All We Ever Know - C.L. Smooth

They wanna see me down,

but I be comin up

They don’t want me around,

but I lay in the cut

This is how the hood be movin,

there’s no solution

It’s so hard but it’s all we ever know

Feel this pulse of the hood,

that ear to the street

Like the boys on feet,

them wolves never sleep

Just lurk in the shadows,

mingle in your blind sight

Is it meant to be tested?

Better get your mind right

These are the breaks and,

this is what it takes and

Laid up in the coffin there is all your mistakes

look Is this what you want though,

or beggin for a change as to what we all can afford,

and what’s out of your range?

They massacred your folks then

— pray for revenge

Your last thought is a target, the beef never ends (never ends)

These foul niggaz laughin,

your baby momma’s cashin

who hated your ass with a passion

Hangin on your last breath gaspin,

your people in tears

who always told ya you was trouble for years

Find you at death’s doors fightin,

with tubes all in you

Heard they raidin your spots —

who’s gon' miss you?

It’s grimey as it ever been, slugs in the veteran

The block savor the day he took his own medicine

Now it’s all over,

the next leader got the seat

But don’t bury him yet,

we still got a heartbeat

The mind over matter,

stuff made of legends

A spirit that caters to the physical presence

He gotta dig down deep,

that’s where it begin

You got far too much pride to let your enemies win

See life flash before you,

your face in the sink

Look up inside the mirror,

before you can blink

Feel you have no choices, beaten battered and scarred

Can only muster up enough strength

to find God

As solid as the anchor,

how can I thank ya when it took every bit of prayer to save this gangster?

On my knees in the chapel,

forgive me father

The endless rounds of shots,

the people screamin in horror

What add up to a dollar,

don’t make sense no more

What people live to posess,

in the spoils of war

become obsolete,

that’s if you weather the storm

It’s so beautiful,

the feelin like a hustler reborn

with no drama

Need you right here for the kids

with every honor

The streets know it is what it is,

another chapter

Through all that pain you stood the best remedy is let 'em see you still live

good

They wanna see me down,

but I be comin up

They don’t want me around,

but I lay in the cut

This is how the hood be movin,

there’s no solution

It’s so hard but it’s all we ever know

They wanna see me down,

but I be comin up

They don’t want me around,

but I lay in the cut

This is how the hood be movin,

there’s no solution

It’s so hard but it’s all we ever know

Listen man,

we don’t wanna talk to none of y’all

You left your man out here for dead and all that (real talk)

This New York City man

(uh-huh) y’know where the rats is bigger than the cats

(stop snitchin!) We servin notice you hear me?

(Talk to 'em) We not playin wit’chu meatballs (emphatically)

This is Black Heart,

the movement (c'mon)

We only play for keeps here,

and this is all we ever know

They wanna see me down,

but I be comin up

They don’t want me around,

but I lay in the cut

This is how the hood be movin,

there’s no solution

It’s so hard but it’s all we ever know

They wanna see me down,

but I be comin up

They don’t want me around,

but I lay in the cut

This is how the hood be movin,

there’s no solution

It’s so hard but it’s all we ever know