Growin' up on Section A, momma in the otha room cryin'
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Cuz she got bills to pay, and it ain’t no chores to play
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Only thang outside is a sand box and a gate to hate
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And the show ain’t gon' show money, soul of a show money
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Only thang around town, Brooklyn is dat dope money (Livin' in the projects)
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Dem boys on the corna, and they pockets gittin' stronga
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Momma did it fo' the hunger
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We sold about a hundred, err’body still runnin'
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And we sittin' on the block
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Cuz the dope feigns rollin'
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Videos, I ain’t trynna be no rap
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I ain’t trynna be no act
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I’m tryin' to make a stack up (Livin' in the projects)
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I ain’t gotta call practice
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So if I’m on the streets, then come greet or tear my back up (Livin' in the
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projects)
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Tha police betta call back up
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Cuz if I can’t feed my daughter — I’ma come and rob ya (And I was…)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects
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Broke, with no lights on (And I was)
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Livin' in the projects (Uh-huh)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (What's goin' on)
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Broke, with no lights on (And you was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Broke, with no lights on (And we was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Yea)
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Broke, with no lights on
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Rememba when the food stamps used to look like dollas
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I ain’t have no clothes so the ho’s wouldn’t holla
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Git outta here would all a nigga wann'
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When I hit 'em lights all the roaches hit the flo' (Damn)
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Momma had got in to a accident
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It’s fucked up, mayn she can’t even pay the rent
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And the heat and light been out eva since
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So you know when a nigga gone, it git cold in the bitch
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You know what I’ma do? |
— I'ma go git rich
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Put on my ski mask and go hit me a liq
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It’s all you could do when you young and from Tha Bricks
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I’m from the hood, lil' shawty, I’ma represent (And I was…)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects
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Broke, with no lights on (And I was)
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Livin' in the projects (Uh-huh)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (What's goin' on)
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Broke, with no lights on (And you was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Broke, with no lights on (And we was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Yea)
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Broke, with no lights on
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Now it was neva eva 'posed to be like this
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My teacha told me I wadn’t gon' be shiit
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A surely young nigga when his dad got rich
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A-Town ho' you can suck my dick
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Now you made it outta Tha Projects
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A young nigga gittin' cash
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Gotta keep dat steady flow runnin' while the time pass
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Can’t let 'em git you down, move in or move out
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Gotta git dat money shawty, dat whudd I’m talkin' bout
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When time git hard betta pray to God
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Don’t stretch the dope game on the boulevard
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No (No), my daughter neva will
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And if I have to kill, she gonna git anutha meal
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Shiit, play the hand I was dealed
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And if a man stepped to me i got a right to grab the steal
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Chyea, I’m on top and I still rememb-a
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Those cold ass days in Decemba, and I was…
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects
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Broke, with no lights on (And I was)
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Livin' in the projects (Uh-huh)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (What's goin' on)
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Broke, with no lights on (And you was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Broke, with no lights on (And we was)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Aye)
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Livin' in the projects (Yea)
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Broke, with no lights on |