Mobb Deep — Shed So Many Tears

[Intro] Yeah It's more of that gangsta shit Real shit (Yeah) It's gon' get deep in this shit right now [Verse 1] From out the depths of hell, a black angel came up And still was able to fly with burn wings done Brought up with little white devil's, and black devil's The evil's in his blood from ancestor's, that raped his great Grandmother's, so they kids [?] and I was one of them As a child I really couldn't understand why Life was the way it was, and I was getting tired of the lies I tried to drink away the pain, and painkillers would knock me off Only to awake to the same Ol' bullshit My own pops couldn't answer my questions about god Gave me the bullshit moms wasn't no help, she was confused as Him, fuck it you can't blame them Who shot Martin?, Malcom?, B.I.G?, and Pac? I don't know, all I know is that (I shed so many tears) [Refrain] Lord, lost so many peers And shed so many tears It ain't gon' stop nothin' nigga, we gangsta Ain't nothin' up but our mothafuckin' paper I lost so many peers And shed so many tears Whether California, New Yorkers, I love all my thugs, cause money like drugs [Verse 2] Feel me, 'fore they kill me, I know I'm a target H.P. knew n' got bodied for startin' shit, guess I'm next on the list Cuz' when I turned nineteen I figured out who I really is And who they really Is, it's blue bloods that's runnin' the world Serpents and aryan's, word to my girl, and that queen in England Ain't nothin' But a whore, In Babylon the great shall fall Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil; so bring it on man Let's go, fuck y'all niggas waitin' 'round fo' Y'all scared to speak your mind and catch bullet holes Y'all scared cuz' they Assassinated they people before? (come on man) Well fuck it I'll gon' down for y'all, and maybe you'll learn From all of my blood shed, to open yah eyes Man all I know is (I shed so many tears) [Refrain] Lord, lost so many peers And shed so many tears It ain't gon' stop nothin' nigga, we gangsta Ain't nothin' up but our mothafuckin' paper I lost so many peers And shed so many tears Whether California, New Yorkers, I love all my thugs, cause money like drugs [Verse 3] We learn to walk, after we crawl, then we stand tall That's what life's about I grew up with blood in my eyes mixed with tears, that's what it be Growin' up as a juvenile, and now my whole life style's corrupt The piece That paved the way, go on and blazes up They told me how to raise it up Pour out liquor for my niggas, we greed an' we haze it up I seen a nigga get blasted up With a volver' gun, [?], grenades, even gauged up Cause no one gave a fuck, life's a bitch, n' they seeds become Bastards, that Raise themselves, In the streets gettin' flavored up Girl's gettin' turned out, lookin' burnt out, they basin' it up And some turn they back instead of being corrupt But the rap game like the crack game you might get fucked (I shed so many tears) [Refrain] Lord, lost so many peers And shed so many tears It ain't gon' stop nothin' nigga, we gangsta Ain't nothin' up but our mothafuckin' paper I lost so many peers And shed so many tears Whether California, New Yorkers, I love all my thugs, cause money like drugs