They say everything that happens Happen for a reason Well we say anything that happens Happen to get even Cause we knew everything the streets could've done Still we laced up all our sneaks to put a name on that gun We chose the game cause ain't no where we could run We dealt with pain everyday in the slums Where its gone rain with the sun Could've told me years ago how I would be today I would still take the route that I went either way Let's keep it straight Lately I been in my feelings I been smoking up my thoughts I don't know how i'm dealing with The shit i'm dealing with But everyday I see the bigger picture & let me tell you that pain & hunger's a crazy mixture Shit'll have you on the edge of ya seat Prepared to do whatever it takes To be just who you destined to be Everyday I needed clarity Cause if not, best believe there would be casualties On every faculty & I ain't never been this person before Just a kid that ain't know nothing about raw All I knew was that I ain't wanna be poor No not nomore I need my foot in that door Even if I gotta take it to war I'm really down for whatever Seen it all through every weather Shootouts was with barettas Two out, we hit em better Move out, move in together Everything was synchronized Like we in a band hit em all within a line To let em know i'm on that time again They like oh he wanna rhyme again Meanwhile they bitch online reciting this & that's the difference between me & them You see, I really went on missions & ain't come till I completed them See, It ain't hard to tell the G'z is up We been at this for a minute Ya niggas never believed in us But ya wanna see us on the tv huh? Well that will never be the case Cause truth be told, niggas in need of us So turn ya fucking speakers up & listen to what's real don't ever knock a nigga cause he can't be killed Ya really just gotta read between the lines This life is what you make it, so stop hating & just grind They say everything that happens Happen for a reason Well we say anything that happens Happen to get even Cause we knew everything the streets could've done Still we laced up all our sneaks to put a name on that gun We chose the game cause ain't no where we could run We dealt with pain everyday in the slums Where its gone rain with the sun Could've told me years ago how I would be today I would still take the route that I went either way Let's keep it straight