Project City to Rochester 585, trust, yo Uh, circa 1994, spot 'em on an iron horse Nigga try to floss 'til a nigga eyeing yours Run up on 'em with the toolie, make you run 'em off Any hiccups with the stickup then the iron letting off Many niggas died tryin' to prove they ain't soft Era of the killers, gotta watch where you walk White fiends juggle rock, call 'em Pistol Pete Hit that Freaky Tah and they shake like Mr. Cheeks Streets is the origin, the birth is the grail Lease to the hearse so the coffin will sell Product of the product that my father used to sell 'Fore my lines hit the streets, weigh 'em on a scale Hammer or the nail, you the ant or the boot Niggas love lies, they're allergic to truth The proof in the pudding but it's pork in that food Like Elijah the Messenger, I caution you, dude Look, all I cared about was clientele I might as well, when I shop I'm buying drugs, so I'm buying scales All I ever knew was buy and sell Could try and fail, first time I flew a kite was inside a cell To leave the jungle, hard to find a trail Like writing braille, wrong move, you end up stepping on the lion's tail It's all a trap, they designed it well We're counting blessings and praying to the heavens but inside of hell It Was Written, It Ain't Hard to Tell I write it well, my words like the gunpowder that's inside a shell The love of money is a demonic spell It's all for sale, you'll never make the money that can buy itself I saw real niggas lie and tell Inside they're frail, in the hood they was goons now they cry and yell 'Cause the judge, he denying bail From prior sales; will you kneel or appeal? Only time will tell Your fam' write you but they're hiding mail Will they convict you, your friends turn against you, or a client tell? 'Cause the feds got 'em wired well Niggas that you're rolling with will lead 'em to you like a tire trail The streets get you or you die in jail This Book of Life never was a love story, it's a grimy tale These Gods lost, so why rebel? We in the belly of the beast like when Jonah was inside the whale