Smoke N Mirrors

Late at night
 When all the world is safe within their dreams
 I want the shadowwwww
 Late at night
 An empty feeling creeps within my soul
 I feel so lonely
 So I go, into the darkness of the night, all alone
 I want this peace until I find, someone who is just like me
 Looking for some companyyyyyy
 Oh yeahhhh
 What's good in the hood, can you tell me
 Hit me with the truth motherfuckers don't sell me
 Cause I can see a lot of things wrong with the city
 And nobody's tryin to fix nothin, all of our choices are shitty
 People starvin in the ghetto and the rich get richer
 So we hustlin for the paper - you get the picture?
 My homey he caught ten tryin to feed his seed
 And nothin supersedes a man's will to succeed
 So we bleed and shed tears, lookin for somethin better
 But nothin is guaranteed, in this life we livin
 Ain't nothin given, gotta earn your money and stripes
 I can't sleep at night, what I'm doin ain't right
 Can't never let my guard down for nothin in life
 Your enemies see a weakness and you look ripe
 And they don't care about who or what you're leavin behind
 You slip one time you a victim of crime
 Up against the trials of life, sometimes it ain't right
 Through all of my pain and strife, I focused upon the light
 Though I may lose my way, I'm up for the fight
 In hopes of a brighter day for children of the night
 You know I hit the ground runnin from the day I was born
 There ain't nothin I haven't seen, I was born to storm
 And if I ever have to heat it up you might get warm
 So I urge you to sit it out, and just let me move on
 Out of pride you won't blink, think that I'm a threat
 Yeah you might be right, and if you are comes death
 By the laws of the street you know what's comin up next
 You duckin from the glocks and the six and tecs
 When did it all fall? We all used to cash collect
 Instead of catchin a body homey cash a check
 Any moment it could be over, your number's up
 You become, a memory nobody's givin a fuck
 It's no wonder how we cross roads and get divided
 There's no, compromises and drama arises
 The streets got you clutched in the cradle of doom
 You get out of pocket they make you invisible dude
 The streets are ugly and the world is goin through changes
 We fightin at home and out here in unknown places
 We never know what peace is
 We all about war for the money and the violence increases
 I never thought about it when I was younger
 I never thought about we all just numbers
 I only thought about the food on the table
 I was taught to make moves when you're ready and able
 Sometimes you feel alone and you just simply go for self
 And you don't care about anybody else
 You say "Look at that trick in the flashy whip!
 If I get my chance, you know I'm gonna jack his shit"
 The world's cold, people sell their soul
 for money and power then they seem to lose control
 They can't, handle the load at the end of the road
 They're destined to fall and we just watch the drama unfold