Streets Songtext
von Jeru the Damaja

When we first met, she was so addictive
I sit and reminisce ′bout all the times we kicked it
I remember when she gave me my first kiss
The older brothers want me, shorty's dangerous

She′ll get you caught up in the game if you let her

I thought they was just jealous 'cause she liked me much better
We had good times, she was so fine
I fell in love, I thought she was all mine

She had me smoking cigarettes and drinking brew
Introduced me to all the shady niggas she knew
I heard rumors how she got niggas locked up and shot
But they ain't got what we got
She′s my girl, people I knew told me she′s a player
My uncle tried to put me on, he said he used to date her
She's a freak, him and his homeboys used to gangbang her
But she convinced the kid that he′s just another hater

He don't know what we got going on
A love like ours is too strong


Looking at my life as it seems
Looking at my life as it appears, reality
Is such a fear, now keep your vision, stay clear
Hold your head up, you know how it goes
In these streets
So much it′s done to me
In these streets

I thought I knew her well, but I had much to learn
It wouldn't be too long before she got me burned

It started off small, smoking weed, dipping school
She was the love of my life, I was one of her fools
We was tight for a minute, then the mid-80s came
She put me up on armed robbery and the dope game
She said, "Boo, I′ll always be loyal to you"
But now I'm shooting at niggas that say they fuck with her too
She told me violence was the way that most problems get solved

Now we always at odds, and po-po gets involved
Now I'm locked up in a concrete rectangle
How did I get caught up in this love triangle?
She claim that she still love me and will rock to the end
But on the low, she fucking around with my best friend

If I keep going at this rate, I′ll lose my mind
I guess my love is deaf, dumb, and blind

She′s all mine


Looking at my life as it seems
Looking at my life as it appears, reality
Is such a fear, now keep your vision, stay clear
Hold your head up, you know how it goes
In these streets, ooh yeah
So much it's shown to me
You gotta keep the faith, you gotta walk your place
I said it′s time to face these streets
So glad, so glad I've grown to see, yeah
Well, in these streets

Now we′ve been down for years, damn near two dozen
I don't think of her the same way, so now she want my little cousin

I′m trying to school the youth, and I'm really hoping

He hearing what I'm saying ′fore she get his nose open

Because before you know it, shorty have you sucked in
With her ageless beauty, this queen of seduction

She told him she could get him ice, a truck with rims
Best believe she′ll fuck him and his
Friends, they'll end up in the pen
Most of my boys that dealt with her got no less than ten
When my uncle was talking, I wish I was listening
But you know how it goes, had to learn the hard way
I got lucky, my man got 35 years and a day
Others, six feet under the earth they lay
I guess that′s the game, if you play, you pay

So mothers cry and grandmothers pray
Take my advice and stay the fuck out her way
She's no good

Looking at my life as it seems
Looking at my life as it appears, reality
Is such a fear, now keep your vision, stay clear
Hold your head up, you know how it goes

In these streets, ooh yeah
So much it′s shown to me
You gotta keep the faith, you gotta walk your place
I said it's time to face these streets
So glad, so glad I′ve grown to see, yeah
Well, in these streets

Yeah, said in these streets
So glad, so glad I've grown to see, yeah

Well, said, said, oh, look what it's done to me
Well, said, ooh yeah, well, yeah, well
Hey, so glad, so glad I′ve grown to, to see
Yeah, baby, yeah, oh yeah
So glad, so glad, now that, now that I′ve grown to see, yeah
Oh yeah, baby, well, well, well, hey
Said, said, yeah, yeah, well