[00:04.94]Intro
[00:12.57]God gives the toughest battles to the strongest of his people
[00:15.97]Just make sure you good with karma when it meets you
[00:18.61]It's evil, it'll haunt you, it'll eat you
[00:21.10]It'll take away your peace of mind and blind you and deceive you
[00:24.30]Never let 'em get to your soul
[00:26.03]Cause we all got a place in this world
[00:28.02]We just might not know where to go
[00:29.74]See, I'm here for a reason
[00:31.16]And I'm right where I'm supposed to be
[00:33.45]And all I know is that God is watching over me
[00:36.19]Verse
[00:46.96]Look, this life's a blessing for real
[00:50.10]Jesus on my necklace, man the pressure is real
[00:52.95]Ambulance and gunshots, ghetto bird on my block
[00:55.90]Can't even trust the cops, they don't protect, they just kill
[00:58.74]So pops told me, pack a weapon, for real
[01:01.33]Cause the world is cold and they'll never respect how you feel
[01:04.17]I know exactly what he meant when he said jealously kills
[01:07.17]As I try to take a breath, but I feel like I'm choking on my own blood
[01:11.08]Sick of these streets cause they show us no love
[01:13.21]I'd have seen cats bag up drugs and slang to their own son
[01:16.06]This *************t ain't no fun
[01:17.33]They're carrying heaters cause they got cold blood
[01:19.72]They'll never see me weak and I won't run
[01:21.80]Got to watch my back every mother******* day
[01:24.47]At the same time, never look back and look for a way to make it out these streets
[01:28.86]Yeah, some people never make it out these streets
[01:34.25]And they shooting at me, felt like a nightmare
[01:36.28]Never understood why these cowards just couldn't fight fair
[01:39.18]Always need a weapon, but this life is such a blessing
[01:41.87]They pull the trigger, my guardian angel was sitting right there
[01:44.66]You don't believe in God? Explain this
[01:47.10]They killed my ass twice and I still lived and all it did was make me famous
[01:50.85]And appreciate life in ways I couldn't explain
[01:53.24]Bullet in my head a few inches away from my brain
[01:55.93]Homie, I'm blessed to be alive and still breathing
[01:58.47]But what's it going to take to show these people that I'm here for a reason?
[02:01.74]I said I'm blessed to be alive and still breathing
[02:04.26]But what's it going to take to show these people that I'm here for a reason?
[02:19.49]One o'clock in the morning, heading back home
[02:22.49]Driving down the freeway, just me and my girl
[02:25.18]Talking 'bout our future, talking 'bout life
[02:27.82]Talking 'bout these places that we trying to be in this world
[02:30.87]As I look to my left, I seen a car approaching from a distance
[02:34.43]And all I heard was, *pop-pop-pop*, What?
[02:36.45]I'm tripping? Could this be a hit-man? They letting shots off
[02:39.50]Went ninety off the freeway and dipped as soon as it popped off
[02:42.49]Bullets burning in the back of my neck
[02:44.22]Blood leaking down my back
[02:45.84]Windows shattered as I'm gasping for breath
[02:47.98]Bullets scorching as it ran through my flesh
[02:49.96]Heart pumping, blood ru*************ng
[02:51.53]Felt the adrenaline pass through my chest
[02:53.46]Thinking if I die tonight, they'll probably laugh at my death
[02:56.90]But God has my back and that's why I'm blessed
[02:59.80]I asked my girl if she was hit, but she was panicking
[03:01.98]I checked her body, she was fine
[03:03.45]But she seen I got shot and called the ambulance
[03:15.43]Yeah, in the back of the ambulance
[03:17.67]I just thought, "Are they following me?"
[03:19.60]Did someone set me up? Is somebody plotting on me?
[03:22.39]They trying to kill me, they really tried to kill me again
[03:25.38]Don't wanna die without saying, "Bye" to my mama, my friends
[03:28.28]Only twenty years old living in this world, so cold
[03:31.53]Hoping my family don't have to see me go
[03:34.12]I'm in the hospital fighting to survive
[03:36.35]Fighting to stay alive
[03:37.62]Doctors keep telling me not to close my eyes
[03:39.91]They saying, "Stay with me. Deep breaths. Just breathe."
[03:42.75]In and out, out and in, veins filled with IVs
[03:45.50]I closed my eyes, thought of the skies and the trees
[03:47.88]Asked God to bless me just one more time
[03:49.91]Almost dropped to my knees
[03:51.34]Now I'm back up on my feet, I should've died that night
[03:54.18]Three shots from a .45 went through my ride that night
[03:56.87]Hit me two inches from my spine, I could've been paralyzed
[04:00.04]Guess you can say that Destiny was by my side that night
[04:04.16]I should've died that night
[04:05.78]Three shots from a .45 went through my ride that night
[04:08.63]Hit me two inches from my spine, I could've been paralyzed
[04:11.57]Guess you can say that Destiny was by my side that night
[04:14.84]Cause everybody wanna ride or die chick
[04:16.32]But she the true meaning of ride or die when them bullets went right through my whip
[04:19.98]Cause she was by my side the night I got hit
[04:22.16]And still riding with me till the day I die
[04:24.29]See, that's a wife, not a *************
[04:25.66]Just wanna see her happy, I'd give my life for that *************t
[04:28.56]I'd take a .45, a 9, even a knife for that *************t
[04:31.50]I know I wasn't perfect, we had our fights
[04:33.47]But I'mma make things right cause we only got one life and that's it
[04:37.68]But never let these cats take your peace of mind or your smile from you
[04:40.43]No matter how hard they try, no matter what they try to do
[04:43.17]I'll always be right there to the side of you
[04:45.81]We got the choice to be happy or not
[04:47.49]The only one that can decide is you
[04:49.67]But sometimes I'm mad at myself
[04:51.85]Sometimes I ask these people questions I can answer myself
[04:54.49]Sometimes I wish I could show these cats how I felt
[04:56.78]But I know karma's a mother******* ************* and its gon' handle itself
[05:00.18]Three people in my car that night
[05:02.62]Me, Destiny, and God
[05:04.34]Like, why the Lord keep letting me survive?
[05:06.37]I'm so blessed that I'm alive
[05:07.80]But truth is they could've put that bullet through my head
[05:10.49]But dawg, legends never die
[05:12.11]I said legends never die, I just want to be remembered
[05:14.85]They can kill me, but that'll only mean I'll live forever
[05:17.80]I said legends never die, I just want to be remembered
[05:20.69]They can kill me, but that'll only mean I'll live forever
[05:23.59]Mother******