Cold

Feat Musiq Soulchild

You are now listening to The Growth

Haha

Let me talk to them

See I was always looking for an out

Knew what I ain't want to be about

Ain't want to fall victim to the trials

'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're from maybe to some

But I won't let a n***a label me slum and make me succumb

If I'm a grown a*s man with no job no money that would make me a bum

It's not o k

With me none

It's what they called me I hated that y'all

Wasn't a 'College Dropout ' at least Kanye made it that far

Sixth grade parted ways like later with that y'all

I was bought up with it wasn't no paper in that naw

Pulled a few capers that came to a stop

When I realized that ain't no bigger gang than the cops

Break tail I can rebel and blast a shot

Cuz jail's a revolving door but the caskets not

Ya herd

Cuz everyday of my life

Yea

I've tried so hard to get right

Talk to them

But nothing seems to matter when you

Got so much comming at you

Oh

In this world they say just be strong

But it ain't easy when you hurt so long

And it's a shame

Nothings changed no matter how far you go

In this cold cold world

O k

Now we got little brothers that wanna deal on the strip

Cold cold world

Or we got little sisters that feel they gotta strip

Swinging on the pole have us feening over tits

And a lot of us horny n***as we ain't even gonna tip

BUT Nothings wrong with it at all I respect it

But we always take something short term and try to stretch it

Breads gonna G a lot of n***as when they learn it fast

Money comes fast and it leaves a lot quicker

N***a we in a place that's to every extreme

And a place where n***as die over the pettiest things

And it seems to been deterrent s**t

Cuz we don't carry guns to kill now n***as carry burners to live

So God it's me a gain our father who art in Heaven

Hollow be thy name pray them hollows never hit my frame

Everyday I'm around it

Everyday I'm surrounded

Everyday I try to say grounded in this cold cold world

We living in a place where n***as tooling each other

Where the President and terrorists are cool with each other

Sending millions in the war make us do it with each other

Hit Bin Laden on his cell like 'I got them making fools of each other'

Got us in a hold pigeon

Why I can't talk to n***as that's just so indignant

People are so ignorant

Till a wise man sat me down like 'Joe listen'

You can't 'conversate' with a n***a with no diction

And I don't watch the news

Nah

I don't wanna hear about another kidnapped and another kid clapped

And moms killing her seed got another kid trapped

In the car gasping like ah

So you clowns can run around with your pounds and your war stories

But I ain't choose to be hood s**t was forced on me

It's not what I endorse homey

Cuz I know that's where they wanna keep us stop us from being leaders

You know