Shoulda Been Left E

Ain't nobody rich in the ghetto. Nobody rich in the ghetto. If we was rich, we wouldn't be here. I ain't gonna be out here every day, Out here gang banging, man. After I graduate from high school, I'm going Somewhere. I ain't gonna be out here every day. It's that shit out here for pain. Fuck this shit. Yeah, I should've been left. Can't chase no dream sitting in a set. Yeah, I should've been on. Surrounded by a gang of niggas just tryna shit On me. Niggas lying, niggas faking, Niggas fronting. Beefing for a bitch, she ain't a Real woman. Niggas dropping out and breaking rules Every day. Had a opportunity, but still a nigga Chose to stay. You ain't faking, you giving them The real you. Once the world feel you, Niggas wanna kill you. Had to think, what the fuck I'm in the Streets for? They faking like they real when they Broker than a street ho. They putting rats on you, phone tapped on you. Let the wrong nigga get close and they gon' Back door you. Shout out to my first love. Know I should've been left, but my heart always Fuck me up. I should've been left. Can't chase no dream sitting in a set. I should've been on. Surrounded by a gang of Niggas just tryna shit on me. Yeah, I should've been left. Can't chase no dream sitting in a set. Yeah, I should've been on. Surrounded by a gang of niggas just tryna shit On me. I made a bag, I made a Big bag. Thought I was motivating, They thought I was just bragging. Then you hear your niggas talking about your niggas. Crazy how they talk about these niggas. When they see 'em, they be talking different. The streets ain't a myth, this shit real. 'Cause people still getting life and people still Getting killed. Yeah, shout out to my first love. I should've been left, but my heart always fuck Me up. I should've been left. You know what I'm saying? 'Cause I gotta have That education, man. 'Cause the white man is not Gonna let you do shit. A high school diploma Nothing no more. You gotta have a, you got A master in something. High school diploma ain't nothing no more, man. You can't even work at McDonald's with a high School diploma. That's why I'ma, you know, I'ma try to be Something. And when I get up, I'ma take them Up with me, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause I don't wanna leave none of my friends out Here in the ghetto. 'Cause they-gotta tell the Younger generation how to, how to go. See, nobody told us you can't That ain't good For you. That ain't good for you. No, they let us grow up in gangbang. It's too late now. I ain't saying it's too late, but, you know, It ain't never, yeah, it ain't never too late. But we gotta tell the, we gotta tell the Next generation before they grow up and be like Us. It ain't, that ain't it.