Highway

Lyrics

[Intro: Sean Dodson] Yeah, yeah Whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa Yeah, yeah Oh Oh [Verse 1: Mission] Boiler, boiler I don't want you on the corner It's goin' up Y'all don't know what it's like, the gangland Threw it up I don't want you with them drug dealers Don't trust Yeah Ray tried to tell me But it really ain't no home for the Southside Really hope that you can hold yo' own When you outside Homie sneak the block The only time that they inside Brokenhearted You just gotta keep that on the inside Yeah, plottin' They was plottin' on me Yeah Trust me, you can't stop it, homie (don't shoot) Look Life was gettin' rocky, stony (don't shoot) Caught me by myself Then they got me, homie (don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot ) Yeah Behind the coat (don't shoot) We been learnin' all these ways And now they fold (don't shoot) Cousin had me jackin' honey buns Out the stove (don't shoot) Threw me the pistol Told me, "Hide it in the coat" (don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot ) [Chorus: Sean Dodson] Yeah, don't cross the highway Don't cross the highway Don't throw your life away (don't throw your life away) Don't cross the highway (don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot ) Don't cross the highway (don't you cross it) Don't cross the highway (don't you cross it) Don't throw your life away (don't you do it) Don't cross the highway (don't you cross the highway) [Post-Chorus: Sean Dodson] The grass seem greener On the other side The grass only greener When you fertilize You gotta rearrange Gotta realign Wasn't till I got over That I realized [Verse 2: Mission] Don't judge me On my younger days Lookin' forward To some better days Remember when we had to stay with Granny She ain't had the space Don't know how she did it But somehow we all got a place Although the house was crowded She could never turn her kids away Yeah She just wanted to keep us safe (don't shoot) She didn't want us bein' influenced By them dudes around the way (don't shoot) I ain't understand I thought she tried to take our fun away (don't shoot) We was trapped up in that house And we was lookin' for a skate (d-d-d-d-don't shoot) Uh, yeah She tried to save me from myself (don't shoot) 'Cause she seen my toned had changed When my daddy up and left (don't shoot) I ain't take her word for it Had to learn it for myself I wish she could see me now Tryna follow in her steps, aye, Mission [Chorus: Sean Dodson] Don't cross the highway (don't you cross the highway) Don't cross the highway Don't throw your life away (don't throw you life away) Don't cross the highway, yeah (don't shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot ) Don't cross the highway, yeah (don't you cross it) Don't cross the highway, yeah (don't you cross the highway, yeah) Don't throw your life away, yeah (don't you do it) Don't cross the highway (don't you cross the highway) [Outro: Sean Dodson] Highway Oh Don't you cross the highway Aye, yeah, (don't you, don't you cross the highway) Whoa, whoa Yeah (don't you cross the highway) Don't you cross the highway (don't cross the highway) Yeah (don't you, don't you cross the highway) In times it ain't look like we would make it Our doubts was crushed with faith As we pulled up into the driveway Thank You, Lord, we made it safe