New shit, Lil' Flip and Lyfe   Talk to 'em, Lyfe   Talk to 'em, Lyfe      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away   Ghetto mindstate      At 15, I was makin' movies   Drinkin' beer, shootin' dice at school   When most niggas had a 9 to 5 shit   On the block, we makin' 9 to 5 grand      Each day, yeah, we got cheap yay   My niggas on lock, they called me on 3 way   The hood hot like a crock pot   Dope fiends cuttin' yards for a 20 piece of crack rock      Around my way ain't nobody watchin' 'Matlock'   We tryna hot wire cars and break padlocks   Turn soft to hard, drop it in Glad Locks   And drive flashy cars and get mad props      And still I won't change   Last week, they caught my patna with a block of caine   And can't no amount of money stop the pain   They gave him 35 years, his momma went insane, damn      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away   Ghetto mindstate      Comin' up with no father figure   I guess that made me a harder nigga   Why? 'Coz I don't like to ask for shit   When I came in the game with a half a brick      But I ain't tellin' lil' kids to go that route   But it's on TV everyday like they don't know that route   And lil' girls bein' fast, bein' grown, tryna flirt   Leavin' home wearin' pants, then change into a skirt      I live in the ghetto, I stay in the ghetto   Run up wrong, I'm sprayin' that metal   'Coz ain't shit sweet around my way   All I know is one thing, how to get paid      With Lyfe on the hook, I know we got another hit   This motivational music, I know you feelin' this   Hey, and I was raised in a church   But where I'm from you gotta do that work      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away      I just can't go, I just can't stay   I just can't, you just won't   I just can't get away      Why everybody tryna bring me down?   Because of me, they respect H-town   Look, I was here when y'all weren't around   The first week you did a 'Aight'   But then that shit went down      Why everybody tryna bring me down?   Because of me, they respect H-town   Look, I was here when y'all weren't around   The first week you did a 'Aight'   But then that shit went down      They tell you you were born to die   Yo momma, she was born to cry   Yo woman, she was born to lie   Hold you down so you can't rely      I tell you that it's all a lie   Young nigga, you just gotta try   Keep your eyes up on the sky   Don't let your dreams pass you by   'Coz somebody said