Ice Cube - Cold Places(2008)

[00:10.65] To all my people goin through it on a daily basis
[00:13.93] And it seem like the world is full of cold places
[00:17.03] Keep yo' head up, fuck what they said cause
[00:19.98] You can do it and the man will get you through it
[00:22.75] I believe that, homey, I believe that
[00:25.35] If I can picture that, I'll bring a picture back
[00:28.27] They say "Gangster, gangster! Tell me how you do it
[00:36.32] How you get through it and them other niggaz blew it"
[00:39.41] I keep my eye on the prize then pursue it
[00:42.31] Chase it like a cheetah chuck it out and subdue it
[00:45.44] So self-educate, nigga don't hate
[00:48.96] Cause the game I got is Madden oh-eight
[00:51.22] Fuck with Cube, I'm better than YouTube
[00:53.92] Fuck with them dudes them niggaz is new school
[00:56.63] The game don't change just the players
[00:59.41] The rhymes don't change just the fuckin rhymesayers
[01:02.57] (Hahahaha!) They make it up as they go along
[01:05.42] But I'm goin on 25 years strong
[01:08.63] The shit I say might get you through the day
[01:11.23] Or change your whole life in a major way
[01:14.08] The shit they say, might catch you a case
[01:16.96] The shit I say, feel like your birthday
[01:19.89] To all my people goin through it on a daily basis
[01:22.34] And it seem like the world is full of cold places
[01:25.79] Keep yo' head up, fuck what they said cause
[01:28.57] You can do it and the man will get you through it
[01:31.38] I believe that, homey, I believe that
[01:34.08] If I can picture that, I'll bring a picture back
[01:36.90] You know what? Momma said it'd be days like this
[01:44.73] Straight hell on earth, but come up out the abyss
[01:48.37] She said "Don't let 'em see you crawl, don't let 'em see you fall
[01:51.46] All they wanna do is laugh when you tear your drawers"
[01:54.26] It's a cold world, nigga, bring a bomber jacket
[01:57.11] If it's another hustle out there I'ma crack it
[01:59.24] Fuck the new dance, I'ma learn how to eat
[02:02.52] Get my mind right, stay up out these fuckin streets
[02:05.57] They keep callin me
[02:07.61] They keep callin, all the lil' homies keep fallin
[02:11.75] In them same traps niggaz cain't figure out
[02:14.18] In the fast lane, boy, but the bridge is out
[02:16.83] Make my blood boil, get yo' life spoiled
[02:19.69] Get you in the system, get you in the soil
[02:22.65] And your funeral was sponsored by Unocal
[02:25.46] Saw you UVN, nigga digital
[02:28.31] To all my people goin through it on a daily basis
[02:31.38] And it seem like the world is full of cold places
[02:34.27] Keep yo' head up, fuck what they said cause
[02:37.39] You can do it and the man will get you through it
[02:40.21] I believe that, homey, I believe that
[02:44.10] If I can picture that, I'll bring a picture back
[02:50.62] I know, it's fucked up how they do us
[02:53.59] Pretend they really care, but then they Jerry Lewis
[02:56.86] Take that money that was allocated to us
[02:59.62] Put us in some fucked up trailers then sue us
[03:02.33] Watchin Katrina, is worser than Ike & Tina
[03:05.75] See New Orleans get bitchslapped by FEMA
[03:08.80] Louisiana got racist-ass politics
[03:11.21] Free the Jena Six (NIGGA FREE THE JENA SIX!)
[03:14.44] Your honor, Osama, Obama
[03:16.50] Even, yo' momma ain't fuckin with my karmas
[03:19.94] They want us to quit, forget
[03:22.72] And not give a shit about these sick-ass politics
[03:25.47] A lunatic is in the White House
[03:28.41] Make me wanna go do a lick right now
[03:31.33] But they'll make a nigga bow down
[03:34.12] In the penitentiary, a billion dollar industry
[03:37.13] To all my people goin through it on a daily basis
[03:39.71] And it seem like the world is full of cold places
[03:42.74] Keep yo' head up, fuck what they said cause
[03:45.68] You can do it and the man will get you through it
[03:48.60] I believe that, homey, I believe that
[03:51.18] If I can picture that, I'll bring a picture back
[03:53.98] I believe that, homey, I believe that
[04:02.55] If I can picture that, I'll bring a picture back
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