Mobb Deep - Street Lights Lyrics
[Chorus]A lot of money got made, drugs got soldLives got took on these corners so cold, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeEvery ghetto in America is all the sameChasing after money got us all insane, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeAh, I look back and reflect doing a hundred passThinking about it got me have me on the gasVivid is the picture coded in my dnaMammy bless her heart, as we walked out the door she would pray for usKnew that Jake was on us, dex... against usSame shit to foretold it, Another life flushed down the canalLeft the house without saying goodbye and didn't come homeIt's all too common, and prolly me if it wasn't for RamiI put that on my brother who was... with the ironThe hood is full of life but inside niggers dyingInstead of prosperity, only jealousy's thrivingStreet lights... makeshift memorialsKnow how the story goes, I ain't trying to bore you thoughI'm just trying to she'd a little lightJob done, even if I save only one life, listen[Chorus]A lot of money got made, drugs got soldLives got took on these corners so cold, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeEvery ghetto in America is all the sameChasing after money got us all insane, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeMissing dark tunnel vision, the light at the end damages anybody listeningI'm talking to myself again, we so close but yet it seems so farIt's like 10 steps back and just one step forwardJust one more push and 60 more bars, Comes to the dreams we have, the life we wantIf these blood sweat and tears could talk, they'd be arguing, With the look in our eyes saying all... That bone in your head, get shattered like windshieldNow how that shit field?Yeah you got a lot of nerve, you deserveEvery drop of that pain, when you playing with the mobCan't you see we concentrating on this bakingLot of lives got taken, lot of time spent in the cagesSo we spend our days doing whatever must be done to becomeThe ones that steady burn like the sun because[Chorus]A lot of money got made, drugs got soldLives got took on these corners so cold, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeEvery ghetto in America is all the sameChasing after money got us all insane, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeI can tell you about some shit you don't really wanna hearSome many disappear out hereOne time I saw a man with a gunChasing another nigger trying to runAnd even know they grew up on the same blockHe ain't hesitate to gun him down in the same spotThe nigger that you knew from elementaryWill make your ass unsolved mystery[Chorus]A lot of money got made, drugs got soldLives got took on these corners so cold, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street lifeEvery ghetto in America is all the sameChasing after money got us all insane, ohImagine if the street lights, could talk and tell the story of the street life
