Some How Some Way Songtext
von Jay‐Z feat. Beanie Sigel & Scarface

Please believe that some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out this life, c′mon
Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some way we gotta make it up out this life

Whether we dribble out this mother-
Rap metaphors and riddle out this mother-
Work second floors, hospital out this mother-
Some how we gotta get up out this mother-
Some day the cops'll kill a mother-
I don′t always want to be this - mother-, damn
Wish I could take us all on this magic carpet ride through the sky
I used to play the hall up fifth floor me
And my boys we all poor getting - high


I seen the worst of the worst
I deserve every blessing I receive, I'm from the dirt
I planted my seed on unfertile land
Myrtle Park, Marcy, Flushing and Nostrand and still I grew
Some how I knew the sun will shine through
And touch my soul take hold of my hand
Look man, a tree grows in Brooklyn

Some how, some way
I gotta make it up out the hood someday
Some how, some way
I gotta make it up out this life, c'mon
Some way I gotta make it up out this hood someday

To old Nell, Sigel street, I ain′t forget you
20 - on the block trying to chase that buck
Nosey neighbors and the haters keep their face on stuck (uh-huh)
Cops roll up on the pavement, break the dice games up
Behind smoke, kids can′t chase the ice cream truck
Girls fighting over Rollie, young boys hype things up
- Fighting over -, young boys light things up
All the petty ass wars, - the night scene up
Remember Lil' Eddie, man, how he light mean up


Then they wonder why we light -
Back to back steamer, trying to relax, but I can′t
I lean up, ain't the L or the refer that steam up, I steam up
It′s my head stress to the point I get a fever
Thinking 'bout the block and all the mothers and kids
That can′t leave and how the - gotta feed 'em
For the rest of their life - wings fried vegetable rice
Gotta be kidding, no breakfast Cap'n Crunch at night

How the kids eating lunch at night
In their beds all bunched in tight
No less than three or four, you know how it go
Two by the foot, two by the headboard
Man, I′m getting scared for them (yeah, I know)
That′s how I feel for them
We gotta grip the shorties on the block
All they do is smoke - and drink forties cop their -
Enough to get the latest Roc, newest -, and old Jordies

Some how, some way
We gon' make it up out the hood one day
Some how some way
We gon′ make it up out this life, yeah
Some how some way
We gon' make it up out the hood one day
Some way we gon′ make it up out this life

Right here's another lil′ story 'bout this click, I claimed
Another chapter based on how I get that game (uh)
Just hang 'round my neighborhood and bang my street
Sit and watch the passerbys play my sweep
South-side sunny side, blocks I run
South Vegas, South Paul - all got -
Over here we got this code Charlie, get that there
We know tomorrow ain′t promise, so we get that now

- Sitting in the living room, guarding the steps
Working inside a slump, house starving to death
Serving these - jippers
Agents snapping your picture, neighbors plotting to get ya
Situations a critic, I was out here to get it
Living it like a savage ′cause - I gotta have it
And holding back all the mother, - I'm in it for the haul dawg
Erase enough to walk it down and - it all y′all

The Lord be a-willing and the creek don't rise
I′ma be a - and these streets gon' rise
(Some how, some way, some how, some way)
I′ma be a - and these streets gon' rise
(Some how, some way)

Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out this life, c'mon
Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some way we gotta make it up out this life

We rise
C′mon now