I Wanna Stay Outside

Through the eyes of a homeboy dirt broke and starvin'
Fresh on parole and the system keeps carvin'
A chip on his shoulduh streets getting colduh
Down for the hood just another lonely soldier
Caught up in the mix with the drugs and the conflicts
Bangin' ghetto tricks makin' money with the convicts
No future in his front and his hope's in the far back
Robbin' mothafuckas bout to go and pull a car jack
To go and get a gee ride scoop up the homeboys
Shotguns and rifles pistol grips and chrome toys
Shoot um up bang bang that be his past time
Hobbies drink and gangbang might be his last time
Before he hits the walls again to do a long stretch
Smile now cry later on the tiempo he might catch
Even though the last time is when he said that he was through
With the pinta and the hood life that put um in the "S.H.U."

I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy
I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy

Out once again from those walls don't wanna go back
Breathin' free air on the calle and he knows that
It might not last cuz it's hard to go the right way
Reaching for the past with homies and you might say
He's just reminscin' how they nevuh did listen
In and out reform schools and juvenile detention
Banging colors on the scene a skinny ass youngsta
Taggin' up the thirteen and crossin' out the other number
Deep in his heart he was destined for the lock up
Getting drunk as fuck and pulling cuetes spray the block up
From the county to the pinta and sometimes he's feeling trapped
But accepts that it's his vida writing verses on a rap
Bout how it all started drinkin' forties at the projects
Twelve years old and just another gang prospect
Never thinking twice about a consequence or reason
Now it's just his celly and the little box he sleeps in

I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy
I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy

To hell with the P-O to hell with the judge
And fuck the D-A cuz you know there ain't no love
The path that I took and the way I chose to live
Is the same most of my homies went and took when we were kids
But what can I do but keep on rolling with the punches
Steady smashing through and always knowing that once this
Life comes to an end I tried my best to do a good thing
And not an early death with all the drama that the hood brings
Wish I could go back to when those times were brand new
But now they've gotten old skipping records playing "You"
I hold on to all these memories and always remembering
Sometimes I had everything at times didn't have anything
It just ain't the same teardrops in the rain
It might mask my sorrow but it can't mask my pain
"I'm never going back" be the words of a past thought
Tiempo is a fact pushing foward to the last stop

I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy
I wanna stay outside I wanna stay outside
No more chains
Cuz life's so crazy I said this life's so crazy