2 Roads Out the Ghetto Nightbreed

Nightbreed - “2 Roads Out the Ghetto”
[Emcee(s): K.A. the Verbal Shogun and Oddbrawl the Lyrical Juggernaut (AKA Kev)]
[Producer(s): Charlemagne]
[Sample (Multiple Elements): Bill Conti - “Rocky’s Reward”]

[Hook: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
There’s two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop
Two roads out the ghetto: success or death
Time to choose, decide then move, penals or schools
Paths get ended, never win then soar to the top
NBs was raw from the drop

[Verse 1: K.A. the Verbal Shogun]
It’s all about getting over
‘Til I’m sitting with Jehovah
Whether sipping or sober, slipping cobra to some chick in a Rover
My spot here’s confusing
Got to be a plot to keep me losing
No way I fail in everything I’m doing
Point no fingers, just want to know the answers
Started doing dirt to help moms with money when pops had cancer
That’s the beginning, stealing was surviving, not sinning
Blowing cash, growing fast, left no time for grinning
Never ending, more static at the crib site
Parents had problems with neighbors, so now me and their kids fight
Through my teens, didn’t sleep a wink
Only rest between the blink
Every act was impulse, never stopped to think
Affected lives in ways that was negative
My payback is teaching shorties lessons schools’ll never give
If you wilding, a bullet might be your sedative
Hope the fear make ‘em better kids
‘Cause the gauge’ll make ‘em need a new set of ribs
I’ll plant seeds and let it live
That’s how it is, that’s how it is