How Long Can It Last (featuring Charlie Wilson)

Dear Lord
I know you dont condone the things I be doin out here in these streets
(Help me, Lord) And I hope that, I pray that You can overlook
(Help me, Lord) the wrong that I had done in my life...
I dont know no other way to survive out here
(Wrap your arms around me, Lord) I got a whole bunch of people dependin on me...
Just walk with me...
Walk with me...
Busslin and gamblin, hit licks scramblin
Bricks Im out here handlin, Im pimpin and Im payin the rent
Didnt choose this dirty game, this dirty game it chose me
Every city love cocaine, theyll get it from him if they dont get it from me
So I get cross-country wit that thang, makin that crisp, lettin em hang
Bangin that Pac, if I die tonight, least mama know I didnt die in vain
Cause I put up sum from every sale, so all my chilren can live well
Might go to heaven, might go to hell , but just put me in wood grain lane Deville
I wonder sometime how life would be, if it was no such thing as D
But then I put that Sweet down, cause that bullshit dont apply to me
Cause out here on the real streets, a dreamer always stay sleep
Cause out here the strong survive, and now they didnt die from thankin weak
Gotta play for keeps, gotta play it hard, still tryna get right with god
Still read my bible lone, cause reverend do wrong, still livin fraud
Tonight if I get down on my knees and ask the lord to forgive me, please
You think he gon hear me? Cause tomorrow Im still gon beslangin keys... (Ohhhh Lorrrrd...)
Lord, Im just a G (Lord, Im just a G)
Out here livin fast (livin fast)
How long can it last? ( I dont know, I dont know)
I just cant give it up (But Im prayin to your love right now)
Im riskin all out in the streets (Ill give it all up for your love right now)
Out here livin fast (livin too fast)
How long can it last? (How long, how long, how long, will it last, baby?)
See I was born in the ghetto manye I was raised in the hood
And unless you lived it yourself, it just cant be understood
People think hustlin is cool (cool), all hustlin is live
They dont understand hustlers only hustlin to survive
They wished they lived in the burbs (burbs), wished they didnt have to hang (hang)
Out on corners in low-income house in projects and slang
They wish their daddy was home (home), mama wasnt on drugs (drugs)
And they didnt have to grow up to be dealers and thugs (thugs)
Po children got aspirations and dreams just like the wealthy (wealthy)
But its hard when that environment you live in aint healthy (healthy)
You aint givin no hope (hope), nobody showin you pride (pride)
And you live with all this anger and frustration inside (side)
Dog, dont let nobody tell you what you can or you cant do
Just cause they funky ass couldnt do it - (Why?) They aint you
You can be who you wanna be (uh), live life how you feel
Just put your faith in the lord (yep),now thats keepin it trill, fo real! (Oh Lord...)
(Oh Lord...)
Lord, Im just a G (Just a G)
Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last? How long can it last?)
I just cant give it up
Im riskin all out in the streets (I risk it all )
Out here livin fast (livin too fast, livin too fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last, how long can it last right now??)
UHHHHH! I wonder if its a heaven up there for real Gs
For all the niggas in the game thats been slangin cheese
For all them boys on them swangers and the fifth wheel
Im out here riskin my life, niggas shife but I stay trill
I pray so much, I wonder if the lord love me
I thank he do, but Im so caught up in my thug deep
The feds bug me, followin me around for three
N****s couldnt catch me so they hit me wit conspiracy
(Uh) You know that thats the other level of the game
Aint got s**t on me but some n**** s said my name..
So here they come, they thang tight
They playin shife, no Bun givin me life
(Uhh!) I aint goin back, Imma make em kill me
( Uhh!) Imma bust back, **** the pen, you feel me ?
Wish I can hug my momma and kiss my baby girl
I know its a better place than livin in this dirty world
(Lord...)
Lord, Im just a G (Lord Im just a G)
Out here livin fast (Out here livin fast)
How long can it last? (How long can it last ? How long can it last?)
I just cant give it up (How long can it last?)
Im riskin all out in the streets (Please forgive me , lord)
Out here livin fast (I dont mean to disrespect you right now)
How long can it last? (Im out here in the streets, tryna make a mil for a better deal)
Some people win (win), some people lose (lose)
Some always cryin the blues..
Some people win ( win), some people lose (lose)
Some always bein misused..
Lord, Im just a G
Out here livin fast (What am I supposed to do, Lord?...)
How long can it last? (What am I supposed to do)
I just cant give it up(Im tryin my best out here,But its getting kinda hard for me, Lord)
Im riskin all out in the streets
Out here livin fast(What am I supposed to do?)
How long can it last? (What am I supposed to do?)
Can you wrap your arms around me, lord?
Cause I need you, Lord right now..
I need you, right now
need ya, I need ya, I need ya
I need ya, cause Im goin and livin too fast
Yeah
Lord, Im just a G
Out here livin fast
How long can it last?
I just cant give it up (Lord have mercy)
Im riskin all out in the streets (Charlie Wilson, Pimp C, Bun, I need You)
Out here livin fast
How long can it last? (Can you help us, lord? Can you help us right?)
Right now , right now, right now, right now, yeah
Out here livin too fast, how long can it last?I cant get up, Lord can you help me?
Lord, can you help me?
Can you help me? Can you help me right now, yeah