[Merc
 Yeah, yeah, uh
 Young Merc
 For all my youg niggaz (All of my young niggaz)
 On the block, Naa mean (On the block)
 Going hard (Blow hard nigga)
 Yo I was raised in poverty (in poverty)
 Yeah, life was hard
 Growin up 'round, killaz and hust-lers
 I used ta, sit on the porch
 Watch pops smoke luports
 Trying when he was going to get his next bag to snort
 I just sit back, deep in thought like (man)
 Wishin I had a plan to make him a better man
 But I can't, but that's what made it worse
 Then I started smokin weed and hustlin work
 I turned to the streets, fifteen, mind on cash
 Highschool fliest nigga in the class
 Why all y'all was studyin trying to pass
 I was tryna, get the pass, to cut out and get ass
 I was always ahead of my time
 Neighbours in the hood said I be locked up
 Or dead by twenty-five
 But still I, Ride, wit my head high
 Knowin I'm a young thug and I will survive
 [Chorus: Merc]
 I can't stop (I can't stop)
 I gotta keep it movin (I gotta keep it movin)
 Knowin this life I'm livin (Knowin this life I'm livin)
 It's either death or prison (It's either death or prison)
 Hard livin
 (Repeat Once)
 [D.O. Cannon]
 Uh, the ghetto
 We prayin, Lord
 All of my thugs be given strength
 POV Shitty
 You ain't gotta show me love when I'm wearin the glove
 And I just found out my man done chick slugs
 And my man rever diss touch down
 Means alot of niggaz on the streets ain't really gon eat right now
 Man I'm so mad dog, I can't tell you why
 If the Lord don't bow down I'll murder the damn sky
 I'm to hot for this shit, please calm me down
 I stay doing right, I stay doing wrong
 I stay huggin my moms I lost in eighty-nine
 I'm still bangin that nine I had since eighty-nine
 You niggaz feelin my vibe?
 Man it's hard to walk, man it's hard to talk
 Dog I keep quiet
 Cuz playas wear wires when we start to bring the riot
 I'm tired of this shit, take me now
 I'm gon be back in a minute dog don't hate me now
 I heard the streets wanna smoke me
 Dog, I'm to lokey
 It's murda
 [Chorus: Merc]
 I can't stop (I can't stop)
 I gotta keep it movin (I gotta keep it movin)
 Knowin this life I'm livin (Knowin this life I'm livin)
 It's either death or prison (It's either death or prison)
 Hard livin
 (Repeat Once)
 [Black Child]
 Word to god, Yeah
 I was only twelve when I first went to jail
 Locked up and sparked it, fucked up and heartless
 My moms had a habit, heron and acid
 A bad lil' basterd always needed my ass kicked
 A five member family living in one room
 Cookin on hot plates, eatin on plastic spoons
 I don't esagerate, or imaginate
 I had to go to jail to graduate
 Growin up in Foster homes, You Fosters own
 I had to get up, get out and get my own
 Niggaz was throwin bricks I'm tossin stones
 Then I floss the chrome, the boss is home
 But the block is gone, the cops is wrong
 Yellow got paralyzed, Little Jemel died
 Put me in hell and I still rise
 Put me in the chair I'll fry
 Do my whole twenty-five
 [Chorus: Merc]
 I can't stop (I can't stop)
 I gotta keep it movin (I gotta keep it movin)
 Knowin this life I'm livin (Knowin this life I'm livin)
 It's either death or prison (It's either death or prison)
 Hard livin
 (Repeat Once)