Lyrics:

Ladies and gentlemen, ghettos all across the worldThe man above been talking to meHe said he understands my viewHe''s always walking with me''Cause he sees what I''ve been throughWhen the world starts kicking me aroundAll in my face, make me wanna put ''em downTrying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a manSometimes it feels like it''s out of my handsI''m from the hood that''s forever sinningWhere life is took for granted here so death is winningNothing but blues around, feels like we''re losing outTimes that spent in this environment confuse a childAs a juvenile I ran wild, I ran out of blessingsBeen in and out of prison as an adolescentMy goal was getting it ''til something said to turn my life aroundRedirect my hustle and go legitimate''Til I get corporate and invest fortunesWith exec bosses sitting behind a desk at the officeBut I''m left jobless, nobody hiring ex-convictsThat don''t mean I''m less consciousIt''s so hard when they close doorsAnd when you looking like a so-called hip hoppa you get nadaStereotyped, scarred for life stigmataBut still a kid''s gotta get a dollaThe man above been talking to meHe said he understands my viewHe''s always walking with me''Cause he sees what I''ve been throughWhen the world starts kicking me aroundAll in my face, make me want to put ''em downTrying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a manSometimes it feels like it''s out of my handsI tackle choices every day that''s hopelessI hear a voice saying, ''Stay focused''Fast money, cars and broads will mislead youLove backwards here is evil but it''s legalMulti-task, I make a fortune fasterKeep rhymin'' ''til I''m climbing up the corporate ladderIn my community, you''ve gotta go out of your wayIf you''re out to get paid than back up and wait for opportunityI try not to blame societyI eat my pride ''cause I know deep inside it''s meBut not entirely, when a man try to live righteouslyAnd propriety turn to anxietyI thought I paid back the system when I stayed in prisonI left the stripes, see what success is likeBut the way they set the priceYou spent your childhood in the wild hood you''re in debt for lifeThe man above been talking to meHe said he understands my viewHe''s always walking with me''Cause he sees what I''ve been throughWhen the world starts kicking me aroundAll in my face, make me wanna put ''em downTrying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a manSometimes it feels like it''s out of my handsThey say I''m from the hoodThat mean I''m no goodI figured out what was talking with meWhen I do right I feel him walking with meSo I''m adamant, some call it arroganceI can cope it ''cause I know I''m broke for having senseBut my back''s against the wall, it''s getting rough to get a buckIn a job with a minimum wage won''t get enoughFaced with giving up and my lady friend''s beefingEnds ain''t meeting, we just an argument away from splitting upIt gets lonely, my fam disowned meCalled me the black sheep ''cause I act streetYeah, it''s that deep, I tried to change clicksHomies flipped on me ''cause I don''t hang we have beefBut I''m at peace so that cease, at leastI ain''t got no ties on my Porsche rideAnd no time for no crime, knowing that the most highIs watching with a close eyeThe man above been talking to meHe said he understands my viewHe''s always walking with me''Cause he sees what I''ve been throughWhen the world starts kicking me aroundAll in my face, make me wanna put ''em downTrying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a manSometimes it feels like it''s out of my handsThey say I''m from the hoodThat mean I''m no goodThey say I''m from the hoodThat mean I''m no goodThey say I''m from the hoodThat mean I''m no good