Doing Me - AZ

I know it get kinda hard sometimes
We all looking for some kind of outlet to plug into but ahh
From the corners of street
In every hood and every ghetto
Every hood
I'm the proof of what could be if you try
If you wanna try
It's on you
All the haters wanna see
Uh uhn
A n***a's life in misery
Uh uhn
But I'ma keep on doing me 'til I die
Handcuffed by the wrist and tied in the feet
So stressed wish that I could die in my sleep
And lord knows thru his grace I done tried it wit peace
But it's like n***as ain't happy 'til they finally deceased
Feel the grief of a street n***a that turned to rap
And just applied everything that he learned from crack
I'm in now it's life ain't no turning back
It been foul so what kinda concerns is that
Peep the signs of the eyes 'cuz it tell it all
One of the few in the streets that was selling it raw
Made mistakes but it made me intelligent more
And how I move you could still look and tell I was poor
How can the hate from another man stop my flow
That's like another pimp thinking he can knock my h*e
I'm here now just trying to copp and blow
Couple of cars and lot's of doe
From the corners of street in every hood and every ghetto
I'm the proof of what could be if you try
If you wanna try
All the haters wanna see
A n***as life in misery
But I'ma keep on doing me 'til I die
One by one seen 'em rise seen 'em fall
You seen one n***a ball you done seen 'em all
Even standup n***as seen 'em lean and crawl
What makes a man wanna fiend for more
Life itself is more than a trial or a quest
Intelligent wise it's like I done ran with the best
And very rarely you can catch me casually dressed
I'm more relaxed in a hat and some sweats
Doing me been amongst some of the street's most strongest men
Around for months then they gone again
Incarcerated penalized for the love of they acts
Criminals cold hearted now what's fucing wit that
Where we at hit inside of a life that's rarely exposed
Spoken in codes for the killers that daily'll dose
Get yours hit a quota then get indoors
Get legit then get them stores
From the corners of street in every hood and every ghetto
I'm the proof of what could be if you try
If you wanna try
All the haters wanna see
A n***as life in misery
But I'ma keep on doing me 'til I die
So now it's on y'all could see I done figured it out
Only a few could say that they been in my house
And caroused at my wall color blend with my couch
I'm as low as you can go in the south
When it's too deep it's hard for the mind to relate
Some say I'm too street and way too involved wit the snakes
What make a man bigger that life I'm twice his age
Understand I'm a sinner but I'm nice some ways
Knee deep in what I speak 'cuz I spit the truth
I become angelic when I sit in the booth
Just a thought of all the ill s**t that lurk in streets
How can another real n***a wanna work wit police
Bad enough you got thiefs and the beef is rough
I took an oath just to smoke eat sleep and f**k
Knowledge of self I'ma do this regardless of wealth
Regardless of how the deck and how the cards get dealth
From the corners of street in every hood and every ghetto
I'm the proof of what could be if you try
If you wanna try
All the haters wanna see
A n***as life in misery
But I'ma keep on doing me 'til I die