Reality

Whispering: Reality, reality, it`s reality <br><br> Reality, reality, reality, its reality (3X)<br><br>Well I get up in the morning shower up and take a drive<br>I`m feeling kinda good cause its good to be alive<br>The radio is playing ("Its so hard to say goodbye")<br>It makes me think of all my homies that died<br>Pain in my heart frustration in my mind<br>Is my kind or is man blind<br>I see my black sister sellin booty in the street<br>(Do she wanna get high?) Or do her kids need to eat<br>I creep; later along I see more drama<br>(Oh Lord) What a brother got to do to make a dollar?<br>Sellin more cain than the little stick up kids<br>Innocent fix in the middle<br>Kitty gotta body at a party now we lives upstate<br>To late to change a great mistake<br>Thoughts crowd my mind as it gets colder<br>Cops pull me over cause I`m in a Range Rover<br>I never sweat it; forget it that`s how it be<br>Cause where I`m livin yo its reality<br><br>[Chorus]<br>Everything I see (is reality)<br>Cops harassin (is reality)<br>In my city (is reality)<br>Scratching: Life as a shorty shouldn`t be so rough<br>(reality, its reality)<br><br>Everything I see is reality<br>In the ghettos across the country<br>(Come follow me)<br>Brothers on the block shootin craps (yelling)<br>Watch out they bustin caps<br>Cops frustrated cause I`m not doin 30<br>They stop me for what? Illegal search<br>Keep on shiftin your eyes G<br>Because you cant find nothing on me <br>I`m not guilty<br>I guess its reality in the city<br>Everybody wants to be like Frank Nitty<br>I mean really, yo I feel a little pity<br>But I just sit back relax and hit the Philly<br>Meditatin yo I`m another state N<br>But I aint to far from this, I`m still relatin<br>To the streets where I was born and raised in<br>I peeped too many things, aint nothing amazin <br><br>[Chorus] - 2X<br><br>Its real, brothers got their hands on the steel<br>Killin other brothers for the thrill (For Real)<br>My next-door neighbor just went into the labor<br>Another little child who might grow awhile<br>Then again, will he make it when he`s older?<br>Never knew his moms and pop when they were sober<br>(Project livin aint nothing to laugh at)<br>Rat-A-Tat-Tat watch out for the black tech<br>Which way is out? Is it the gates of hell?<br>Or a jail cell, or getting a job doin well<br>I excel I`m just a young brother tryin to make it<br>I worked too hard for a fool tryin to take it<br>Livin in the badlands step to bat and<br>Hurtin the mind now you wanna be a bad man<br>Everything I see (is reality)<br>On my block, downtown, and even in my family<br>Aint no escape like Alcatraz<br>The inner city is past, only the strong will last<br><br>Chorus (2X)<br><br>Scratching: Life as a shorty shouldn`t be so rough<br>(4X)<br> Be so rough (3X)<br> Rough (3X)<br> Life as a shorty shouldn`t be so rough (2X)