Ahmad You Gotta Be Lyrics

You Gotta Be Lyrics

[ verse 1 ]

 Everybody in the ghetto tell me...

 Is it a lie that i must be a ruffneck

 And wear a frown just to be down?

 I kinda don't agree with bein (tough)

 But you gotta be (rough)

 It's either you claimin your hood, or you're not a gee

 Forget about respect, i refuse to be the next guy

 Fitted for a casket, either with it, or get blasted

 I choose to gangbang, they give me a chrome-plated trigger

 Say, "if you got any heart, go rob that mini-mart, nigga"

 Now look what i done did, damn, i had to be the big man

 They're lookin at me shifty, better shut up 'fore i get slammed

 Man, i'm not a thief, good grief, and i don't wanna act hard

 But then they said if i didn't do it, they was gonna gat, far

 As i could see (i was gonna be)

 The next new member of the crew, cause it's 8 of them and 1 of me

 I don't wanna do it, but i will

 Cause i still want folks to think that i'm hard and tough

 Cause you gotta be (rough)

 Cause you gotta be (tough)

 Cause you gotta be (rough)

 (i used to be a stick-up kid)

 

 [ verse 2 ]

 Well, it's the niggeroe, again, right back in where i left off

 Still tryin to make a decision, i might go to prison if i don't step off

 But if i don't rob this store, then i'm not sure

 If i'm gonna be considered as a gee

 And you gotta be (rough)

 Cuffs are temporary, homies are for life

 So i grab the deuce-deuce and go inside

 I decide to prove in the mini-mart, "don't nobody move

 Start fillin up the paper sack with loot, or i might shoot"

 But things didn't go as planned, cause this man had his own gun

 We're standin toe to toe, eye to eye, so i figured why not

 Pull the trigger? put this nigga on the ground

 It'll show that i had poise, then my boy'll know i'm down

 But i didn't do it quick enough, or he thought of it first

 Cause he blasted to the chest, and now i'm restin yellin,
"nurse!"

 And holdin on to life, or at least tryin to hold on

 In a jailward wearin cuffs

 Cause i had to be (rough)

 Cause you gotta be (tough)

 Cause you gotta be (rough)

 (i used to be a stick-up kid)

 

 And everybody, everybody gotta be rough, y'all

 (i used to be a stick-up kid)

 And everybody, everybody gotta be tough, y'all

 (i used to be a stick-up kid)

 

 [ verse 3 ]

 Well, that's the end of my tale, but before we know

 Fools'll just forget what i said, and the story go

 On and on, until you're up to no good

 And back throwin up your hood

 And still doin what you shouldn't

 Niggeroes, come together, cause divided we fall

 So stall that gang shit, stand up

 Quit standin in handcuffs

 Really hard's when you got loot

 And you ain't gotta shoot

 Damn man, enough is enough

 So why you gotta be (rough)

 Cause you gotta be (tough)

 Cause you gotta be (rough)

 (i used to be a stick-up kid)