One Life - The Game, J. Stone, Masego

One life, nigga, one love

Reach them heights and keep goin' up

Hundred miles and runnin', we ain’t slowin' up

15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know it’s us

They know it’s us

Hit them lights and come glow with us

Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up

Had to earn them stripes when we was growin' up

Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love

I’m honestly a better man

An odyssey, a river ends

I gotta speak it from within

A lot of tree, a lot of gems

Bottle all that hate and bring it over here

Don’t be scared, accept your fate, mind over fear

How many funerals I done been to all these years?

Got it tatted on my face so I don’t shed a tear

Just so we clear, niggas been hatin' on me my whole career

Catchin' fades while the little homies hold my beer

Had to move out of Compton, too much tension here

Glock on my lap, I’m in this Lamborghini switchin' gears

I been rappin' at this level for like 15 years

My nigga Pup had been in solitary my whole career

I know my purpose, kill any nigga that wanna interfere

Shoot that nigga, pick up the shell, keep it for a souvenir, yeah

It’s hard to smile when you losin' peers

Paint on that Grand National lookin' like some new veneers

All black tint, they lookin' at it like, «Who in there?»

This L.A., think twice before movin' here

You only got

One life, nigga, one love

Reach them heights and keep goin' up

Hundred miles and runnin', we ain’t slowin' up

15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know it’s us

They know it’s us

Hit them lights and come glow with us

Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up

Had to earn them stripes when we was growin' up

Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love

I’m honestly a better man

An odyssey, a river ends

I gotta speak it from within

A lot of tree, a lot of gems

Yeah, sellin' my own taste to put food on the dinner plate

I used to curb syrup but it was better on that interstate

You could tell what’s on my belt to know I’m heavyweight

My .45 compliment the Louie, I’m forever straight

I was grindin' on the steps just to make a profit

I was tryna get a check, I’m just bein' honest

We was taught to stay solid and remain loyal

My reputation good and my game royal

We was cookin' crack, makin' cocaine boil

Invade your block with my troopers like we came for oil

We gave up our childhood just to go on Slauson

When you see that yellow tape, nigga, you know it’s caution

Nigga, you ain’t been against all odds

Nigga, you ain’t been to Crenshaw High, no, no

Nigga, you ain’t never did drive-bys

Nigga, you ain’t never seen shots fired, nope, quiet

The Cincinnati fitted made me a marked man

By the Parma blocks and 12 sittin' inside that parked van

Pacin' to the store, pocket full of hard tin

Let me get a Old English, yeah, the tall can

It really ain’t no options when you born in Compton

Shoot at your opps and keep them cops out 'til they bring the SWAT in

They told Dre not to sign that nigga, «He a hot head»

The Documentary went Diamond, that’s what brought Dot in

I’m a gangbanger, fuck your top 10

Tell your engineer make space and get your ass boxed in

I never fold

Under pressure I ain’t gon' never break

I never told

I never snitch, I never hesitate to pull my .9

Empty the clip and if I get caught, I’ma do my time

I took the risk, counted my losses, I’ma die for mine

My kids first, my mama second

On my daddy grave, you don’t wanna test it, nigga

One life, nigga, one love

Reach them heights and keep goin' up

Hundred miles and runnin', we ain’t slowin' up

15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know it’s us

They know it’s us

Hit them lights and come glow with us

Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin' up

Had to earn them stripes when we was growin' up

Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love

My job is to, somehow, make them curious enough

Or persuade them, by hook or crooked, to get more aware of themselves and where

they came from

And what they are into and what is already there to bring it out

This is what compels me to compel them

And I will do it by whatever means necessary