[00:05.60]It's a war going on
[00:11.67]It's a war going on
[00:14.86]Yeah, it's a war going on
[00:18.38]God told me this movie will write itself
[00:20.87]Spread love, be wise and let foolery fight itself
[00:23.89]Cause it's a war going on outside on the corner
[00:26.75]It's a war on your TV screen every morning
[00:29.80]Not the war with the bombs and the helicopters swarming
[00:33.02]But the war for your soul, that's what everyone's ignoring
[00:35.77]It's a war going on
[00:38.69]Yeah, it's a war going on
[00:41.85](I was just talking to the homie the other day man)
[00:47.91]I be stressed, I be hella stressed, smoke a bunch of weed
[00:50.62]**** your right or wrong, the shit that I been on is do or die
[00:53.69]Run up on a nigga get 'em froze like
[00:56.76]I go Deebo make my way up from a kilo on that step
[00:59.63]Thug to death, yeah I mean the death, let that pistol talk
[01:02.63]B*****s 'bout to take a pic, trying to get the pose right
[01:05.69]Like, like all theses niggas I've got to shoot one
[01:08.67]**** one pistol I'm c**king two guns
[01:11.61]What's a pops, never had a pop, let that ratchet pop
[01:14.77]I'm too real, gave a fiend a pill for a Magnavox
[01:17.74]**** shoe money, I'm coppin' coupes son
[01:20.68]No y'all niggas not 'bout to do none
[01:23.63]B***h you with this shit or not? We gon' get this loot or starve?
[01:26.60]What the **** you doing? Writin' in a pad, **** you making songs
[01:29.79]**** you mean? Get this ****ing cream, get this ****ing cream
[01:32.67]High for real, pop the pill and drop the Xanny in my lean
[01:35.71]I can scream, cause you just smile like everything is fine
[01:38.52]Hope is fun, when I grab my gun, come take your life or mine
[01:41.51]Suicide, yeah it's suicide, life is suicide
[01:43.81]Hug this block, tote this ****ing Glock, can't let these suckers scheme
[01:47.79]If I do I die, if I don't I die that's suicide
[01:50.07]Got the devil with a gun against my brain like choose a side
[01:53.83]Cause it's a war going on...
[01:58.64]Cause it's a war going on outside on the corner
[02:02.84]It's a war on your TV screen every morning
[02:05.99]Not the war with the bombs and the helicopters swarming
[02:08.70]But the war for your soul, that's what everyone's ignoring
[02:11.63]It's a war going on
[02:14.78]Yeah, it's a war going on
[02:17.93]God told me this movie will write itself
[02:20.85]Spread love, be wise and let foolery fight itself
[02:23.59](Cause it's a... it's a... it's a war going on)
[02:35.72]I love the hood with my whole heart
[02:39.17]It whole heartedly been a part of me in my own thought process
[02:42.70]So I digest through my own art
[02:44.54]That I'm blessed though I digress due to slow starts
[02:48.27]But who else could bring the hood out
[02:51.37]And tell 'em when they let God in, it brings the good out
[02:54.15]Learn a lesson and listen
[02:56.98]My current composition concerns your present condition
[03:00.02]And turn direction envision of givin' blessings and wishin' you well
[03:02.77]Well wishing entails fishing
[03:05.45]Siftin' through hell's kitchen to find good
[03:08.04]Have a God-like mind as the divine should
[03:10.95]Define good within yourself I think the time's good
[03:13.82]And may these lines live forever like a line should
[03:17.96]It's a war going on and your soul fighting
[03:21.23]So frightening within you I see thunder and both lightening
[03:24.43]Boat striking, snow ice and hail
[03:26.42]Your whole life unfold like, cold nights in Hell
[03:29.83]In a mode like, you're feeling low like, like you don't like yourself
[03:32.67]You got no sight, no insight
[03:33.94]No foresight, that's the shit that your foes like
[03:35.54]Shit too real, shit too ****ing real, I'm too real to dream
[03:37.17]Put the 4-4 to his foes like
[03:38.53]****ing 'bout to take a pic, trying to get the pose right
[03:40.19]Red dot, headshot, hit 'em close like
[03:41.02]'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b***h that named you Sue
[03:43.55]**** one pistol I'm c**king two guns
[03:45.13]**** shoe money, I'm coppin' coupes son
[03:46.66]No y'all mother****ers not 'bout to do none
[03:48.23]Guns, that's a way of life, get money not God
[03:49.74]You got guns, we got bigger guns, go get one and I ride
[03:53.73]If I die, they say I went hard, I go super hard
[03:56.74]Are you with this shit or not? We gon' get this loot or starve?
