LYRICS:

Never had a deep talk with Pops
But never had to stick up mutha fuckas with glocks
Life has been a struggle since the day of my birth
Even now it’s niggaz plotting schemes trying to put me under the earth
I stay focused and think about my hustle at hand
Either knocking or rapping I’m out for money in my plans
I’m advancing you pop rappers stick to your dancing
My songs contents got most of you niggaz glancing
Checking my directives asking all them questions
Oh you was born in the town nigga which section?
Hunnids Block deep east side don’t forget
My folks stand on corners like some hustling vets
We out for the checks trying to put some money away
So we can lamp out and kick it to the fullest someday
I got a bubble to the top so I’m speaking my mind
The life of a black man surrounded by crime

The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E
The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E

All I’ve ever known is a dysfunctional home
Uncles selling drugs having money and chrome
Driving nice cars having chipped up phones
At a fast pace I’ve seen them all become an unknown
Now I’m using mistakes as an example plans to make ample
Cash status and fame always plugging my name
Every chance I get so niggaz get it correct
C-U double-R the vet won’t ever worry or fret
Get daps the second I step foot on the set
Drug use and alcohol I’ve always been plagued with
Delinquents and criminals is all that I played with

As a kid all I knew was breaking the rules
Upsetting my moms running on these streets with fools
Later I picked up vices of tobacco and booze
Fuckin’ with bitch niggaz who hung around different crews
Lord forgive a nigga of my ignorant ways
Cause crime pays and life is never promised these days
Getting high so I live reality in a daze
The life of a black man who’s hungry and crazed

The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E
The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E

Now you might have seen me out here on these streets before
Going for broke fitted from the sky to the floor
Gold chains and diamonds only sported for show
Niggaz get overzealous and be cuffing they hoes
My mind is always thinking solely for the purpose of bliss
Don’t give a fuck about none of these hoe niggaz who exist
If you want we could take it to the days of the fist
Or we could strap up and buck until we empty the clips
Raised to spit venom and curse all of my foes
Push it to the limit never revealing my woes
Forced to do the necessary things to survive
Caution is a virtue that’s needed to stay alive
Hopes of a better future reason to strive
Rocking microphones blazing up to get high
I got a bubble dog so I’m speaking my mind
The life of a black man surrounded by crime

The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E
The life and Times of C-U double R-E many have tried but can’t nobody see what I see many have lied but can’t nobody be who I be the life and Times of C-U double R-E