Released on September 1, 1998

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[Intro: Spliff Starr & Baby Sham]

Hey Yo! Yo Sham! Yo SHAM!!!

Yo,yo,yo!

Come here nigga, what's up, man?

Whats the deal, son?

How you doing man?

Chilling man

What you fucking with that cat over there for?

Those are my niggas, son

Nah, don't fuck around with that nigga, yo

What you saying, god?

I know that nigga

What? I gotta hold it down for my homes, son

Lemme talk to ya for a second,man, come here man, come here

[Verse 1: Spliff Starr & Baby Sham]

I been through bullshit, forced to pull shit at the enemy

If I did it homes, it was the end of me

Back in the days, I'ma say like around your age

What makes you figure that? Yo, I used to move the same way

Carrying guns, selling nickle chums to bums

Run away from home, running through the streets with a chrome

Nigga, fuck that, you see I'm living on my own

My life is based on same place in the same zone

Thugs call me the Don but never feel my calm

At the same time you know it's hard for me to stay on

Yeah I'm feeling ya but at I gotta keep it real with ya

Only when you got dough, niggas wanna be with ya

They feel you out, find out about your whereabouts

Best friends turn enemies, plotting to take you out

But it's all good because they show me love in the hood

I got this shit locked, don't worry 'bout it, let me call shots


[Chorus: Baby Sham]

Aiyo, I walk by myself, I die by myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I do for myself, make moves for myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I walk by myself, I die by myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I do for myself, make moves for myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

[Verse 2: Spliff Starr & Baby Sham]

You see them cats that you run with, they always in some dumb shit

I'm telling you right now, them cats shouldn't fuck with

Now who the fuck is you to tell me what to do?

Tryna start some real shit, tryna make me flip on my crew

Go ahead and play hard-ass, live your life fast

Tryna warn you, seems like the street got you gassed

I got a problem right now and I can't maintain

I got some big time cat tryna split my fame

Yo, you see me in the street and wanna scream my name

With some caked up voice, yo I made my choice

Tim and his boys foul plans was to leave me moist

So I stood up, praying to God that this ain't my last luck

Yo they got me touched, call the blue cross, cops ran up

"FREEZE!!!" Said, "Please don't move too much"

I think my man sat me up on the fact shining too much

Left you wet up, same motherfuckers used to friend up

Got you hospitalized, look how you end up

Hooked up to a respirator, body all bent up

Your moms called me at my home crying on the phone

Why the fuck you didn't listen? Wouldn't be in this position

You still breathing, a chance to change the way you living

No more claiming the streets, I got a daughter to raise

If I would've listened to you, I would have never got blazed

Now I'm fucked up, laying in this bed cramped up

Needles in my arm, thinking how these cats play tough

Real thoughts in my head, oh how I showed 'em love

Fuck it, from now on gotta keep my shit real calm

Plans to move up outta there and grab my fam, we be gone


[Chorus: Baby Sham]

Aiyo, I walk by myself, I die by myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I do for myself, make moves for myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I walk by myself, I die by myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

I do for myself, make moves for myself

'Cause ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self

[Outro: Spliff Starr & Baby Sham]

Yo, Sham? Yo

Wake up nigga, how you doing man?

Fucked up right now

Son, didn't you see, I saw you earlier in the day

Kicked it to ya man

The streets ain't no motherfucking joke, nigga

Yo son, see what they did to my fuckin leg, son?

I'm tired of that bullshit, I'm sorry

Can't even lift my shit no more

Got holes up in this shit, you holy now?

You believe in the lord now, don't ya, motherfucker? Yeah

When you get outta this bitch you better know how to walk the path motherfucker

You grabbin me to get up outta here?

There's lot of things in this world that you can do

You're too young for this bullshit, you hear me?

I know definitely

When you get better nigga, you come out, make your mama proud

Make yourself proud, you keep ya head up, nigga

Definitely

You understand?

I understand

What the fuck, nigga

At the end of the day you's a man, act like one

Definitely