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- R. Kelly - The Streets (w. Jay-z) Lyrics
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- Dear God.. how can I explain myself?
- [J] Oh God bless me indeed
- When I'm so confused
- [J] Enlarge my territory
- [J] Place your love and protection over me at all times
- Help me!
- [J] Keep me away from evil
- Somebody answer me! [echoes]
- [J] Allow me not to cause pain
- [Jay-Z]
- Police in the background, screamin put the thing down
- That's how hard I was trying to put my thing down
- Si-rens ringin out, old ladies screamin out
- All this attention for me and I'm barely sixteen now
- .. it's feelin like a dream now
- Handcuffed, roughed up, I'm tossed in the bing now
- I'm lyin next to fiends now, that's the end of the story
- Let me bring y'all niggaz back to the very first scene now
- December 4th, a child is born
- Before I knew it, had my pops trousers on
- That's how we do it when the man of the house is gone
- You either, stand or fall, I chose to stand
- The hawk outside, so I blow my hand
- It's a cold cold world but I overstand
- Tryin to stay focused but I feel hopeless damn
- Can't cope with bein broke, I'm a man - c'mon
- [Chorus: R. Kelly]
- Son don't let these streets, get the best of you
- I will be right by your side, when you goin through
- Son just don't let it (just don't let it)
- Just don't let it (just don't let it)
- Just don't let it (just don't let it)
- .. get the best of you
- [R. Kelly]
- Late one night I was, rollin the streets
- Just, thinkin about what's goin on with me and
- trapped in this thug life, tryin to break free but
- this thug life just keeps callin me
- I'm livin life way too dangerously
- I'm drownin in my misery
- Looked in the mirror, there's my enemy
- Cause poppa never was a part of me
- Take one step at a time, mama said
- Sweet memories still remain in my head
- All of my life been lied to, misled
- Voices be like, "Don't you wish you was dead?"
- No ground to place my feet
- I feel the fire under me
- A way out is all I need
- Somebody, answer me!
- [Chorus + ad libs]
- [Jay-Z]
- Now the only thing left is more spirit to roam free
- .. cause ain't no goin home for me
- It's a cold cold world but I blew my hand
- A true first cause I knew that man
- I knew what he would do if I didn't draw first
- And I couldn't stand the thought of my momma steppin foot inside a church
- All I try to do is try to get up out the dirt
- Guess he's tryin to do the same, told me get up out his turf
- I wanted to talk to him, but that shit'd never work
- We was cut from the same cloth and what was under his shirt was his
- momma's rent, his young brother's clothes
- My nephew's food, and with that I suppose
- .. and with that I froze
- Now my life is frozen in time behind these iron folds
- And this story is told, for young soldiers
- who never choose the life we chose
- [Chorus + (ad libs)]
- [R. Kelly]
- Tears in my eyes as I look up, I'm tryin to
- hold back my pride but reality is screamin
- Gotta get a job cause mo-mma also screamin
- Streets are just like drugs, and it's like I'm out here fiendin
- Forget all the hits in the industry, cause
- ain't no exceptions in this game for me, look
- Neither God or my enemies, I
- choose God cause he understands, this
- young man with a thuggish heart
- Whole world in his hands but still torn apart
- Like I'm so close, but it's still so far
- Nightmares of me in a swervin car, ohhh
- No ground to place my feet (my feet)
- I feel the fire under me (heyyy)
- A way out is all I need (all I need)
- Somebody, answer me!
- [Chorus + ad libs]
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