[00:12.76] (Yeah, DJ Krush in the house, the car-mel kingpin [00:23.17] CL Smooth and only the strong survive) [00:37.36] Actual facts [00:38.31] The ghetto reacts to warfare [00:40.07] Real bullets miss you by your hair [00:41.92] Survival of the fittest [00:43.40] Hell for the three time losers [00:45.24] The prisoners of enemy manuvers [00:47.53] Hold down the fort [00:48.47] Coz life is short enough to get it taken [00:50.79] Forsaken when your mental planes' breakin [00:52.50] Concealin' a 4 pound with every area [00:55.11] We surround coz clown [00:56.32] I get down for my crown [00:58.23] Take it to the streets for the [00:59.41] Honour and respect [01:00.40] Connect the lethal [01:01.36] Plus my young guns are unbeatable [01:03.47] Aiding and abetting the foul [01:05.14] Is a violation [01:06.12] That's why my retalliation [01:07.27] Is premeditation [01:08.61] The invitation [01:09.73] Is to run with a crew you can't do [01:12.05] And too great to infiltrate from a [01:13.65] Nickel plate [01:14.52] I state [01:15.35] This be the illest ever known on a rush [01:18.09] Swervin' with the krush [01:23.13] (CL Smooth 2nd verse) [01:41.46] Slip into the world of shiesty individuals [01:43.75] A troubled man stalked by criminals [01:46.09] Creeping through the city [01:47.33] I step on the block to chat with [01:49.27] Thugs from all the drugs for fatcat [01:51.58] Stepping off the set now hand on my tool [01:54.05] Thinking how bad I want to flip on that fool [01:56.56] Times are wasting [01:58.00] Chasing these punks for petty loot [01:59.67] When there is a real mission to execute [02:02.13] I put the plan in effect [02:03.61] Forget what you heard [02:05.18] When you get the word from 1st and 3rd [02:07.16] For real I got the fam and all my soldiers to feed [02:09.93] With the gunslingers on the block puffin' weed [02:12.60] Envision the prison that I walk through [02:14.55] Leaving any witness [02:15.72] When I'm about to handle my business [02:18.27] No escape from the duct tape and artillery [02:20.31] Now tell me big man [02:21.67] Where's the money ain't a damn thing funny [02:24.19] (CL Smooth 3rd verse) [02:45.09] Cops play for medals [02:46.28] Killers play for corners [02:47.50] In the middle are your sons and are [02:49.23] Your daughters [02:49.81] Who gives the orders [02:51.01] To chaos and mayhem [02:52.59] Who has the proper guidance and mind to save them [02:54.81] From this cold world of heartless ghetto dwellers [02:57.75] Pimps, prostitutes, and dope sellers [03:00.45] Strive to be the lead and not follow [03:02.75] Ladies [03:03.86] You can be the queens of tommorrow [03:05.69] Dig it, I want all that and more [03:07.52] For my peeps in the stuggle [03:10.03] Food, clothing, and shelter [03:11.73] Is essential [03:12.39] To maintain the hardcore from the soft [03:14.64] That pushed me to the edge but I can't fall off [03:16.71] My battlegrounds keep the sound of babies crying [03:19.42] Gunshots, and cursing [03:20.44] Can you feel my reel [03:22.18] Here's the deal [03:23.18] By any means necessary [03:24.66] Go all out [03:25.49] And keep this alive [03:26.54] Coz only the strong survive [04:12.57]