The Pledge

Lyrics

[Intro: Jo Jo] New message Ayy, what's up, man? I'm calling to let you know, bro That, uh, I don't know how long it's gon' be, man But, uh, ya boy 'bout to do jail time But you know how we've been doing dumb decisions, man We ain't kids no more still doing the same shit On March 30th is when I turn myself in and go to jail, man 'Til then, keep making them banging ass hits, nigga, fo' real You my best friend, my nigga, you saved me too, in college nigga, now, fo' real Throw yo' hands up, my nigga, the industry 'bout to gain one of the best, ya know They can't do it on their own, a'ight, I'm going [Verse 1] It's just the trials and tribulations This world is fucking crazy When I'm screaming "Free my man", the crowd's screaming "Congratulations" 'Cause we came from couches, to family houses, to corporations And I know these streets are a dead end, but these streets embraced me People I fuck with call me Kells, that's what the streets named me Fuck where you think I'm from or how I live, the streets raised me And fuck the world for hittin' my girl with that stray And letting tears roll down my face onto her casket at the wake then And I'm thankful for living this long, 'cause a lot of us don't make it RIP to homie Rock who got shot after graduation And Jo Jo was an animal, I guess that's why they caged him Caught in a vicious cycle of life as a young teenager My history class is bullshit, they feed us false information Fuck the founding fathers, millions died over Benjamin Franklin My brother fought in Iraq, but it might as well have been prison 'Cause he home, but his sanity ain't come with him Fuck the world screaming [Chorus] I pledge allegiance to the streets Hold me down, keep it G I pray the Lord, my soul to keep That's why I'm still standing in my Chuck Ts My Chuck Ts, In my Chuck Ts I'm standing strong in my chuck Ts I pledge allegiance to the fans To be the realest motherfucker that I can That I can, that I can Remain the realest motherfucker that I can (Yeah) So when they lay me down to sleep The last of a dying breed, R-I-P [Verse 2] Jesus died for me, government lied to me These people say they loyal, I just hope they ride for me (Come on) And if I die before I wake, then cry for me (Yeah) And keep my motherfuckin' name alive for me (Kells) Look, I done seen some things that I would never tell my daughter (No) And did some shit I'm ashamed of to get her what I got her I know the Devil's hot, but I got something hotter And they ain't from Jamaica, but my boys are fuckin' Shottas (Ayy) We never start no fights, but we'll go to war EST tatted on us, that's something we'll die for These faggots had shit handed to 'em, but we earned it Roll a J, yell out my window "Lace The Fuck Up!", then I burn it Turned into the opposite of what they thought I was, skipping classes (What?) Voice of a revolution of troubled youth (What?), kiss our asses And if government conspiracy's a lie Then why the dollar got the all-seeing eye? Fuck this world screaming [Chorus] I pledge allegiance to the streets Hold me down, keep it G I pray the Lord, my soul to keep That's why I'm still standing in my Chuck Ts My Chuck Ts, In my Chuck Ts I'm standing strong in my chuck Ts I pledge allegiance to the fans To be the realest motherfucker that I can That I can, that I can Remain the realest motherfucker that I can (Yeah) So when they lay me down to sleep The last of a dying breed, R-I-P