You ready? All right, let's get it Ready for war, military-minded, I'm a young soldier If you don't feel it in the air, you need to come closer I got dreams of bein' better than a young Hoover But where I'm from, even your family give you cold shoulders They put your dreams in the backseat Until somebody open the door and notice you not a family They need to cool it with that fake love I was raised by real killers and drug dealers, not fake thugs I ain't political, but mama, I get lyrical We could be shoulder to shoulder, but I ain't feelin' you We could be face to face, but I ain't hearin' you I'm hittin' point blank range, so I ain't missin' you And I done seen a lot of lame shit Like two niggas gettin' killed over the same bitch, yeah And everybody screamin' same thing From my hood to your hood, we screamin' gang, gang, yeah I'm waitin' for you to change on me Like everybody in my past, you ain't the same, homie Niggas started actin' different when I put them chains on me Got a lil' money, and them bitches, and that fame on me Now I walk around paranoid, clutchin' heavy 'Cause if he actin' flakey, gettin' buried I'm from the city, ain't no bitch, and I ain't scary It's kinda odd when you ain't got your parents, ain't no fairies Ready for war, kick down the door, shoot Put your mask on, lace up your boots Fuck the other side 'cause they know that we the truth And bitch, we run the whole city, you can see the proof And we done lost some brothers on this road That's why my brother walk around with a dirty pole, whoa And I can't tell him shit, that's just how we was raised Fuck bitches, get money, we straight Who you gon' run to when the sun goes down? Dead bodies, mama cryin', don't come around Pay attention, nigga, step it up And if your friend envy you, that boy might set you up Hey, like a pool, they might wet you up Yeah, fuck, nigga, what you flexin' for? And you better keep your head on a swivel Yeah, 'cause they might just try to kill you Ready for war, military-minded, I'm a young soldier If you don't feel it in the air, you need to come closer I got dreams of bein' better than a young Hova But where I'm from, even your family give you cold shoulders They put your dreams in the backseat Until somebody open the door and notice you not a family They need to cool it with that fake love I was raised by real killers and drug dealers, not fake thugs I ain't political, but mama, I get lyrical We could be shoulder to shoulder, but I ain't feelin' you We could be face to face, but I ain't hearin' you I'm hittin' point blank range, so I ain't missin' you And I done seen a lot of lame shit Like two niggas gettin' killed over the same bitch, yeah And everybody screamin' same thing From my hood to your hood, we screamin' gang, gang, yeah 30 clip, drop his whip, whoa And ain't no cheat codes, got a lot of bullets, let's reload We treat the 'jects like the stores, we ain't never closed Before a football, I seen weed, base, and blow And I'm goin' to war for all my brothers, that's some real shit And if you wasn't in them trenches, you won't feel this Just treat his head like a tool and hit the kill switch You'll give a nigga everything and he'll still switch Major smoke with this nigga I went to school with Can't let 'em kill me 'cause my mama ain't have two kids Got to bustin' at his top like he got two lids Catch a body, don't show my teeth like I'm toothless Ice Cube, Eazy-E, we so ruthless These ain't no Nike's on my feet, so you can't do this And I won't change up on my brothers, that's a no-no And I still got that M-16 by the front door Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, ready for war, run down, shoot You catch your mans, you know just what to do