You ever been shot?
Nah not me.
Its gotten to the point where niggas
wanna get shot to prove they hard and wear
that scar as a badge of honor.
In the wastelands
niggas more scared of lookin pussy
than gravestones and hollow tips.
A bullet got nobody's name on it
but has signed countless obituaries.
It took me a mintue to realize
the pen always pimps the pistol.
Ya see I think businessmen are hitmen
with Rolex's and balancing books
A bullet can kill a person
but a banker can kill a community.
Get enough bankers and they can
bang a country.
Every nigga hard behind a gun
that's why when niggas say,
"My glock came with a dick"
it's cuz they never had one.
Them street teams got enough clips
to peel ya scalp back like a
Comanche captive.
They wave they dick around
and spray on niggas trynna
pull they card.
Passing street signs
wearin' teddy bears and candle
memorials tells niggas
the body on the ground
going cold'll always be the cool one.
But that's expected when you
sprout from a graveyard where
you get more respect dead,
than you ever did living.
I'm not excluded either.
Uncle Sam taught me to think
like an alley dog too
until I realized he had me
Doggystyle like a bitch.
I could sit here with my brush
paintin' pictures of me with torches
I've never gripped sayin it'll set'cho ass on fire...
But I chose authenticity
over clout chasing,
The pen over the sword.
To set off wildfires in honest hearts
and green eyes in minds.
But don't get me wrong,
I believe niggas you've cooked for
that stole food from ya table
and help you look for it
deserve 2 fry.
A thug is someone who stands
10 toes behind whatever they say
from their soul.
Not behind a loaded hole.
We ready to get shot
instead of taking shots that'll
feed the family even after
ya gravestone's eroded.
I wanna live the kind of life
where when I die
it'll make the stars cry.
So I'll ask you again,
but let me rephrase the question.
You ever took a shot before?
- QtheGreo