MY BLOCK

Every day, it's been the same old thing on my block

You either workin' or you slangin' cocaine on my block

You had to hustle 'cause that's how we was raised on my block

And you stayed on your high until you made you a knot

On my block, to hang out was the thing back then
And even when you left out, you came back in
On my block, from Holloway, Belfort to Scott
Reed Road to Phlox, we know the spots
Smoke weed and rocks, drank all the blue dots
On your block, you probably bred a Fat Pat
Or 2Pac or Big Pun or B.I
Your homeboys from knee high

And even when it was stormin' outside
That nigga be by, that's me, dog
On my block, I ain't had to play the big shot

Nigga knew me back when I was stealin' beers from Shamrock

And my nickname was Creepy
If Black June could see me, he'd be trippin'

And I bet he'd still try to tease me

My block, where everything is everything, for shizzy
My block, we probably done it all, homie, believe me
My block, we made the impossible look easy
For shizzy, my block, I'd never leave my block
My niggas need me

On my block, we ducked the nigga haters and the cops
Fuck a Iraq, we raised Impalas chromed out
On my block, it ain't no different than the next block
You get drunk and pass out and they back you to the house
And when you wake up on the couch, you're goin' right back at it

On my block, when you're that fucked up, they laugh at it
On my block, it's just another day in the heart
Of the Southside of Houston, Texas, makin' your mark
On my block, we quen all the time playin' dominoes
Keep the Swisher Sweet down until my mama goes
Back inside, then we can fly
Pass it around a few times and get high

My block, where everything is everything, for shizzy
My block, we probably done it all, homie, believe me
My block, we made the impossible look easy
For shizzy, my block, I'd never leave my block
My niggas need me
My block, where everything is everything, for shizzy
My block, we probably done it all, homie, believe me
My block, we made the impossible look easy
For shizzy, my block, I'd never leave my block
My niggas need me

On my block, everybody business ain't your business
What's goin' on in this house is stayin' here, comprende?
On my block, you had to have that understandin'
'Cause if you told Miss Maddie, she went and told Gladys
And once Quanza mama got it, it was all on the wire

And when the word got back, they set your ass on fire
On my block, we got some non-vets, shell-shocked
Who never quite got right, now they inhale rocks
On my block, it's like the world don't exist
We stay confined to this small little section we livin' in
On my block, I wouldn't trade it for the world
'Cause I love these ghetto boys and girls
Born and raised on my block

My block, where everything is everything, for shizzy
My block, we probably done it all, homie, believe me
My block, we made the impossible look easy
For shizzy, my block, I'd never leave my block
My niggas need me