I Need a Light

I need a light

(Light)

So I can smoke away this pain

I need a drink

(Drink)

So I can drink away this rain

Maybe a wife

(Wife)

Somebody to share my name

I need a song

A brand new song to sing

Long Beach back in the day was all hustlin'

Young niggaz in the neighborhood strugglin'

Prayin' to God we amount to somethin'

By livin' on the street where they constantly bustin'

Big Warren told us that they can't hold us

Niggaz ain't shit 'till they pass away

So I, watched my step

But when Ola Mae left I was a mothafuckin' basket case for real

God bless me

'Cuz I be on the east where they wanna arrest me

I break bread so they wanna suspect me

But look me in my eyes and say they wanna protect, me yeah

Ruthless, my style as a juvenile

Ran with a gang, got me a profile

As a child in the Beach I was wild

Ready to die and that's why

I need a light

(Light)

So I can smoke away this pain

I need a drink

(Drink)

So I can drink away this rain

Maybe a wife

(Wife)

Somebody to share my name

I need a song

A brand new song to sing

Could it be it was all so simple, droppin' a slick instrumental

Snoop bustin' 'bout the shit we went through

Nate singin' 'bout the city we came from

And niggaz so tight wasn't nothin' we wouldn't do

Time keep slippin'

But I ain't trippin' nigga, it's all about my children

So you can save that bullshit

'Cuz if I pull my shit, nigga I'ma kill you

The streets is watchin'

And niggaz fell victim from L.A. to Watts and Compton

But life goes on

It's just another song if you ain't to one gone listen

Ruthless, my style as a juvenile

But now I got a brand new G-Child

Big Warren gotta stay trunk tight

'Cuz he got the fly and that's why

I need a light

(Light)

So I can smoke away this pain

I need a drink

(Drink)

So I can drink away this rain

Maybe a wife

(Wife)

Somebody to share my name

I need a song

A brand new song to sing

Listen

Caviar wishes, twistin' stitches, all out race for the riches

Got a nigga missin' what rich is

And what a life mean if you do it for the kids

It's for my family y'all

Really the only one who understand me y'all

'Cuz it ain't hard to ball

But then who got ya back when it's time to fall

And it's amazin'

To stay up on top, your game so close to the pavement

Time brings change in mind

But then don't let the change bring your mind no time

Clearly, a conspiracy

Niggaz right near me but still ain't hearin' me

That's how it's always gone fly

'Till you ready to die and that's why

I need a light

(Light)

So I can smoke away this pain

I need a drink

(Drink)

So I can drink away this rain

Maybe a wife

(Wife)

Somebody to share my name

I need a song