Underground Kingz
How Long Can It Last
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[Hook - Charlie Wilson]
Lord, I'm just a G (Lord, I'm just a G)
Out here livin✦ fast (livin✦ fast)
How long can it last? (I don't know, I don't know)
I juuuust can't give it up (But I'm prayin to Your love right now)
I'm riskin✦ all out in the streets (I'll give it all up for Your love right now)
Out here livin✦ fast (livin✦ too fast)
How long can it last? (How long, how long, how long, will it last, baby?)✦
[Verse 2: Bun B]
See I was born in the ghetto✦ mayne I was raised✦ in the hood
And unless you lived✦ it yourself, it just can't be understood
People think hustlin✦ is cool (cool), all hustlin✦ is live
They don't understand hustlers only✦ hustlin✦ to survive✦
They wished✦ they lived✦ in the 'burbs ('burbs), wished✦ they didn't have to hang (hang)
Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slang
They wish their daddy✦ was home (home), mama✦ wasn't on drugs (drugs)
And they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugs (thugs)
Po' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy✦ (wealthy)✦
But it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthy✦ (healthy)✦
You ain't givin✦ no hope (hope), nobody✦ showin✦ you pride (pride)
And you live with all this anger✦ and frustration inside✦ (side)
Dog, don't let nobody✦ tell you what you can or you can't do
Just cause they funky✦ ass couldn't do it - (Why?) They ain't you
You can be who you wanna✦ be (uh), live life how you feel
Just put your faith in the Lord (yep), now that's keepin✦ it Trill, fo' real!
(Ohhhh Lorrrrd...)
[Hook - Charlie Wilson]
Lord, I'm just a G (Just a G)
Out here livin✦ fast (Out here livin✦ fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it LA-AST?)
I juuuust can't give it up
I'm riskin✦ all out in the streets (I risk it all)
Out here livin✦ fast (livin✦ too fast, livin✦ too fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last, how long can it last right now??)
[Verse 3: Pimp C]
UHHHHH! I wonder✦ if it's a heaven✦ up there for real G's
For all the niggas✦ in the game that's been slangin cheese
For all them boys on them swangers and the fifth wheel
I'm out here riskin✦ my life, niggas✦ shife but I stay Trill
I pray so much, I wonder✦ if the Lord love me
I think He do, but I'm so caught up in my thug deep
The feds bug me, followin me around✦ for three
Niggas✦ couldn't catch me so they hit me wit conspiracy
(Uh) You know that that's the other✦ level✦ of the GAME
Ain't got shit on me but some niggas✦ said my NAAAAAME..
So here they COOOME, they thang TIIIIIIGHT
They playin shife, no Bun givin✦ me life
(Uhh!) I ain't goin back, I'mma✦ make 'em kill me
(Uhh!) I'mma✦ bust back, fuck the pen, you FEEL ME?
Wish I can hug my momma✦ and kiss my baby✦ girl
I know it's a better✦ place than livin✦ in this dirty✦ WOOOORLD
(Lorrrrd...)
[Hook - Charlie Wilson]
Lord, I'm just a G (Lord I'm just a G)
Out here livin✦ fast (Out here livin✦ fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it last?)
I juuuust can't give it up (HOW LONG can it last?)
I'm riskin✦ all out in the streets (PLEASE FORGIVE✦ ME, LORD)
Out here livin✦ fast (I don't mean to disrespect You right now)
How long can it last? (I'm out here in the streets, tryna✦ make a mil for a better✦ deal)
[Singing interlude - repeat]
Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)
Some al-ways✦ cryin the blues..
Yeah..
Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)
Some al-ways✦ bein misused..
[Hook - repeats many times during the remainder of the song]
[Charlie Wilson overlaps]
Yeeaaaaaaaahhhh-yeaaha..
What am I supposed✦ to do, Lord?...
I'm tryin my best out here
But it's getting kinda✦ HARD for me, Lord
What am I supposed✦ to do??
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED✦ TO DO??
Can you WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND✦ ME, LORD?
Cause I need You, Lord right noooooowww..
I NEED You, right now
NEED ya, I NEED ya, I NEED Ya
I NEED YA, cause I'm goin and livin✦ too fast
YEAH-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHH..
Oooooohhhhhhhhh, yeah...Lord have mercy✦
Charlie Wilson, Pimp C, Bun, I need You
Can You help us, Lord?
Can You help us right
Right now, right now, right now, right noooowwwwwwwwww, yeah..woo!
[Charlie Wilson - Outro]
Out here livin✦ too fast, how long can it last?I can't get up, Lord can You help me?
LORD, can You help me?
Can You help me? Can You HELP me
Right noooooowwwww, yeah
Mmmmmmmm...mmmmmm..
Hmmmmmmmmmmm..hmmmmmmmm..
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