Monsters In My Head [Produced by Boi-1da]-The Game

[00:22.98]I'm sitting here watching my daughter being born [00:24.80]Feel like I should thank God that nothing went wrong [00:27.98]Back in my days I was headed straight for the graveyard [00:30.73]Running from school cause enemies never stay far [00:33.91]Wear my colors watching colors chasing after my older brothers [00:37.29]Cause they was always into shit, good thing we had different mothers [00:40.17]Playing football in the streets with the homies [00:42.36]And local drug dealers kicking back making money cause the crack fiend [00:46.67]Was always there so I start selling that cane cause nobody never cared [00:50.98]Mama at the post office working that late night shift [00:53.30]Taking care of my sisters cause my daddy wasn't shit [00:56.73]Sweating over the stove and on a school clothes [00:59.67]Open the refrigerator like where did the food go? [01:02.23]Trying to do whatever I can to be a man, hope you understand [01:05.92]Even when shit goes wrong it's part of God's plan, Amen [01:08.16]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep [01:14.85]Wake me up before I'm dead [01:17.79]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah [01:22.60]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head [01:28.37]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed [01:30.50] [01:31.36]Laying here staring at this Doggystyle poster on my wall [01:34.36]Banging Snoop Dogg spinning this basketball, what the **** is going on? [01:38.61]In a shit head, all of my homies gone to jail, or they end up dead [01:42.92]Got my first tattoo tear when I was 19, chasing a pipe dreams [01:46.80]Chrenshaw boulevard chilling, that was the night scene [01:49.92]And like the movies, niggas act a fool [01:51.67]When you pushing a beemer, who gives a **** about a School? [01:54.61]Mom's seta curfew, but I was breaking all the rules [01:57.48]Kicked a b***h out the house so I started forming my crew [02:00.36]Getting a little bigger on my own, in the 12 grade crips scheming on me [02:04.67]Cause they know my trap self made, trying to get by or getting high [02:07.67]That's how I survived, be a leader not a follower, that's how them cowards die [02:13.12]Pay 'em no mind but keep my chrome to the end of time [02:15.49]Feeling like no nigga can see me I think they're going blind [02:17.81]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep [02:24.37]Wake me up before I'm dead [02:27.25]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah [02:31.81]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head [02:37.37]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed [02:41.68]Seemed like just yesterday a nigga was only 21 [02:43.63]Showing the little homies how to use a ****ing gun [02:46.75]Now look what I become, nigga was on the run [02:49.63]From the coptom slums, they right, like father like son [02:52.62]But I'm missing them days when I couldn't roll up a blunt [02:55.31]Bust the windows out of cars just to only drive it once [02:58.18]Yeah them was the days but now a nigga getting paid [03:01.13]Pouring down rose for my niggas in the grave [03:04.12]My b***h Big Will and my homie P D [03:07.25]Feel like yesterday we was just running in the streets [03:09.88]And I swear to God funny how the time fly [03:12.44]And the only thing certain is that we all die [03:15.44]So let your soul fly [03:16.88]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep [03:22.21]Wake me up before I'm dead [03:24.95]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah [03:29.14]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head [03:33.95]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed