I'm a man I gotta take care of my family Fighting these pressures in my life I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys But these streets won't say goodbye I can't say goodbye (to the blocks) Goodbye (to the hood) goodbye (to the streets) I can't say goodbye (to the hood) Goodbye (to the blocks) goodbye (to the streets) I can't say goodbye (to the blocks) Goodbye (to the streets) goodbye (to the hood) I can't say goodbye (to the hood) Goodbye (to the blocks) goodbye (to the homies) I guess it's true you can't take the hood out the homeboy Plus my hood just lost another homeboy Another one got life and we don't know If he coming home boy They in the street tell me just leave it alone boy Let them do them take care of your own boy But I said back break a bound before I was grown boy You had dreams of being a **** boy Yeah I was running from the po po banging for the turf Late night hunting putting me in work Good day coming airbrushed shirt Pay day got the spot got my hair cut first Made mom sick when I wouldn't go to church Yeah I live in the burbs but I think twenty frist I know since I left that it's gotten much worse But I'd still be there if I couldn't write a verse Oh I'm a man I gotta take care of my family Fighting these pressures in my life I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys But these streets won't say goodbye I can't say goodbye To the blocks that raised me The enemies and the homies that made me Tough enough to hang on the corners that would mould me Critics wonder if I'm tryna be the old me But if they think the old me ever left Then they don't really know me And don't know we don't change we just become o g You always addicted to the life you just don't o d I owe the streets before they owe me Took me in when my momma didn't want me To wild to be a child and pops not around now All I got now is the homies to teach me How to be a man and whatnot How to break ounces into grams and whatnot The reason I'm so nice with my hands and whatnot **** man you think I forgot oh no I'm a man I gotta take care of my family I gotta take care of Fighting these pressures in my life I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys But these streets won't say goodbye I can't say goodbye Thank god every day that the boy could spit And all around the world they enjoying my **** I know I got plenty more wars to get I got a beautiful wife and some gorgeous kids But it wouldn't be right if I ignored the **** That made me how I am the music and the man Told me that I can before the world gave a damn If it wasn't for my ****** saying stick to the plan Probably be a gun instead of a pen in my hand Probably be doing a dub and the pen with my man They say leave the streets but don't really understand All I had was the block when I didn't have fans Rapped on the corners when I couldn't get spins All I had was the homies when I didn't have kids If it all come down and my career was to end I'm sure my name Would live in these streets I'm a man I gotta take care of my family Fighting these pressures in my life I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys But these streets won't say goodbye I can't say goodbye Goodbye goodbye I can't say goodbye Goodbye goodbye I cant say goodbye Goodbye goodbye I can't say goodbye goodbye goodbye You can take the man out the streets But you can't take the streets out the man
[00:01.21]I'm a man I gotta take care of my family [00:05.78]Fighting these pressures in my life [00:10.97]I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys [00:15.80]But these streets won't say goodbye [00:18.96]I can't say goodbye (to the blocks) [00:20.97]Goodbye (to the hood) goodbye (to the streets) [00:23.93]I can't say goodbye (to the hood) [00:25.88]Goodbye (to the blocks) goodbye (to the streets) [00:28.63]I can't say goodbye (to the blocks) [00:30.85]Goodbye (to the streets) goodbye (to the hood) [00:33.42]I can't say goodbye (to the hood) [00:35.35]Goodbye (to the blocks) goodbye (to the homies) [00:38.95]I guess it's true you can't take the hood out the homeboy [00:42.21]Plus my hood just lost another homeboy [00:44.65]Another one got life and we don't know [00:47.35]If he coming home boy [00:48.86]They in the street tell me just leave it alone boy [00:50.98]Let them do them take care of your own boy [00:53.62]But I said back break a bound before I was grown boy [00:56.52]You had dreams of being a **** boy [00:58.63]Yeah I was running from the po po banging for the turf [01:01.62]Late night hunting putting me in work [01:03.97]Good day coming airbrushed shirt [01:06.00]Pay day got the spot got my hair cut first [01:08.86]Made mom sick when I wouldn't go to church [01:10.95]Yeah I live in the burbs but I think twenty frist [01:13.84]I know since I left that it's gotten much worse [01:15.97]But I'd still be there if I couldn't write a verse [01:18.24]Oh I'm a man I gotta take care of my family [01:24.37]Fighting these pressures in my life [01:29.35]I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys [01:34.24]But these streets won't say goodbye [01:37.14]I can't say goodbye [01:39.21]To the blocks that raised me [01:40.68]The enemies and the homies that made me [01:43.24]Tough enough to hang on the corners that would mould me [01:45.95]Critics wonder if I'm tryna be the old me [01:48.25]But if they think the old me ever left [01:50.27]Then they don't really know me [01:51.97]And don't know we don't change we just become o g [01:54.94]You always addicted to the life you just don't o d [01:58.70]I owe the streets before they owe me [02:00.68]Took me in when my momma didn't want me [02:02.78]To wild to be a child and pops not around now [02:05.13]All I got now is the homies to teach me [02:08.25]How to be a man and whatnot [02:10.25]How to break ounces into grams and whatnot [02:12.21]The reason I'm so nice with my hands and whatnot [02:14.96]**** man you think I forgot oh no [02:18.45]I'm a man I gotta take care of my family I gotta take care of [02:22.97]Fighting these pressures in my life [02:28.15]I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys [02:32.96]But these streets won't say goodbye [02:35.98]I can't say goodbye [02:36.96]Thank god every day that the boy could spit [02:39.56]And all around the world they enjoying my **** [02:41.87]I know I got plenty more wars to get [02:43.95]I got a beautiful wife and some gorgeous kids [02:46.62]But it wouldn't be right if I ignored the **** [02:49.14]That made me how I am the music and the man [02:51.93]Told me that I can before the world gave a damn [02:53.95]If it wasn't for my ****** saying stick to the plan [02:56.63]Probably be a gun instead of a pen in my hand [02:58.95]Probably be doing a dub and the pen with my man [03:01.42]They say leave the streets but don't really understand [03:03.63]All I had was the block when I didn't have fans [03:06.63]Rapped on the corners when I couldn't get spins [03:08.92]All I had was the homies when I didn't have kids [03:11.34]If it all come down and my career was to end I'm sure my name [03:14.87]Would live in these streets [03:17.14]I'm a man I gotta take care of my family [03:21.90]Fighting these pressures in my life [03:26.95]I know my mind should be on shining and getting grammys [03:31.84]But these streets won't say goodbye [03:34.96]I can't say goodbye [03:36.96]Goodbye goodbye I can't say goodbye [03:41.90]Goodbye goodbye I cant say goodbye [03:46.75]Goodbye goodbye I can't say goodbye goodbye goodbye [03:55.12]You can take the man out the streets [03:57.47]But you can't take the streets out the man
