How Long Can It Last (featuring Charlie Wilson) - UGK.mp3

[00:02.684]Dear Lord
[00:06.218]I know you don't condone the things I be doin out here in these streets
[00:10.935](Help me, Lord) And I hope that, I pray that You can overlook
[00:16.876](Help me, Lord) the wrong that I had done in my life...
[00:22.032]I don't know no other way to survive out here
[00:24.690](Wrap your arms around me, Lord) I got a whole bunch of people dependin on me...
[00:30.444]Just walk with me...
[00:35.252]Walk with me...
[00:37.135]Busslin and gamblin, hit licks scramblin
[00:40.463]Bricks I'm out here handlin, I'm pimpin and I'm payin the rent
[00:43.734]Didn't choose this dirty game, this dirty game it chose me
[00:46.978]Every city love cocaine, they'll get it from him if they don't get it from me
[00:50.028]So I get cross-country wit that thang, makin that crisp, lettin 'em hang
[00:53.672]Bangin that 'Pac, if I die tonight, least mama know I didn't die in vain
[00:56.710]Cause I put up sum from every sale, so all my chil'ren can live well
[00:59.983]Might go to heaven, might go to hell, but just put me in wood grain lane Deville
[01:03.393]I wonder sometime how life would be, if it was no such thing as D
[01:06.839]But then I put that Sweet down, cause that bullshit don't apply to me
[01:09.998]Cause out here on the real streets, a dreamer always stay sleep
[01:13.257]Cause out here the strong survive, and now they didn't die from thankin weak
[01:16.418]Gotta play for keeps, gotta play it hard, still tryna get right with god
[01:20.076]Still read my bible lone, cause reverend do wrong, still livin fraud
[01:23.008]Tonight if I get down on my knees and ask the lord to forgive me, please
[01:26.602]You think he gon' hear me? Cause tomorrow I'm still gon be slangin keys... (Ohhhh Lorrrrd...)
[01:31.292]Lord, I'm just a G (Lord, I'm just a G)
[01:34.564]Out here livin fast (livin fast)
[01:37.721]How long can it last? (I don't know, I don't know)
[01:40.697]I just can't give it up (But I'm prayin to your love right now)
[01:43.870]I'm riskin all out in the streets (I'll give it all up for your love right now)
[01:47.736]Out here livin fast (livin too fast)
[01:50.853]How long can it last? (How long, how long, how long, will it last, baby?)
[01:55.421]See I was born in the ghetto manye I was raised in the hood
[01:58.685]And unless you lived it yourself, it just can't be understood
[02:01.961]People think hustlin is cool (cool), all hustlin is live
[02:05.313]They don't understand hustlers only hustlin to survive
[02:08.550]They wished they lived in the 'burbs ('burbs), wished they didn't have to hang (hang)
[02:11.879]Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slang
[02:15.325]They wish their daddy was home (home), mama wasn't on drugs (drugs)
[02:18.373]And they didn't have to grow up to be dealers and thugs (thugs)
[02:22.019]Po' children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy (wealthy)
[02:25.285]But it's hard when that environment you live in ain't healthy (healthy)
[02:28.571]You ain't givin no hope (hope), nobody showin you pride (pride)
[02:31.753]And you live with all this anger and frustration inside (side)
[02:35.003]Dog, don't let nobody tell you what you can or you can't do
[02:38.501]Just cause they funky ass couldn't do it - (Why?) They ain't you
[02:41.768]You can be who you wanna be (uh), live life how you feel
[02:44.786]Just put your faith in the lord (yep), now that's keepin it trill, fo' real! (Oh Lord...)
[02:48.445](Oh Lord...)
[02:50.355]Lord, I'm just a G (Just a G)
[02:53.401]Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)
[02:56.502]How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it last?)
[02:59.693]I just can't give it up
[03:02.916]I'm riskin all out in the streets (I risk it all)
[03:06.534]Out here livin fast (livin too fast, livin too fast)
[03:09.676]How long can it last? (How long can it last, how long can it last right now??)
[03:13.741]UHHHHH! I wonder if it's a heaven up there for real G's
[03:18.392]For all the niggas in the game that's been slangin cheese
[03:21.724]For all them boys on them swangers and the fifth wheel
[03:24.902]I'm out here riskin my life, niggas shife but I stay trill
[03:28.224]I pray so much, I wonder if the lord love me
[03:31.482]I thank he do, but I'm so caught up in my thug deep
[03:34.825]The feds bug me, followin me around for three
[03:37.850]N****s couldn't catch me so they hit me wit conspiracy
[03:41.246](Uh) You know that that's the other level of the game
[03:44.544]Ain't got shit on me but some n****s said my name..
[03:48.318]So here they come, they thang tight
[03:51.705]They playin shife, no Bun givin me life
[03:54.452](Uhh!) I ain't goin back, I'mma make 'em kill me
[03:57.630](Uhh!) I'mma bust back, **** the pen, you feel me ?
[04:01.128]Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girl
[04:04.295]I know it's a better place than livin in this dirty world
[04:07.896](Lord...)
[04:09.196]Lord, I'm just a G (Lord I'm just a G)
[04:12.294]Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)
[04:15.413]How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it last?)
[04:18.503]I just can't give it up (How long can it last?)
[04:21.632]I'm riskin all out in the streets (Please forgive me , lord)
[04:25.604]Out here livin fast (I don't mean to disrespect you right now)
[04:28.521]How long can it last? (I'm out here in the streets, tryna make a mil for a better deal)
[04:33.709]Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)
[04:37.386]Some always cryin the blues..
[04:46.753]Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)
[04:50.440]Some always bein misused..
[05:01.739]Lord, I'm just a G
[05:05.127]Out here livin fast (What am I supposed to do, Lord?...)
[05:08.041]How long can it last? (What am I supposed to do)
[05:10.841]I just can't give it up(I'm tryin my best out here,But it's getting kinda hard for me, Lord)
[05:14.295]I'm riskin all out in the streets
[05:18.172]Out here livin fast(What am I supposed to do?)
[05:21.256]How long can it last? (What am I supposed to do?)
[05:23.558]Can you wrap your arms around me, lord?
[05:25.954]Cause I need you, Lord right now..
[05:31.205]I need you, right now
[05:32.901]need ya, I need ya, I need ya
[05:36.371]I need ya, cause I'm goin and livin too fast
[05:39.510]Yeah
[05:41.159]Lord, I'm just a G
[05:44.558]Out here livin fast
[05:47.552]How long can it last?
[05:50.088]I just can't give it up (Lord have mercy)
[05:53.703]I'm riskin all out in the streets (Charlie Wilson, Pimp C, Bun, I need You)
[05:57.544]Out here livin fast
[05:59.738]How long can it last? (Can you help us, lord? Can you help us right?)
[06:02.858]Right now, right now, right now, right now, yeah
[06:18.589]Out here livin too fast, how long can it last?I can't get up, Lord can you help me?
[06:25.477]Lord, can you help me?
[06:26.979]Can you help me? Can you help me right now, yeah