Thick Of It

Yeah...

We in the thick of it every day

Tryna survive, tryna find our way

For everybody caught up in the struggle

Listen...

We in the thick of it each day,

Tryin' to survive the game along the way,

It's not okay what young G's gotta see,

The streets creep into their sleep and their dreams.

Broken homes, broken trust, broken plans,

Little kids forced to become grown men,

Reality is they ain't got a chance,

When the neighborhood becomes the only dance.

Sirens singin' like a lullaby tune,

Another candlelight vigil coming too soon,

Everybody tough till the casket drops,

Then the whole block cries when the heartbeat stops.

They say this is life, this be the way,

Keep your head down, make it through the day,

Can't count me out, not gonna quit,

When survival's the goal, you learn to never submit.

Can't count me out until I'm dead,

Too many voices running through my head,

Ain't afraid to die, got more to fear in life,

Every day's a battle, every move a fight.

Can't count me out, can't break my soul,

Tryna stay alive while I'm losing control,

Wake it up, sad G, listen to me,

You don't want this life, you don't want to be me.

Dealers, thugs, po-po for sure,

Everybody watching through an open door,

All want me dead, I don't mean shit,

That's the mindset when you're trapped in it.

So I take what's mine all along the way,

Thinking quick money gonna save the day,

Stacking bills and bodies that get in my path,

Never seeing all the damage in the aftermath.

Got scars on my mind that nobody sees,

Pressure so heavy bring a man to his knees,

Every friend lost leaves another hole,

Every wrong choice takes another toll.

Living outside the law, I feel so free,

But freedom ain't always what it seems to be,

Because the chains ain't steel, they hide inside,

In the anger, the pride, and the lies we hide.

Can't count me out until I'm dead,

Too many voices running through my head,

Ain't afraid to die, got more to fear in life,

Every day's a battle, every move a fight.

Can't count me out, can't break my soul,

Tryna stay alive while I'm losing control,

Wake it up, sad G, listen to me,

You don't want this life, you don't want to be me.

Never better? That's what I say,

But the truth feels different at the end of the day,

Moving on, counting only on me,

But loneliness ain't the freedom I believed.

Got money in my pocket, pain in my chest,

Running from the past but it never rests,

Faces of the people that I left behind,

Still showing up in the back of my mind.

Young blood listening, hear me clear,

The streets sell courage but they manufacture fear,

Everything they promise comes with a cost,

And most don't realize what they lost.

The strongest man ain't the one who takes,

It's the one who changes the path he makes,

If I could go back, I'd choose another way,

Tell my younger self what I'm saying today.

We in the thick of it each day,

Trying to survive the game along the way,

But if you're stand