[03:59.85]**** you doing? Writing in a pad, **** you making songs
[04:02.80]What you rappin', boy you know what's happ'nin', that shit take too long
[04:05.79]**** you mean? Get this ****ing cream, get this ****ing cream
[04:08.81]Hug this block, tote this ****ing Glock, can't let these suckers scheme
[04:11.82]Shit too real, shit too ****ing real, I'm too real to dream
[04:14.81]So when it's -- [gunshots] --this cold world won't feel a thing
[04:18.47]Lonely days are gone
[04:21.65]All them nights to come
[04:24.17]Waited to be yours
[04:27.06]So let's make love not war
[04:31.25]So let the choir sing and let 'em know
[04:33.80]So let the choir sing and let 'em know
[04:36.78]So let the choir sing and let 'em know
[04:39.78]Whoa...

It's a war going on
It's a war going on
Yeah, it's a war going on
God told me this movie will write itself
Spread love, be wise and let foolery fight itself
Cause it's a war going on outside on the corner
It's a war on your TV screen every morning
Not the war with the bombs and the helicopters swarming
But the war for your soul, that's what everyone's ignoring
It's a war going on
Yeah, it's a war going on
(I was just talking to the homie the other day man)
I be stressed, I be hella stressed, smoke a bunch of weed
**** your right or wrong, the shit that I been on is do or die
Run up on a nigga get 'em froze like
I go Deebo make my way up from a kilo on that step
Thug to death, yeah I mean the death, let that pistol talk
B*****s 'bout to take a pic, trying to get the pose right
Like, like all theses niggas I've got to shoot one
**** one pistol I'm c**king two guns
What's a pops, never had a pop, let that ratchet pop
I'm too real, gave a fiend a pill for a Magnavox
**** shoe money, I'm coppin' coupes son
No y'all niggas not 'bout to do none
B***h you with this shit or not? We gon' get this loot or starve?
What the **** you doing? Writin' in a pad, **** you making songs
**** you mean? Get this ****ing cream, get this ****ing cream
High for real, pop the pill and drop the Xanny in my lean
I can scream, cause you just smile like everything is fine
Hope is fun, when I grab my gun, come take your life or mine
Suicide, yeah it's suicide, life is suicide
Hug this block, tote this ****ing Glock, can't let these suckers scheme
If I do I die, if I don't I die that's suicide
Got the devil with a gun against my brain like choose a side
Cause it's a war going on...
Cause it's a war going on outside on the corner
It's a war on your TV screen every morning
Not the war with the bombs and the helicopters swarming
But the war for your soul, that's what everyone's ignoring
It's a war going on
Yeah, it's a war going on
God told me this movie will write itself
Spread love, be wise and let foolery fight itself
(Cause it's a... it's a... it's a war going on)
I love the hood with my whole heart
It whole heartedly been a part of me in my own thought process
So I digest through my own art
That I'm blessed though I digress due to slow starts
But who else could bring the hood out
And tell 'em when they let God in, it brings the good out
Learn a lesson and listen
My current composition concerns your present condition
And turn direction envision of givin' blessings and wishin' you well
Well wishing entails fishing
Siftin' through hell's kitchen to find good
Have a God-like mind as the divine should
Define good within yourself I think the time's good
And may these lines live forever like a line should
It's a war going on and your soul fighting
So frightening within you I see thunder and both lightening
Boat striking, snow ice and hail
Your whole life unfold like, cold nights in Hell
In a mode like, you're feeling low like, like you don't like yourself
You got no sight, no insight
No foresight, that's the shit that your foes like
Shit too real, shit too ****ing real, I'm too real to dream
Put the 4-4 to his foes like
****ing 'bout to take a pic, trying to get the pose right
Red dot, headshot, hit 'em close like
'Cause I'm the son-of-a-b***h that named you Sue
**** one pistol I'm c**king two guns
**** shoe money, I'm coppin' coupes son
No y'all mother****ers not 'bout to do none
Guns, that's a way of life, get money not God
You got guns, we got bigger guns, go get one and I ride
If I die, they say I went hard, I go super hard
Are you with this shit or not? We gon' get this loot or starve?
**** you doing? Writing in a pad, **** you making songs
What you rappin', boy you know what's happ'nin', that shit take too long
**** you mean? Get this ****ing cream, get this ****ing cream
Hug this block, tote this ****ing Glock, can't let these suckers scheme
Shit too real, shit too ****ing real, I'm too real to dream
So when it's -- --this cold world won't feel a thing
Lonely days are gone
All them nights to come
Waited to be yours
So let's make love not war
So let the choir sing and let 'em know
So let the choir sing and let 'em know
So let the choir sing and let 'em know
Whoa...