JAY-Z — Some How Some Way

[Chorus: Jay-Z] Please believe that, some how, some way We gotta make it up out the hood some day Some how, some way We gotta make it up out this life, c'mon Some how, some way We gotta make it up out the hood some day Some way We gotta make it up out this life [Verse 1: Jay-Z] Whether we dribble out this motherfucker Rap metaphors and riddle out this motherfucker Work second floors, hospital out this motherfucker Some how we gotta get up out this motherfucker Some day the cops'll kill a muh'fucker I don't always wanna be this drug dealing muh'fucker, damn Wish I could take us all On this magic carpet ride through the sky I, used to play the hall and fifth floor Me and my boys, we all poor, getting high I, seen the worst of the worst I deserve every blessing I received, I'm from the dirt I, planted my seed on unfertile land Myrtle Park, Marcy, Flushing and Nostrand And, still I grew Some how I knew that the sun'll shine through and Touch my soul, take hold of my hand Look man, a tree grows in Brooklyn [Chorus: Jay-Z] Some how, some way I gotta make it up out the hood someday Some how, some way I gotta make it up out this life, c'mon Some way I gotta make it up out this hood some day [Verse 2: Beanie Sigel] To Lil' Nell, Sigel Street, I ain't forget you Twenty niggas on the block tryna chase that buck Nosey neighbors and haters keep they face on stuck Cops roll up on the pavement, break the dice games up Moms smoke, kids can't chase the ice cream truck Girls fighting over rope, the young boys hype things up Niggas fighting over coke, the young boys light things up All the petty ass wars fuck the night scene up 'Member Lil' Eddie draw, man, how he light Mean up? Then they wonder why we light green up Back to back steam up, try to relax but I can't, I lean up Ain't the L or the reefer that steam up (That steam up) It's my head and I'm stressed to the point I get a fever Thinking 'bout the block and all the mothers and kids That can't leave and how the chinks gotta feed 'em For the rest of they life Fucking wings, fried vegetable rice Gotta be kidding, no breakfast, Cap'n Crunch at night How the kids eating lunch at night? In they beds all bunched in tight, no less than three or four You know how it go, two by the foot, two by the headboard Man I'm getting scared for them (Yeah I know) That's how I feel for them We gotta grip of shorties on the block All they do is smoke weed and drink 40s, cop they lil quarties Enough to get the latest Roc, newest Glock, old Jordies [Chorus: Beanie Sigel] Some how, some way We gon' make it up out this hood one day Some how, some way We gon' make it up out this life, yeah And some how, some way We gon' make it up out the hood one day Some way We gon' make it up out this life [Verse 3: Scarface] Right here's another lil' story 'bout this clique I claimed Another chapter based on how I get that game Just hanging round my neighborhood, bang my street Sit and watch the passerbys play my sweep Southside, Sunnyside is the blocks I run South Acres, South Park, niggas all got guns Over here we got this code Charlie, get that there We know tomorrow ain't a promise so we get that now Fuck sitting in the living room, guarding the steps Working inside a smoke house, starving to death Serving these niggas flippers, quarter-ounces and jippers Agents snapping your picture, neighbors plotting to get ya Situations a critic, I was out here be getting it Living it like a savage 'cause nigga I gotta have it They holding back on a motherfucker, I'm in it for the haul dawg Erase enough to walk it down and fuck it all y'all The Lord be a-willing and the creek don't rise I'ma be a nigga and these streets gon' rise (Some how, some way, some how, some way) I'ma be a nigga and these streets gon' rise (Some how, some way) [Chorus: Jay-Z] Some how, some way We gotta make it up out the hood some day Some how, some way We gotta make it up out this life, c'mon Some how, some way We gotta make it up out the hood some day Some way We gotta make it up out this life [Outro]