dark days

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[00:00.43] "dark days"

[00:02.92] I finally got the fame and fortune that I prayed for

[00:24.47] Who would have thought I would emerge from all that gun smoke?

[00:27.43] This for all the teenagers that wanna gun tote

[00:30.08] 'Cause they cheaper in the hood than in the gun store (On God)

[00:33.28] You gon' lose a lot of your friends and that's what hurt the most

[00:36.19] You can't do nothin' but reminisce about y'all crackin' jokes

[00:39.16] You feelin' like nobody love you, I know how that go

[00:41.55] You gotta love yourself, lil' nigga, that's gon' help you glow (On God)

[00:44.78] I know it might sound lame, but just stay in school (21)

[00:47.70] They got a place that they put people who don't follow rules (Yeah)

[00:50.89] You probably got your mama scared, don't wanna watch the news

[00:53.56] Ready to risk your life and freedom for a pair of shoes

[00:56.47] Yeah, you say you love your switch, but they don't love you back

[00:59.40] You can hug that block all night, it ain't gon' hug you back (Facts)

[01:02.32] Some of your friends gon' reincarnate and come back as rats (Pussy)

[01:05.24] And after your candlelight, they ain't gon' give your mama jack

[01:08.16] Now your brother kids askin' where they daddy at

[01:11.08] So you gotta lie and tell 'em he just took a nap (Damn)

[01:14.00] You done failed in the streets, so now you tryna rap

[01:16.92] But that ain't really workin' for you, so it's back to trap, damn

[01:20.11] When it's all said and done

[01:24.10] There's some things you can't run from

[01:26.75] It's hard to decide

[01:28.61] Either live or you die

[01:31.56] I, I ask myself was it all worth the risk

[01:37.16] 'Cause I can't pretend (Yeah)

[01:40.36] I can't stand the thought of losing you

[01:44.90] I know how it feel to see your dawgs stretched out (On God)

[01:46.75] And watch him struggle tryna let his last breath out (Damn)

[01:49.68] You don't wanna do it, but you lost some real niggas that you gotta step out

[01:54.19] One more seat left in the car, you gotta help out (Yeah)

[01:57.11] Niggas stressed out (Yeah, yeah)

[01:59.24] Probably why I tell the kids to put the guns down (Oh, facts)

[02:01.36] Gangsta but I still cry when nobody around

[02:04.28] Tryna numb the pain, drinkin' bottles 'til I drown ('Til I drown, 21)

[02:07.20] Never do no suicide

[02:11.47] But I'd be lyin' if I said it hadn't crossed my mind

[02:12.27] I hurt on the inside and I still act like I'm fine

[02:14.66] Why the judge give my nigga Paul all that time? (Free Paul, hey)

[02:17.86] Heard they lockin' niggas up for what they put in rhymes

[02:21.05] Standin' on this shit (Oh), fuck it, I'm still writin' mine (Fuck 'em, oh)

[02:23.71] This what growth look like, no more committin' crimes (21)

[02:26.42] I stayed out the way and made a way for us to grind (21, 21)

[02:29.66] When it's all said and done (All said and done)

[02:32.59] There's some things you can't run from

[02:36.04] It's hard to decide

[02:38.42] Either live or you die (Live)

[02:41.34] I, I ask myself (Ask myself) was it all worth the risk (Was it all?)

[02:46.66] 'Cause I can't pretend (Yeah)

[02:49.84] I can't stand the thought of losing you

[02:54.92] All my dawgs too

[03:03.69] Forever-ever Eastside (Eastside)

[03:08.20] This shit 'posed to be for life (Supposed to be for life, 4L)

[03:10.86] Jumpin' shit since we was five (21, five)

[03:13.56] We got that fire, we was nine, nine

[03:16.51] Even though I'm up, up

[03:18.62] You can see the pain in my eyes

[03:19.96] I mean like fuck love (On God)

[03:21.28] But either way, I'm still gon' try

[03:22.88] Got me fucked up (21)

[03:24.74] Seein' my twin on Channel 5

[03:25.82] I, 'cause even gangsters cry

[03:29.02] I, I, I

[03:31.94] Gangsters cry

[03:33.27] Even gangsters cry

[03:35.66] I, I, I

[03:37.78] Even gangsters cry

[03:40.97] (I, I, I)

[03:44.42] 21, 21

[03:45.49] My son, this is your time

[04:09.40] I know your heart

[04:11.54] And I’ve watched you rise above many challenges

[04:15.25] And you have made me so proud

[04:17.91] I pray for many more fulfilling experiences as you elevate to new levels of growth, purpose, and success

[04:26.96] Dreams really do come true

[04:30.41] By the grace of the source of life, so be it