sorry Your Honor if I was too arrogant That money was staggering They locked me PC with them trannies and rats Man that sh** was embarra**ing Twenty-three hours in a cell by myself Man you couldn't imagine it They fed me some sh** I wouldn't feed to my dog Man that sh** was the nastiest Can you imagine me losing my mind? Doing push-ups, fifty-two at a time Do the whole debt just to get through the time Just to get to my son and get back to my mom Papi keep asking me where am I at? I told him, "In jail" and I said I'd be back He said "When you're back, can you get me from school?" sh** like that there'll turn a boy to a goon Onto the graveyard, there's only one stop We live fast, die from gunshots In this lifestyle when we sling dope, bust Glocks Why you think we say, "f** cops?" Cause when they lock us up all the fun stops And when the ice cream truck come to one's stop So for the little babies all the fun stops And we post on the corner like the bus stop Waiting on the state bus 'til the cuffs lock They put shackles on us like j**elry, we say, "f** rock" Cause all we ever wanted was to sell block To get a little real estate to sell blocks Until we got a little taste of cell blocks And try telling God when these cells lock, have mercy on me Touchdown, catch your case tryna sell rock You ain't wanna believe that hell's hot My mom she told me "You might as well stop" Cause you can't ride your wave when the wells dry And your water's off and your bill's due And your sh** stinks, smell like mildew sh** got wet all up and then left there Cause them little n***as done k**ed you, God damn [Hook: Ty Dolla $ign] I know you're watching over me (watching over me) But the devil's tryna take my soul (my soul) One day all my n***as'll be free (oh yeah) I know you got your hand on me (hand on me) Cause the devil's tryna take my soul (my soul) One day all my n***as'll be free (oh yeah) [Verse 2: Meek Mill] They gave my dog life and I talked to him yesterday Talk to him every day He called me, he told me, he living through me n***a, homie, don't ever say I told him I got him new lawyers and everything 100K on the heavyweight Cause it don't mean nothing, spend that on a presi face He took the charge and ain't ever say what we was doing Or how we was moving I'm talking that life, every night we was shooting Selling narcotics and ducking narcotics I duck in the alley, I do it elusive I could remember my momma in tears Me and my sister, no father was there Oodles and noodles turned me to a monster Now I'm screaming "Momma I got us this year" [Verse 3: Pusha T] And every year after Now everyday's laughter No jail visits, no collect calls We done put an end to that chapter On holiday, small island Riding jet skis with the family I'm a hood n***a, I can't swim But that little fact it ain't stopping me I got yacht dreams, not rented I double parked in that harbor That's drag racing for rich n***as And bad b**hes at the cargo Woo, how fast your car go? Mine go two and change My d** now got a barcode Now that's called moving things, sing! [Hook: Ty Dolla $ign] I know you're watching over me (watching over me) But the devil's tryna take my soul (my soul) One day all my n***as'll be free (oh yeah) I know you got your hand on me (hand on me) Cause the devil's tryna take my soul (my soul) One day all my n***as'll be free (oh yeah) [Outro: DJ Drama + Choir] We don't choose the life we're given But just make the best out of what we're living Circumstance don't define you, your choices do You know what your biggest blessing is? Tomorrow Cause the devil's tryna take my soul (my soul) One day all my n***as'll be free (oh)