Ay, mama always said, pray for the best, expect the worst Don't make promises if you go back on your word If you're doing it rock, you've got to be willing to work Hit a search and grab the dosh, gotta get to it first See, I grew up in church but I had devils in my ears saying, "Fuck it" Controlling my young mind like a puppet Had me skipping school, ditching satties in the alley as a youngin' Never a boss, bruh, I was runnin' Ay, started runnin' bud just to get paid Now bros got beef, I gotta run with a blade See my blood get got, and that's when my heart changed Took a couple L's, but that's part of the game Live and learn, take how it comes And if it kicks off, brother don't run I was taught from young, that I'd get caught up in the system Didn't listen, and that's how I got done See, I'm just tryna make a living lad and just do me Nah, I ain't stopping till they set me free Uh, we stand firm to the word FTP Prayin' for somebody to rescue me Ay, train hard, my brother, and stay staunch Listen, don't be another victim lost to the system And you'll be eetswa when they come to meet ya And say my uso, "Welcome to prison" Free my brothers in the yard and that Can't wait till they all come back, till they all come back OneFour, part of the gang 2-7, where my heart is at, where my heart is at We chopped opps too easy, got locked up too easy And now I'm on TV I bet it burns 'em to see me walk They'd rather see me between these walls, ay Yeah, we should always expect the worst, hope for the best Keep 'em close if you know they're down for a stretch They call us ball runners with the utmost respect Well known in the system, there's not much of us left You also got the common snitch, biggest bitch A dog that couldn't take the pressure for what he did The lowest of the low that you can get as a crim' Have 'em leveled with the rest of 'em down in protection Separated from the rest of us 'cause our instincts always got the best of us Paranoid, thinking now there's no one left to trust Don't get my wrong, the boys in here still don't give a fuck But why he's acting sus' Heard them fellas over there tryna take me for inner spate eetswa I'm just gonna chill and wait, fuck waitin' another day Pull up to his cell, give him hell I want all you got Put inside this pillowcase and don't forget your dinner tray, ay See, I'm just tryna make a living lad and just do me See, I ain't stopping till they set me free We stand firm to the word FTP Prayin' for somebody to rescue me Uh, train hard, my brother, and stay staunch Listen, don't be another victim lost to the system Then you'll be eetswa when they come to meet ya And say my uso, "Welcome to prison" Free my brothers in the yard and that Can't wait till they all come back, till they all come back OneFour, part of the gang 2-7, where my heart is at, where my heart is at We chopped opps too easy, got locked up too easy And now I'm on TV I bet it burns 'em to see me walk They'd rather see me between these walls, ay