10 Toes - Intellectual

[Verse]

Yeah, my nephew was born, at the same time

A kid was murdered, 11 years old

Life or death, heaven or oh Lord

Every night I say prayers for my road dogs

'Cause my niggas caught up in this life of distraction and trappin'

It never gets old, Lord

Every day it get harder to hold on

But we never let go

'Cause I'm alive

24 hours, and you decide

Lately, my thoughts have been suicide

Killin' the man that I once was

What good is a dime when you want doves?

When you want it all, when you want love

You really never knew what love was

But your brother showed you what a gun was

I was 13

Showed me a TEC with a muzzle

And told me protection just come with the hustle

'Cause niggas don't love you

10 out of 10 they around 'cause they want something from you

My homie almost killed his cousin

'Cause he was caught up in the money he touchin'

And not what he keepin'

So when your family could cut you the deepest

When you at your weakest, the reaper come creepin'

Like fuck what you thinkin', get money, repeat it

But you keepin' secrets

And it's weighin'

Yeah, it's weighin' way more than it's payin'

But bills comin' in, like fuck what you sayin'

Chills comin' in, like "I gotta make it"

So it's 10 toes on the pavement

There ain't no way and I gotta go pave it, on God