A 2nd Chance

[C-Murder]<br><br>How many of my TRU niggas actually get a second chance at life,<br>at their dreams? not many, huh <br><br>Started off as a street thug, just hangin` and thuggin`<br>`89 went to jail for druggin` and muggin` <br>poppa please ain`t no fuckin` way for me <br>throw base for years don`t mean you`re free<br>I know my TRU motherfuckin` niggas know how I feel<br>this shit`s real I wish my brother wouldn`t of got killed<br>for me to realize the game is wicked <br>shit can`t even trust the niggas that I used to hang with<br>huh, but I remember what my brother told me<br>I know a real bitch by the way she hold me<br>I love my TRU niggas like I love money<br>if you fuck with no limit you never find nothin` funny<br>and I take it to the grave with me <br>if you shoot first bitch you better make sure you hit me<br>cuz I`m known for choppin` keys on my mom`s table<br>I split a hundred G`s with my niggas Kane and Abel<br>fast money fast bitches is what I live for<br>until I caught a fuckin` bullet in the back, bra<br>they thought I was dead but I`m still in it<br>I`m back to life back on top ain`t no limit<br><br>(Chorus)<br>Back to life (from the cradle to the grave)<br>Back to reality (some younsters on the streets tryin` get paid)<br>from the cradle to the grave <br>there`s some youngsters on the streets tryin` get paid<br>Back to life (from the cradle to the grave)<br>Back to reality (some younsters on the streets tryin` get paid)<br><br>[Master P]<br><br>Tattoo hennessy and weed <br>grew up in the project with killers and G`s<br>the Last Don is known for slangin` and bangin`<br>thug niggas 3rd ward Cali know where we hangin`<br>ghetto`s soliders mercenary we rhyme <br>this game is life or death and its your soul or mine<br>we don`t play no games boy just tryin` get paid <br>hope I get rich before they dig my grave<br>so many penetentary chances feds and demons<br>so many homies in the ghetto with their soul in strim<br>thank god we trust ain`t no man gone harm me<br>my best friend be my lady cuz these fools are fonies<br>take heed I been beyond and back <br>I live my life through the lord, my homey, the greed and the back<br>I said: (Ughhhhhhh)<br> <br>(Chorus)<br>Back to life (from the cradle to the grave)<br>Back to reality (some younsters on the streets tryin` get paid)<br>from the cradle to the grave <br>there`s some youngsters on the streets tryin` get paid<br><br>[Silkk the Shocker]<br><br>you couldn`t tell me nutin` <br>a little ghetto child runnin` wild <br>shed tears trough years made it hard to smile<br>imagine homies dieing while you`re standin` right there<br>my reality`s your worst nightmare <br>and now I`m trapped in the whole fuckin` world of sin <br>Kill or be killed hit down by the hands of his best friend<br>you gotta know if you wanna live there`s rules to this shit<br>you can`t break `em if you wanna be rich<br>and when my homey died and didn`t come back<br>I knew it was on nigga stressed god blessed <br>got his name on a tombstone <br>some of my friends go out before me and I walk that path<br>I spray paint your name on the wall and I sit back and laugh<br>you gotta make decisions make `em all with precision <br>try to make moves and avoid prison <br>I remember the first time I laughed at the penetentary steel<br>when the told me spread lift the car I knew it was real<br>now I was just out there tryin` gain some strength <br>birds came to me one night told me Silkk you gotta change your life <br>but it was all or nothin` could never settle for second <br>gotta make the whole world feel my presence (Ughhhhh)<br>i told my homey don`t cry if I close my eyes,<br>(but Silkk the Shocker you too young to die)<br><br>(Chorus)<br>Back to life (from the cradle to the grave)<br>Back to reality (some younsters on the streets tryin` get paid)<br>from the cradle to the grave <br>there`s some youngsters on the streets tryin` get paid<br>Back to life (from the cradle to the grave)<br>Back to reality (some younsters on the streets tryin` get paid)<br>from the cradle to the grave <br>there`s some youngsters on the streets tryin` get paid