More Chicago memories
people forget who i am and where im from,
im nobodies son,
from a city where its easier to get a gun,
where kids cry because they dont know what needs to be done,
but thats just how us ghetto kids grow,
no adult to guide us
but thats just how it is in chicago
its up to us to keep the meaning of ghetto alive,
its the only place where kids like us could survive,
the world and aint kind and we understand that
foster care promised us nothing but lies,
a loving family to hold us when we cry,
but we wake up in the gutta'
and the game taught me everything,
i handled any beef anybody sent my way,
they could send me to the pen,
but they know i wont change,
its thug in my veins
thats just how it is
it aint my fault i grew up fats
possesed by the streets
you cant tell me this isnt my home,
everything ive seen and done,
not everybody lives, but most kids die,
i swear,
if i could i would save all of these kids, lives
gotta live with it till i grow old
because being from chiraq
i gotta remain bold
its a cold city
so you know im bred to be real,
no matter how i feel
because its just what chiraq made me
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