Live and Let Die
The Way of the Street
Kool G Rap
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[Chorus]
We’re Gonna✦ Make It
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh nah, we’re gonna✦ make it
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh yeah
We’re Gonna✦ Make It
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh no no, we’re gonna✦ make it
(ah huh ah huh)
[Verse 2]
And looking back now I'm grateful to still be alive✦
And in good health, ain't give a fuck what I had to drive
Just as long as I got to my destination✦ safely✦
Street niggas raised✦ me, I know how being in a cage be
I knew I was Black on a continent with Whites✦
So, everything was black and white like colors on my dice
And growing up in the ghetto,✦ where you hardly✦ hear hello✦
A Moor in Venice,✦ a modern-day✦ Othello
My girl at the time was Keisha,✦ a black goddess
Then ‘Toya told to me soften✦ up, I was the hardest
But way before✦ then, I had dreams of being an artist
When I heard Kool G Rap mention✦ Donald Goines✦
The way how he rapped✦ was fast like Jesse Owens
Had clothes✦ on layaway✦ for months, we were owing✦
Cookies Department Store, some clothes✦ needed✦ sewing✦
A single parent,✦ and an immigrant, it's apparent
I was blessed with a God parent,✦ ain't hard of hearing
So, I paid heed to what she was saying (uh huh)
Mama✦ made miracles and spent her whole nights praying
That we live to see tomorrow, after✦ supper✦ we was up for
Hours watching TV, then I was introduced to
The streets way of living,✦ mad friends went to prison✦
And others✦ went to college, I earned✦ hard-knock knowledge
Experience is the best teacher, nice to meet ya
And how you gonna✦ love a nigga✦ that beats ya
Ya low self-esteem need to go Ma
And to appreciate life drama✦ needs to occur✦
Little girl, you remind me of Afeni Shakur✦
When Grandma died, I broke down and started to weep
Just like I did when Sal got murdered in the streets
I was young, thuggin’, reality I was buggin’✦
You couldn't tell me nothin’,✦ I believed I was somethin’
The sound of my siblings snoring, it was morning
And Keisha✦ had a big ole butt, I was yawning
Reminiscing on the past ya heard (ah huh)
I was a tad-bit conceited… smashin’ birds
What is life though, if you ain't free?
My crew rolling out with surf boards on the roof of their cars
And what do we do, we do it for the love of the GODS
Hail Mary✦ in my darkest hours, got Noah powers✦
Within✦ the ark, I was protected from bullet✦ showers
(Zangba)✦
[Chorus]
We’re Gonna✦ Make It
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh nah, we’re gonna✦ make it
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh yeah
We’re Gonna✦ Make It
(we gon make it y’all)
Oh no no, we’re gonna✦ make it
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