A Few Dollars More

I grew up in the city where everything is rough<br>Where everywhere I turn, I seen somebody gettin bust<br>Plus everywhere I look<br>All I could see is a crackhead or a goddamned crook<br>Runnin` around with a pistol or a blade<br>Stickin` up -- in other words, gettin` paid<br>But I chose not to follow those ways<br>Cause the only place you headin` is to jail or the grave<br>But on the other hand<br>I know a man named Stan<br>Who in the future had plans<br>To be successful on his quest to<br>Take his moms and pops out the ghetto<br>But that plan was soon to be crushed<br>When one day he realized he must<br>Get a better job to pay for his schoolin<br>While his friends would sit around just coolin<br>He applied for a job in the system<br>And everywhere he looked, everybody would diss him<br>He doesn`t have any type of skill<br>And life is not all games, it`s real<br>he took a long walk down the street<br>Tryin` to think of a way to make his ends meet, huh<br>So he could buy the fly things he adored<br><br>And all Stan wanted to make was a few dollars more<br><br>As he walked home, he thought to himself<br>Now what am I supposed to do to get wealth<br>He felt that his life was worthless<br>Then he ran into his man named Curtis<br>Now Curtis, he`s the type that stops and brags<br>About all the things he`s got<br>Drivin` a Saab with a black ragtop<br>Come to find out Curt`s workin` for the cops<br>He told Stan there`s a job that`s open<br>Makin` it all sound good, just hopin he would take it<br>Yup, and like a big dummy<br>Stan said "Freak it, yo, I need the money"<br>Curt took Stan to meet his boss<br>Officer Sims, a sergeant on the force<br>He gave him a gun and Stan began<br>His new career as a damn hit man<br>his boss really liked his work<br>And gave the boot to his partner Curt<br>he didn`t realize what he was in for<br><br>And all Stan wanted to make was a few dollars more<br><br>A few dollars more is what he started to make<br>Now he`s drivin` around a Saab, with a house upstate<br>He got gold and diamond rings<br>Crazy girls and all those glamorous things<br>But one day this life-style end<br>When one afternoon while hangin` with a friend<br>Sittin` in the park, drinkin` quarts of beer<br>And somebody said "Throw your hands in the air,<br>It`s a stick-up" and put the gun to his head<br>And said, "Make another move and you`re dead"<br>Now Stan had to make is choice<br>He paused and said I recognize that voice<br>Huh, where have I heard this<br>Now he remember, it`s his man named Curtis<br>Curtis is mad and felt he`d been robbed<br>"Cause Stan is drivin` around in his Saab<br>He looked at Stan and said, "I can`t believe him,<br>Now its` time for me to get even"<br>Stan made a move real quick<br>Curt jumped back and said, "Yo, that`s it"<br>Shot him in the back of his head with a nine<br>Reached in his pocket, grabbed his cash and then dashed<br>Now here lies the man on the side<br>The same way he lived was the same way he died<br>He never knew what he had in store<br><br>And all Stan wanted to make was a few dollars more