[Intro: Vic Vega]
Yeah, yeah
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Microphone check 1, 2
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Hit the deck, uh
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And we here
[Verse !: Vic Vega]
I've seen too many brothers die over some platinum golden rings
Over some gang patches, most got hook by Methampethamine
I once knew a cat who got caught up in a life of crime
Started picking fights when he saw someone throwing gang signs
Joined a gang, so he became a menace
When to jail as a kid, the cops have labeled him a fugitive
He was taking situations violently
He used to be a good Boy N the Hood, now he's a Menace II Society
Making money from illegal activities
Drug trafficking and prostitution, it was sickening
That was a part of their reality
Initiated to the Mob because he saw them as a family
Filled with bad luck, cause he was headed down the wrong path
Drastic measures, people were shook when they heard the guns blast
Most gang members were ready to die
Because of pride and hopelessness, some choose to commit suicide
[Chorus: Vic Vega]
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 to life bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
[Verse 2: Vic Vega]
So many young kids I used to know joined gangs, man, I swear to God
I seen brothers I knew squabbling up across the Boulevard
Homicide, rapes, the robberies is nothing new to me
Most crimes were committed by the Maori communities
I walk the streets at night with my head down in this crazy town
You see people trying to get out
Hoping to stay alive and make it there to see sunlight
Instead I'm seeing children falling victim to brutal gunfights
Another man got stabbed during midnight
In front of his family, witnessed another tragedy
Leaving the situation dramatized
Even the little kids saw death, this moment really made him traumatized
Kids are becoming heartless is insane
So many kids growing up with our father suffer the same fate
So they proceed to shoot the block up for real
Cause most people join a game where mostly high school dropouts
[Chorus: Vic Vega]
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 to life bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
[Verse 3: Vic Vega]
Many murders have been committed by the Maori juvenile delinquents
These are the hardships that we're facing and I'm a speak it
The harsh realities still continues to haunt the city
While the streets be getting dark, shifted low down and gritty
Police and paramedics begin to rush towards the murder scene
Leaving a six year old getting sent straight to emergency
Stray bullets, gangs are becoming homicidal
This is survival, killing's the never ending cycle
Indoctrinated into the gang life
Even snitches got murdered in cold blood and never made it out alive
It's not a mockery, they're showing animosity
Destruction of property, drug dealing and armed robbery
Earning a patch to do initiations
From physical altercations to graphical confrontations
Cost him his life, the kid grows up without a father
Victimized the trauma, all he witnessed is mad drama
I'm a street poet who's been trapped inside a battlefield
Survivor's guilt, falling victim inside the killing fields
And it still continues happening
That's why a lot of Maori kids still glorify the gang life mentality
[Chorus: Vic Vega]
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 to life bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 to life bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
People die every day, most of them were just kids
Some of them survive and get 25 to life bids
Dying over whips or a fresh pair of Timbs
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
[Bridge]
You got one life to live
You got one life to live
You got one life to live
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
You got one life to live
You got one life to live
You got one life to live
There's no need for that, you got one life to live
[Outro: Vic Vega/Lennox's Monologue]
This was one of the main reasons why we had to leave Papakura
Continuous war has been going on and our lives were still in danger. As I grew a bit older, things were still the same. Gang crimes, armed robberies, suicide rates were drastically increasing, affecting my community negatively. So therefore, this was the life I experienced growing up as a teenager