This goes out to all my kids out there in the hood, ya know   Going through the struggle and what not   There's always something bad that could happen in the hood   Ya know, yeah      Momma where you at, daddy where you at?   The hood's out of control, time to fight back   Kids just doing time, ain't nothing but crime   Because they don't believe the sun can still shine      Waited too long, now it's a problem   You see what it is, how it go wrong   Ooh, that's understood   'Cause nobody loves the hood      Man, this hook is too true to believe in   Where da hell is ya momma and daddy when you need 'em?   Born in the hood, so the hood's in ya heart   Though nothing's been good in the hood from the start      Either you was with ya momma or never had a daddy?   Or never had neitha and was raised wit' ya granny   It's a cold ass world fa the younga generation   In err hood somebody would, time to be facing      For a fucked up reason, a bad ass time   Then gave up, they don't think the sun still shine   Brush it against the wall, forced to do crime   Some say they'll die before they do time      'Cause jail ain't the place to be   Might be the place for you but ain't for me, yeah   You enjoying yo life, why? 'Cause your fists grip wood   But the kids doing bad 'cause nobody loves da hood      Momma where you at, daddy where you at?   The hood's out of control, time to fight back   Kids just doing time, ain't nothing but crime   Because they don't believe the sun can still shine      Waited too long, now it's a problem   You see what it is, how it go wrong   Ooh, that's understood   'Cause nobody loves the hood      Man, the kids always getting lectured   But what do you expect when they have no direction   Father in jail, mother strung out   No curfew, late nights, hung out      Getting money on the zone, now it is a problem   'Cause they selling white rocks, carrying a revolver   Everybody gotta eat somehow, someway   Wishing they'll make it out somehow, someday      They can put the drugs down and pick up the books   There's only a few good cops 'cause most of them crooks   Supposed to protect and serve but now they got the nerve   To say they want criminals up off of the curb      It's a cold ass world, especially for male   They filling up more than half of all jails   The government got the world misunderstood   I dedicate this to the ones who love the hood      Momma where you at, daddy where you at?   The hood's out of control, time to fight back   Kids just doing time, ain't nothing but crime   Because they don't believe the sun can still shine      Waited too long, now it's a problem   You see what it is, how it go wrong   Ooh, that's understood   'Cause nobody loves the hood      Stand strong all my lil' soldiers   Reject all negative words people done told ya   Grind how you gotta and make 'em out of believers   Give the middle fingers and tell 'em I don't need ya      Over come the bad and pray to the Lord   Soon to turn good 'cause the grace of the Lord   Now you could smile and say it's all good   I'm never gonna leave 'cause somebody love the hood      Momma where you at, daddy where you at?   The hood's out of control, time to fight back   Kids just doing time, ain't nothing but crime   Because they don't believe the sun can still shine      Waited too long, now it's a problem   You see what it is, how it go wrong   Ooh, that's understood   'Cause nobody loves the hood      Momma where you at, daddy where you at?   The hood's out of control, time to fight back   Kids just doing time, ain't nothing but crime   Because they don't believe the sun can still shine      Waited too long, now it's a problem   You see what it is, how it go wrong   Ooh, that's understood   'Cause nobody loves the hood