Lyrics:

Ladies and gentlemen, ghettos all across the world**lf****lf**The man above been talking to me**lf**He said he understands my view**lf**He''s always walking with me**lf**''Cause he sees what I''ve been through**lf****lf**When the world starts kicking me around**lf**All in my face, make me wanna put ''em down**lf**Trying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a man**lf**Sometimes it feels like it''s out of my hands**lf****lf**I''m from the hood that''s forever sinning**lf**Where life is took for granted here so death is winning**lf**Nothing but blues around, feels like we''re losing out**lf**Times that spent in this environment confuse a child**lf****lf**As a juvenile I ran wild, I ran out of blessings**lf**Been in and out of prison as an adolescent**lf**My goal was getting it ''til something said to turn my life around**lf**Redirect my hustle and go legitimate**lf****lf**''Til I get corporate and invest fortunes**lf**With exec bosses sitting behind a desk at the office**lf**But I''m left jobless, nobody hiring ex-convicts**lf**That don''t mean I''m less conscious**lf****lf**It''s so hard when they close doors**lf**And when you looking like a so-called hip hoppa you get nada**lf**Stereotyped, scarred for life stigmata**lf**But still a kid''s gotta get a dolla**lf****lf**The man above been talking to me**lf**He said he understands my view**lf**He''s always walking with me**lf**''Cause he sees what I''ve been through**lf****lf**When the world starts kicking me around**lf**All in my face, make me want to put ''em down**lf**Trying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a man**lf**Sometimes it feels like it''s out of my hands**lf****lf**I tackle choices every day that''s hopeless**lf**I hear a voice saying, ''Stay focused''**lf**Fast money, cars and broads will mislead you**lf**Love backwards here is evil but it''s legal**lf****lf**Multi-task, I make a fortune faster**lf**Keep rhymin'' ''til I''m climbing up the corporate ladder**lf**In my community, you''ve gotta go out of your way**lf**If you''re out to get paid than back up and wait for opportunity**lf****lf**I try not to blame society**lf**I eat my pride ''cause I know deep inside it''s me**lf**But not entirely, when a man try to live righteously**lf**And propriety turn to anxiety**lf****lf**I thought I paid back the system when I stayed in prison**lf**I left the stripes, see what success is like**lf**But the way they set the price**lf**You spent your childhood in the wild hood you''re in debt for life**lf****lf**The man above been talking to me**lf**He said he understands my view**lf**He''s always walking with me**lf**''Cause he sees what I''ve been through**lf****lf**When the world starts kicking me around**lf**All in my face, make me wanna put ''em down**lf**Trying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a man**lf**Sometimes it feels like it''s out of my hands**lf****lf**They say I''m from the hood**lf**That mean I''m no good**lf****lf**I figured out what was talking with me**lf**When I do right I feel him walking with me**lf**So I''m adamant, some call it arrogance**lf**I can cope it ''cause I know I''m broke for having sense**lf****lf**But my back''s against the wall, it''s getting rough to get a buck**lf**In a job with a minimum wage won''t get enough**lf**Faced with giving up and my lady friend''s beefing**lf**Ends ain''t meeting, we just an argument away from splitting up**lf****lf**It gets lonely, my fam disowned me**lf**Called me the black sheep ''cause I act street**lf**Yeah, it''s that deep, I tried to change clicks**lf**Homies flipped on me ''cause I don''t hang we have beef**lf****lf**But I''m at peace so that cease, at least**lf**I ain''t got no ties on my Porsche ride**lf**And no time for no crime, knowing that the most high**lf**Is watching with a close eye**lf****lf**The man above been talking to me**lf**He said he understands my view**lf**He''s always walking with me**lf**''Cause he sees what I''ve been through**lf****lf**When the world starts kicking me around**lf**All in my face, make me wanna put ''em down**lf**Trying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a man**lf**Sometimes it feels like it''s out of my hands**lf****lf**They say I''m from the hood**lf**That mean I''m no good**lf**They say I''m from the hood**lf**That mean I''m no good**lf**They say I''m from the hood**lf**That mean I''m no good