[Intro]

God gives the toughest battles to the strongest of his people

Just make sure you good with karma when it meets you

It's evil, it'll haunt you, it'll eat you

It'll take away your peace of mind and blind you and deceive you

Never let 'em get to your soul

Cause we all got a place in this world

We just might not know where to go

See, I'm here for a reason

And I'm right where I'm supposed to be

And all I know is that God is watching over me

[Verse 1]

Look, this life's a blessing for real

Jesus on my necklace, man the pressure is real

Ambulance and gunshots, ghetto bird on my block

Can't even trust the cops, they don't protect, they just kill

So pops told me, pack a weapon, for real

Cause the world is cold and they'll never respect how you feel

I know exactly what he meant when he said jealously kills

As I try to take a breath, but I feel like I'm choking on my own blood

Sick of these streets cause they show us no love

I'd have seen cats bag up drugs and slang to their own son

This shit ain't no fun

They're carrying heaters cause they got cold blood

They'll never see me weak and I won't run

Got to watch my back every motherfucking day

At the same time, never look back and look for a way to make it out these streets

Yeah, some people never make it out these streets

[Verse 2]

And they shooting at me, felt like a nightmare

Never understood why these cowards just couldn't fight fair

Always need a weapon, but this life is such a blessing

They pull the trigger, my guardian angel was sitting right there

You don't believe in God? Explain this

They killed my ass twice and I still lived and all it did was make me famous

And appreciate life in ways I couldn't explain

Bullet in my head a few inches away from my brain

Homie, I'm blessed to be alive and still breathing

But what's it going to take to show these people that I'm here for a reason?

I said I'm blessed to be alive and still breathing

But what's it going to take to show these people that I'm here for a reason?

[Verse 3]

One o'clock in the morning, heading back home

Driving down the freeway, just me and my girl

Talking 'bout our future, talking 'bout life

Talking 'bout these places that we trying to be in this world

As I look to my left, I seen a car approaching from a distance

And all I heard was, pop-pop-pop, What?

I'm tripping? Could this be a hit-man? They letting shots off

Went ninety off the freeway and dipped as soon as it popped off

Bullets burning in the back of my neck

Blood leaking down my back

Windows shattered as I'm gasping for breath

Bullets scorching as it ran through my flesh

Heart pumping, blood rushing

Felt the adrenaline pass through my chest

Thinking if I die tonight, they'll probably laugh at my death

But God has my back and that's why I'm blessed

I asked my girl if she was hit, but she was panicking

I checked her body, she was fine

But she seen I got shot and called the ambulance

[Verse 4]

Yeah, in the back of the ambulance

I just thought, "Are they following me?"

Did someone set me up? Is somebody plotting on me?

They trying to kill me, they really tried to kill me again

Don't wanna die without saying, "Bye" to my mama, my friends

Only twenty years old living in this world, so cold

Hoping my family don't have to see me go

I'm in the hospital fighting to survive

Fighting to stay alive

Doctors keep telling me not to close my eyes

They saying, "Stay with me. Deep breaths. Just breathe."

In and out, out and in, veins filled with IVs

I closed my eyes, thought of the skies and the trees

Asked God to bless me just one more time

Almost dropped to my knees

Now I'm back up on my feet, I should've died that night

Three shots from a .45 went through my ride that night

Hit me two inches from my spine, I could've been paralyzed

Guess you can say that destiny was by my side that night

I should've died that night

Three shots from a .45 went through my ride that night

Hit me two inches from my spine, I could've been paralyzed

Guess you can say that Destiny was by my side that night

[Verse 5]

Cause everybody wanna ride or die chick

But she the true meaning of ride or die when them bullets went right through my whip

Cause she was by my side the night I got hit

And still riding with me till the day I die

See, that's a wife, not a bitch

Just wanna see her happy, I'd give my life for that shit

I'd take a .45, a 9, even a knife for that shit

I know I wasn't perfect, we had our fights

But I'mma make things right cause we only got one life and that's it

But never let these cats take your peace of mind or your smile from you

No matter how hard they try, no matter what they try to do

I'll always be right there to the side of you

We got the choice to be happy or not

The only one that can decide is you

But sometimes I'm mad at myself

Sometimes I ask these people questions I can answer myself

Sometimes I wish I could show these cats how I felt

But I know karma's a motherfucking bitch and its gon' handle itself

Three people in my car that night

Me, Destiny, and God

Like, why the Lord keep letting me survive?

I'm so blessed that I'm alive

But truth is they could've put that bullet through my head

But dawg, legends never die

I said legends never die, I just want to be remembered

They can kill me, but that'll only mean I'll live forever

I said legends never die, I just want to be remembered

They can kill me, but that'll only mean I'll live forever

Motherfucker