[Intro - Fat Joe - Lamajic talks & harmonizes in background]
Yeah, it's time baby
It's time to speak the truth, maturity
Huh, niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the real
Ya call yourself real, ya gotta start speakin about the real
This is Joe Crack The Don, and this is what I'm bringin to you

[Fat Joe]
Uh, yo, nowadays, I'm flirtin with uncertain death
Lord I gotta be dyin, cause after all this cryin, how much more hurtin's left?
When will the pain stop?
This depression and anxiety, is gonna make me show another side of me
My niggas ride with me cause I'm the truth
There's benefits to rollin with this clique, don't nobody fuck with you
Still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber
But study the facts of crack, the shit don't add up
I'm bringin opportunity to my community
Probably the only rapper that cares, but still you out to ruin me
Who you foolin B? I'm for unity, latins and blacks
Could you fathom the strength, we have of the two it attach
Born together, voted alike
These uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right
How could the same nigga be 20 years in office
When it's clear the only thing that's risin is unemployment
Abortion, little kids havin kids
The school system is failing us, now ain't that some shit
While the rich keep gettin richer, the poor keep dyin young
I can't hide no more, the time has come

[Chorus - Lajamic - w/ ad libs]
I was born in the ghetto
Tremblin, tryin' a stay alive
Cause when you're born in the ghetto
No one seems to hear your cry

[Fat Joe]
Brown skin, you know I love my bra-ha-own skin

Everyday I'm confronted with racism
These motherfuckin coppers, wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons
After all the taxes I pay
You would think when they stop us, they would have something nicer to say
Than "get the fuck out the car, where the drugs at?
all the jewelry you wearin, where the fuckin guns at?"
Once they search the car clean and find nothin
The same crooked cops try to act like they know us or somethin
Laughin, tellin jokes by the thousands
Two seconds ago they tried to send us to the mountains
Leave my son without a father, my wife without a husband
The more I think about it, man it's just disgusting
Still we live amongst 'em, everybody wants out
That's why we rap like we got silver spoons in our mouths
Like we ain't grow up on welfare
Nigga don't even go there, you probably wore Pro Players
We need to educate the youth, tell our seeds the truth
Too much to share, the bare minimum will exceed the proof

[Chorus]

[Lajamic - singing until fade]
Oh, yeah, so much pain
Tryin hard to stay alive, stay alive
Out in these streets, oooh [harmonizing]
Man sometimes in can get so tough
Oh yeah, yes it can
Yes it can, yeah
It can get so hard, so hard, so hard




» All I Need
» All I Need(feat. Armageddon, Tony Sunshine
» Another Wild Ner from the Bronx
» ANOTHER WILD NIGGA FROM THE BRONX
» Ay Papi
» BAD BAD MAN
» Bet Ya Man Can't Triz
» Bet Ya Man Cant (Triz)
» Born in the Ghetto
» Born In The Ghetto(feat. Lamajic
» Bronx Keeps Creating It
» Bronx Tale
» Bust At You
» Bust At You(feat. Scarface, Baby
» Crush Tonight
» Crush Tonight(feat. Ginuwine
» Crush Tonite
» DA FAT GANGSTA
» Dat Gangsta Shit
» Dat Gangsta St
» Dedication
» Definition Of A Don
» Definition Of A Don feat Remy Martin
» Definition Of A Don(feat. Remy Martin
» Don Cartagena
» Envy
» Fat Joe's in Town
» Fat Joes in Town
» Fight Club
» Find Out
» Firewater
» Fk 50
» FLOW JOE
» Gangsta
» GET ON UP
» Get the Hell On With That
» Girl Im A Bad Boy
» Good Times
» Heavyweights
» He's Not Real
» He's Not Real feat Prospect Remi Martin
» He's Not Real(feat. Prospect, Remi Martin
» Hes Not Real
» Hustlin'
» I GOT THIS IN A SMASH
» I'M A HIT THAT
» It's Nothing
» It's O.K.
» Its Nothing
» John Blaze
» JOSE
» King of N Y
» King Of N.Y.(feat. Buju Banton
» King of New York
» King Of NY
» King Of NY feat Buju Banton
» Life Goes On
» LIVIN'FAT
» Livin' Fat
» Loyalty
» Loyalty(feat Armageddon Prospect Remy Martin
» Loyalty(feat. Armageddon, Prospect & Remy Martin
» Misery Needs Company
» Murder Rap
» Murder Rap feat Armageddon
» Murder Rap(feat. Armageddon
» My 44
» My Life Style (Remix)
» My Lifestyle
» My Lifestyle (Remix)
» My Lifestyle (Remix)(feat. Jadakiss, Remi Martin
» My Lifestyle Remix feat Jadakiss Remi Martin
» My Prerogative
» My World
» Nada Se Compara Contigo
» Nasty Hoes
» Opposites Attract
» Opposites Attract (What They Like)(feat. Remy Martin
» Opposites Attract What They Like
» Opposites Attract What They Like feat Remy Martin
» Part Deux
» Prove Something
» Respect Mine
» Say Word
» Shit Is Real Pt. III
» Shorty (Put It On The Floor)
» SHORTY GOTTA FAT ASS
» Still Real
» Success
» Take A Look At My Life
» Tequila Sunrise (Remix Radio Edit)
» Tequila Sunrise (Uncensored Remix)
» Terror Squadians
» The Crack Attack
» The Hidden Hand
» THE SHIT IS REAL
» The Shit Is Real DJ Premier Remix
» The St Is Real
» The St Is Real (DJ Premier remix)
» The Wild Life
» The Wild Life feat Prospect Xzibit
» The Wild Life(feat. Prospect, Xzibit
» Thicker Than Blood
» Thug Love
» Triplets
» TS Piece
» TS Piece(feat. Remy Ma, Tony Sunshine
» Turn Me On
» Turn Me On(feat. Ronda Blackwell
» U Feel Me
» Walk On By
» Watch Out
» WATCH THE SOUND
» Wats Luv?
» We Run This Sh*t
» We Run This Shit
» We Thuggin
» We Thuggin (Remix)
» We Thuggin (Remix)(feat. Busta Rhymes, Noreaga, Remy Martin
» We Thuggin feat R Kelly
» We Thuggin Remix feat Busta Rhymes Noreaga Remy Martin
» We Thuggin(feat. R. Kelly
» We Thuggin'
» We Thuggin' Remix
» What's Love
» What's Luv
» What's Luv feat Ashanti Ja Rule
» What's Luv?(feat. Ashanti, Ja Rule
» Whats Love?
» Whats Luv?
» Why Me
» Yakap
» You Must Be Out of Your Fin' Mind
» YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR FUCKIN' MIND

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