Two Lives Lyrics

What if I was gone tomorrows how would your life be

Would you stay loyal, would you write me

Doing 25 to life 'cause I took a life

As a man I got to protect my kids and wife

Nowadays they don't fight, they just bring hammers

For that reason I was forced to blam, blam 'em

We lose two lives, yours and mine

Over some petty shit that would've died over time

But you died and now I got to do the time

We both trap in a box, yours made of pine

And mine made of concrete

You wanted to prove a point get some credit in the street

Now I'm trapped here, can't see my kids grow

Now I'm trapped here, while my parents get old

Now I'm trapped here, where did the time go

Now I'm trapped here, my life's out the window

Swear to everything, when I leave this earth

It's gon' be on both feet, never knees in the dirt

You could try me homie but what's it really worth

Damn, we'll lose two lives, yours and mine

Give me any amount of time, don't let my mama grieve

At the funeral home, dripping tears on my sleeve

Told the judge, "I couldn't budge, it was him or me"

Risk it all just to protect my family

You just a scared little boy trying to act hard

Got away with it 'til somebody pulled your card

Fake facade acting tuff 'til they called your bluff

More afraid of looking soft than them hand cuffs

You would die for respect and a little rep

Got a battery in your back and pumped up your chest

Now you got something to prove with nothing to lose

Scared to death but can't let niggas think you food

This shit petty but you ready just to risk it all

Not realizing that your pride is your downfall

When you dead or in jail who you gonna call

You just want to stand tall before you even crawl

Now you gone, couple bullets to the torso

Now you gone, where the fuck did your boys go

Now you gone, and you just become a memory

Now you gone, and you was your only enemy

Swear to everything, when I leave this earth

It's gon' be on both feet, never knees in the dirt

You could try me homie but what's it really worth

Damn, we'll lose two lives, yours and mine

Give me any amount of time, don't let my mama grieve

At the funeral home, dripping tears on my sleeve

Told the judge, "I couldn't budge, it was him or me"

Risk it all just to protect my family