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“Hood Life”<br />
BY FUNMILOLA LAWSON (LOLA)<br />
We minorities living in priority’s/<br />
On the streets we stalked by authorities/<br />
And even though we out here tryna’ liv da good life/<br />
No matter what we kinda’ stuck living da hood life/<br />
X2<br />
Its kinda’ sad the way they c us on da tv/<br />
They think we killing, selling drugs, and we needy<br />
But its a different kinda’ problem that we see/<br />
If I ain’t stay out on da grind who’s gonna feed me/<br />
Over policed we always being watched n getting stopped/<br />
They steady waiting for da next dude to get popped/<br />
They wanna c us kill ourselves on our own blocks/<br />
Outline da bodies on da floor wid da white chalk/<br />
Its kinda hard tryna’ beat the stats/cuz They delete the facts/<br />
And then repeat the trash/<br />
Its just media this the media that, they fail to recognize the<br />
truth Wikipedia crap/<br />
I’m jus guessing its wuna those hood thingz<br />
The consequences of what living in da hood brings/<br />
They try n label us n call us at risk/<br />
Blown up all the bad But they never see the good things/<br />
We minorities livin in prioritys/<br />
On the streets we stalked by authorities/<br />
And even though we out here tryna liv da good life/<br />
No matter what we kinda stuck livng da hood life/ X2<br />
I’m running outta ways to hide da struggles of my<br />
life/<br />
Ain’t nobody in da world gonna tell me its ii/<br />
Its a fight every morning afternoon everynight/<br />
N I write cover da struggles n da pain n da fright/<br />
Where’s da light dat’ used to shine on dat’ spot dat’<br />
made me bright/<br />
Left behind with the happiness behind with polite/<br />
Fuck the fight climb on top with my strength every<br />
might/<br />
And I mite one day forget the pain I have in my<br />
sight/<br />
Remember da good times things used to b ii/<br />
Not tonight cuz’ I’m still tryna’ live da hood life/<br />
Da good life where everything’s about the cheddar<br />
cheddar/<br />
Like money makes everything round here better/<br />
Struggling back then I’m still struggling today the<br />
only difference is this time I’m tryna’ change my<br />
ways/<br />
Tryna’ change the phase/<br />
Tryna’ fight the blaze/<br />
Tryna’ eat tomorrow so I’m on da grind today/<br />
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