Can't Say Goodbye
Charlie Wilson/Snoop Dogg
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I'm a man, I gotta take care of my family
Fighting these pressures in my life
I know my mind should be on shinin' and getting Grammys
But these streets won't say goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I guess it's true, you can't take the hood out the homeboy
Plus my hood just lost another homeboy
Another one got life and we don't know if he comin' home boy
The industry tell me just leave it alone boy
Let them do them, take care of your own boy
But I sit back, think about before I was grown boy
And had dreams of being a dope boy
Yea, I was running from the po-po, bangin' for the turf
Late night hunting, putting in work
Hood day coming, airbrushed shirt
Payday at the spot, got my haircut first
Made moms sick when I wouldn't go to church
Yea, I live in the burbs but I think 21st
I know since I left that it's gotten much worse
But I'd still be there if I couldn't write a verse
I'm a man, I gotta take care of my family
Fighting these pressures in my life
I know my mind should be on shinin' and getting Grammys
But these streets won't say goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
To the blocks that raised me
The enemies and the homies that made me
Tough enough to hang on the corners that would mold me
Critics wonder if I'm tryna be the old me
But if they think the old me ever left, then they don't really know me
And don't know we don't change, we just become OG
You always addicted to the life, you just don't OD
Shit, I owed the streets before they owed me
Took me in when my mama didn't want me
Too wild to be a child and pops not around now
All I got now is the homies
To teach me how to be a man and what not
How to break ounces into grams and what not
The reason I'm so nice with my hands and what not
Shit, you think I forgot?
I'm a man, I gotta take care of my family
Fighting these pressures in my life
I know my mind should be on shinin' and getting Grammys
But these streets won't say goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Thank God every day that the boy can spit
And all around the world they enjoyin' my shit
I know I got plenty more awards to get
I got a beautiful wife and some gorgeous kids
But it wouldn't be right if I ignored the shit
That made me who I am, the music and the man
Told me that I can, 'fore the world gave a damn
If it wasn't for my niggas sayin' stick to the plan
Probably be a gun instead of a pen in my hand
Probably be doin' a dub in the pen with my man
They say leave the streets but they don't really understand
All I had was the block when I didn't have fans
Rapped on the corners when I couldn't get spins
All I had was the homies when I didn't have kids
If it all came down, my career was to end
I'm sure my name would live in the streets
I'm a man, I gotta take care of my family
Fighting these pressures in my life
I know my mind should be on shinin' and getting Grammys
But these streets won't say goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
I can't say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye