Joe Budden Cold World Lyrics

You now listen to (uh)
You are now listen to (chea!)
You now listenin to the growth!
Let me talk to em...

See I was always lookin for an out
Knew what I aint wanna be about
Aint wanna fall victim to the crowd
Street Dreams like Fab, but not dreams like that
Cuz even his is better than the dreams I've had
They say you are where you from, maybe to some
But I wont let a n____ label me slum and make me succumb
If I'm a grown a__ man wit no job and no money, that would make me a b__
It's not okay wit me none
That's what they called me, I hated that y'all
Wasn't a College Dropout, 'least Kanye made it that far
10th grade parted ways, like later for that ya'll
I was bored wit it, wasn't no paper in that nah
So I pulled a few capers, that came to a stop
When I realize that aint no bigger gang than the cops
(Pray tell?) I can rebel and blast a shot
Cuz jails a revolving door, but the caskets not (ya heard!)

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Everyday of my life
I try so hard to get right
But nothing seems to matter
When you, got so much comin at you
In this world they say, just be strong
But it aint easy, when you been so alone
And you just (?), nothing changed
No matter how far you've come in this cold cold world

Okay, now we got little brothers wanna deal on the strip
Or we got little sisters that feel they gotta strip
Swingin on the pole have us fiendin over t__s
And a lot of us h____ n____s we aint even gonna tip (But!)
Nothins wrong wit it at all, I respect it
But we always take something short term and try to stretch it
Bread's gonna G a lot of n____s when they learn that fast money comes fast and they leave a lot quicker
n____ we in a place that's to every extreme
In a place where n____s die over the pettiest things
And it seems to been a turn of s___
Cuz we don't carry guns to kill now n____s carry burnas to live
So, God its me again, Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallow be thy name
Pray them hallows never hit my frame
Every day I'm around it, Every day I'm surrounded
Every day I try to stay grounded in this cold cold world

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We livin in a place where n____s toolin each other
Where the President and terrorists are cool wit each other
Sendin millions in the water, make us dual wit each other
Hit Bin Ladin on the cell like I got em makin fools of each other
Got us in the hole pigeon
Why I cant talk to n____s that's just so indignant, people are so ignorant
Till a wise man sat me down like 'Joe listen..'
'You cant conversate wit a n____ wit no diction'
And I don't watch the news
I don't wanna hear about another kidnappin, another kid clappin
Mom killin her seed, got another kid trapped in the car keep gaspin like Unh
So you clowns can run around wit your pounds and ya war stories
But I aint choose to be hood, s___ was forced on me
It's not what I endorse homey
Cuz I know that that's where they wanna keep us
Stop us from being leaders (ya know!)

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