In The Hood

Lyrics

[Chorus: J-Black] People change, go insane (Yes, and they give up their lives) For the name, fortune, fame (When they stay here) Someone always gets paid off your pain, in the hood (In the hood) In the hood that I live in [Verse 1: Jay Rock] Things just ain't the same for gangsters Everyone's bangin' or wannabe bangers Over-exaggerated by these rap singers Won't recognition from hustlers that raised us But don't want the consequence of gun battles and police chases They don't want the hood life they want hood relations Take my life and then false-advertise on radio stations I been there, done that, lost a lotta homies over this shit Seen my relatives buy crack Get it off, buy back Give an ounce to me just so I can hustle for me and my moms can eat Dawg, I seen struggle where I live, it's hard to breathe The mind's blind to the streets, make it hard to see But I can't stop, won't stop 'Til y'all do stop getting payed off my pain That's the backdrop [Chorus: J-Black] People change, go insane (Yes, and they give up their lives) For the name, fortune, fame (When they stay here) Someone always gets paid off your pain, in the hood (In the hood) In the hood (that I live in) [Verse 2: Jay Rock] Drug dealers on the block, fiends looking for hard rock Niggas on the rooftop, choppers ain't afraid of coppers They come through, they seeing them doctors Put them in I.C.U Get them hood rats poison ivy too YGs on guns on bicycles Vacant apartments gettin' boarded up from hustlers that want to harvest in 'em Three days, same denim, same dice games played on the side of the building Criminal lifestyles influence the minds of children Nowadays anybody can play the victim Stray bullets from Ks hit you while you chillin' In the city of Watts, pay Hell a visit Niggas go on project livin' And that's why I can't stop, won't stop 'Til y'all do stop getting payed off my pain That's the backdrop [Chorus: Jay Black] People change, go insane (Yes, and they give up their lives) For the name, fortune, fame (When they stay here) Someone always gets paid off your pain, in the hood (In the hood) In the hood that I live in [Verse 3: Kendrick Lamar] Look, rose grass, Central, hold hands [?] Give them a mouthful like the neighborhood dental We demonstrate everything they pretend to Be, the streets, lay down on the ground And sleep 'Cause this my home like first base Ballin' on the curb like a pitcher Get the urge of a 187, [?] is takin' place Shawty clear the space like the galaxy, have a see Let me take you where the real niggas be Like the letter after "A" Want to roll? Let's see Got to keep the D Ego under the white tee The [?] Boys, we dump the gun and just start runnin' The ghetto chef will slit onion Without culinary arts, will tear you apart Can't stop, won't stop 'Til everybody stop Payed off our pain That's the backdrop [Chorus: J-Black] People change, go insane (Yes, and they give up their lives) For the name, fortune, fame (When they stay here) Someone always gets paid off your pain, in the hood (In the hood) In the hood (that I live in) It's a shame what takes place (It doesn't matter the time) Made your trade, know the dress, know the language Not a game, it's so off the chain in the hood (In the hood) In the hood that I live in This shit is (Dangerous) So [?] (Dangerous) These streets are (Dangerous) This shit that we on is (Not a game) It's (Dangerous) Better believe in the hood (In the hood) In the hood that I live in