See I'm living in a time, been a one of a kind
closing my eyes and I open my mind
start spiting these rhymes

then i'm sitting with dimes
looking for a rewind but in the meantime
i'm just a ^!$$% on his own

ever since i've grown
said bye to some ^!$$%s in the pen, others are gone
marginalized, nobody understand me looking in my mama eyes

you deserve much more than these problem I -
promise we gon' make it past a 9 to 5
I know you lost ya job

sacrificed so much of your life just to make mine
so i gotta be a made man
you came to this land

never thought it would get like this
block on fire ain't safe for kids
gun shots spit, prostitution rinks

crackheads come through, just to take a hit
& product move but nobody really making %#@!
hood rats hawking

stalking, ^!$$%s who got ends
but don't expect much
cause' when the feds touch

somebody gon' get crushed
when our minds race we needa head rush
some green, some purple, & some next stuff

we pray that the world don't forget us
cause' nobody cares about a nobody
got the hood so bloody, & ^!$$%s so gully

where the government at? like woah buddy!
ain't nobody wanna be here
& at bottom of the bunch ain't many that see clear

i know the world did you bad but take a seat dear
you gotta persevere
& looking at these times here, get ready strap down for a hell of a year!


-Chorus
These times I'm living in, they got me spinning in sin

These times I'm living in, they got me thinking again
What they got us in?
These times I'm living in, these times I'm living in

These times I'm living in ..

Dear pops, I know you break ya back

just to put a meal on da table so thanks a lot
on the real i'm tryna get a job
make you proud, help you out

i'm in school right now
& i apologize i used to hang around a foolish crowd
robbing ^!$$%s, selling pounds

had dreams taking over the town
thank God that I $#&@ed up!
if I didn't I woulda been $#&@ed up!

some ^!$$%s got cuffed, that's tough luck
got nuff love for my hustlas!
we from the gutters,

y'all eva wonder?
how it feels to make real numbers
i'm like that ^!$$% that seen greener grass

stepped back
fake world so see through
this is where the wrong path leads you

negros see no heroes,
seen as zeroes,
in a cold world we froze

lost in my street woes
living foul no free-throws
but got a free mind

committing peace crimes
my ^!$$%, welcome to these times!



-Chorus
These times I'm living in, they got me spinning in sin

These times I'm living in, they got me thinking again
What they got us in?
These Times I'm living in, these times I'm living in
These times I'm living in ..


(Speech)
Eyo, on the real, I got way too much to say for a third verse
I ain't a ^!$$% telling any man or any woman how to live his or her life
but we got too many talking and not enough doing
we complain, when only we can change

these are our times, and we make what it is yo
not just the hood y'all, every we needa open our eyes
and decide, what we gon' do with these times ..
we write history, it's our story



-Chorus
These times I'm living in, they got me spinning in sin
These times I'm living in, they got me thinking again
What they got us in?

These Times I'm living in, these times I'm living in
These times I'm living in ..