Now the streets I run   Is the streets I'm from   And the streets you run   Is the streets you from   And this is for the borough      Verse 1:   I roam in the jungle and rumble with thugs and hoods that rob for goods   Weed smokers and murderers and relations   My daily operation caucasions hit me wit persuasions   Be all you can be, fuck that   Be on the block, sell rocks, stay strapped   Ready to cock back and blast for my respect   Never neglect and watch out for my tech   I got trouble, mad trouble   I drink too much, that's when I don't give a fuck who I buck   I get sideways and take it to the highways   Killin' liars twistin' niggers like pliars   Day to day strugglein' jugglein'   Wonderin' where the next meal comin from   Never happen, nay mean   I'm playin' for keeps that means I'm keepin' my cream      We play for keeps   Me and my peeps we run these streets   We play for keeps   Don't sleep when we creep   Lose your head piece chief   Bring beef lose teeth   We play for keeps x2      Verse 2:   Brand new apparrel on my ass on the regular   Skypager new ride equipped wit a cellular   Big ass piece of the pie till I die   Play for keeps no lie, wonderin' why   Niggas ain't got no opportunity   Niggas ain't got no fuckin unity   Every man for himself and kill a man wit the ball   Drink a little hennesy and go a-wall   Fuck the bullshit, glock shots spit where I rest at   Got me asking niggers where you buy that vest at   Leave my front door like I'm ready for war   I'm ready to die sometimes, I can't take it no more   My mantality is twisted   I'm forever blunted forever wishin' to get lifted and splifted   I love these streets   That's why a nigga like nine play for keeps      We play for keeps   Me and my peeps we run these streets   We play for keeps   Don't sleep when we creep   Lose your head piece chief   Bring beef lose teeth   We play for keeps x2      Verse 3:   Dark mass forever until the day I'm gone   I'm gonna put in on my people   Save it for the sequel, the root of all evil   Is fillin' up my pocket makin' me lethal   Only the good die young so I'm bad as fuck   Pass the buck and be shit out of luck   Niggas know the routine, we got it down pat   You ain't getting jack if your pocket ain't fat   So phat out the realness, you could feel this   Goin' insane me can't deal wit diss   I'm under pressure   The ghetto got my mind in a daze   Duckin' strays, knowin' that crime pays   Always and forever picture perfect   Not the mona lisa, cuttin' up niggas like pizza   In slices devices of war make me hardcore   Over rough beats I play for keeps      We play for keeps   Me and my peeps we run these streets   We play for keeps   Don't sleep when we creep   Lose your head piece chief   Bring beef lose teeth   We play for keeps x2