Diddy — Journey Through the Life

[Intro: Puff Daddy & Nas] Yo, yo (uh huh) Gangsta, gangsta Gangsta, yo (that's right) Journey through the life of some real niggas Some real niggas (You'll never see what I've seen) [Verse 1: Puff Daddy] When I sleep I dream of, bodies in streams of blood Naked bitches, dead nigga's ghost Feds with toast knockin' my door down, sweat poor down My body roast from the heat, so I soak my sheets Wake up shiverin', pull my hoe close to me, she sexy Every night is different pussy since my girl left me And I tried to make her stay with me, but I stay busy And her friends are cut-throats, they deep throat to lay with me I reminisce how I miss her and stare into space Resort to the lips of a stripper, sprayin' their face Lampin' in a mansion, home alone I hear footsteps, shit I kicks just not lyrics I hold a fifth, wonderin' if ten shots can stop spirits If niggas try to rob me, then I won't hear it Cause it's different from the streets, I'm missin' my hood now Missin' all the blocks 'cause I'm surrounded by woods now It's supposed to be good now It's like a walking tightrope and can't look down, fire below me Now the fantasies I have for women are unholy Success, thousand dollar bottles impress Models with fat ass and big breasts Floor seats, Knicks vs. Nets, private jets Millionaire heir to Antigua, with Ananda, the MTV diva Nas, how do we survive all this mess? (I didn't survive) East vs. West the rap game where words became flesh A whole pound of herb won't desolve my stress Still I ride to the death, love hip hop Cause Afrikabababa was def, a lot of respect Feel Me? Fuck to the rock Sean John jury I got the same hands of crap platinum and the crap pyramids Write about the black experience, sell it to Marimax Tell me if you feelin' that [Chorus: Lil' Kim & Joe Hooker] Take a journey through the life of these real niggas The things that they seen it would thrill niggas If you've seen what they've seen, you would wonder Through the rain and the pain and the thunder By the time that you realized that it's goin' down You may find yourself going underground When they see that this life is upon us We would see that there's no one that we can trust [Verse 2: Beanie Sigel] You can never see what I see, motherfucker Beanie Sigel, the realest nigga from the streets was taught Stay cased up nigga, stay deep in court Reminiscin' on that cold cell, deep in thought Gettin' skinny, couldn't eat, 'cause the meat was pork Y'all niggas couldn't live my life, I've been through it Stretched up in hospital beds, fed fluid Two bullets hit my leg, one passed through it Saw the blood and the hole in my calf, looked through it My life's no joke, I don' played dice with soap Upstate the case niggas slice your throat Wear your boxers in the shower when you guard your soap I done seen the biggest niggas in the yard get broke I done took blocks to war, took blocks for fall Took blocks to Wall for blocks of raw What you think .33 in the Glock is for? Black fatigues, skullies and binoculars C4, block your doors, niggas can't stop this war I show you faggots what this Swatz' is for Hidin' spots in the door for the Glocks is for Read the papers, '94 I took the cops to war Half of ya'll niggas livin' a lie Only reason why you switchin' up your jewelry? 'Cause you keep gettin' robbed I looked that nigga in the eyes before I send him to God Beanie Sigel, Desert Eagle, realest nigga alive [Chorus: Lil' Kim & Joe Hooker] Take a journey through the life of these real niggas The things that they seen it would thrill niggas If you've seen what they've seen, you would wonder Through the rain and the pain and the thunder By the time that you realized that it's goin' down You may find yourself going underground When they see that this life is upon us We would see that there's no one that we can trust [Verse 3: Nas] Ayo, ayo, gangsta, gangsta The Bible has words that Christ wrote, evil men sacrifice goats I speak all my life under oath Since a kid, troublesome Throwin' shit at little girls jump ropes Bustin' BB guns at stray cats, that was way back Watched it die, covered in flies Then I picked up a stick, try to dig in its eyes Makin' dirt pies, na, being buggy-eyed shit And every other nigga that rap, sound like my shit I wear chrome .45's with ice on the grip I don't shoot it, I roll with killers and criminals With heroin habits they picked up from the penile They let you have it, all I do is give them a smile Lifestyle of the realest, you ain't ruthless you bitch I got a pine box just your size, I know it fit Your whole life's a mistake, stop holdin' the pen Kill yourself, come back as a man over again 'Cause in this lifetime I'm reigning, slay men Leave your whole body cold Your nails grow long, you get gray skin May this nigga rest in peace, Amen I run with brave men, straight out the housin', we wildin' Names engraved in the pavement Brick buildings, grown ladies jump off the roof Nigga get paged, then murdered at the phonebooth New York streets made me nigga, it's crazy nigga [Chorus: Lil' Kim & Joe Hooker] Take a journey through the life of these real niggas The things that they seen it would thrill niggas If you've seen what they've seen, you would wonder Through the rain and the pain and the thunder By the time that you realized that it's goin' down You may find yourself going underground When they see that this life is upon us We would see that there's no one that we can trust