Doing Me (Album Version)

I know it's kinda hard sometimes We all lookin' for some kinda outlet to plug into From the corners of the street In every hood and every ghetto I'm the proof of what could be if you try All the haters wanna see A nigga's life in misery But I'mma keep on doin' me til I die Handcuffed by the wrists and tied at the feet So stressed, wish that I could die in my sleep The Lord knows, through his grace, I done tried it with peace But it's like niggas ain't happy til they finally deceased Feel the grief of a street nigga that turned to rap And just applied everything that he learned from crack I'm in now, this life ain't no turnin' back And been foul, so what kind of concerns is that? Read the signs of the eyes, cuz, it tell it all One of the few in the streets that was sellin' it raw Made mistakes, but it made me intelligent more And how I move, you can still look and tell I was poor How can the hate from the next man stop my flow? That's like another pimp thinkin' he can knock my hoe I'm here now, just tryin' to cop and blow Couple of cars and lots of dough From the corners of the street In every hood and every ghetto I'm the proof of what could be if you try All the haters wanna see A nigga's life in misery But I'mma keep on doin' me til I die One by one, seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall You seen one nigga ball, you done seen 'em all Even stand-up niggas, seen 'em lean and crawl What makes a man wanna fiend for more? Life itself is more than a travel quest Intelligent, wise, it's like I done ran with the best And very rarely, you can catch me casually dressed I'm more relaxed in a hat and some sweats, doin' me Been among some of the street's most strongest men Around for months, then they gone again Incarcerated, penalized for the love of they acts Criminals cold-hearted, now who's fuckin' with that? Where we at? Here the side of a life that's rarely exposed Spoken in codes for the killers that daily indulge Get yours, hit a quarter, then get endorsed Get legit, then get them scores From the corners of the street In every hood and every ghetto I'm the proof of what could be if you try All the haters wanna see A nigga's life in misery But I'mma keep on doin' me til I die So now it's on, y'all, see I done figured it out Only a few can ever say that they been in my house And can vouch that my wall color blend with my couch I'm as 'tho' as you can go in the South When it's too deep, it's hard for the mind to relate Some say I'm too street and way too involved with the snakes What make a man bigger than life and twice his age Understand I'm a sinner, but I'm nice in ways Knee-deep in what I speak, cuz I spit the truth I become angelic when I sit in the booth Just endorse all the ill shit that lurk in the streets How can another real nigga wanna work with police? Bad enough we got beefs and the beef is rough I took a oath just to smoke, eat, sleep, and fuck Knowledge of self, I'mma do this regardless of wealth Regardless on how the deck and the cards get dealt From the corners of the street In every hood and every ghetto I'm the proof of what could be if you try All the haters wanna see A nigga's life in misery But I'mma keep on doin' me til I die