Urban Discipline

Growing up

I've seen a lot of **** in my time

I've seen hunger, hunger, pleasure, pain, violence and crime

I have learned from the mistakes of my friends that have died

And from those who have gone down in life just never tried

Life is just too short

I realize that now

I'm gonna get my **** together and try to make it somehow'

Cause one thing that

I have learned is that you only live once

So now I'll take life by the balls and squeeze until they crunch

Knowledge of the streets, a valuable tool

Type of education you can't get in school

Many hard times, losing friends, getting burned

Nobody to teach me,

I just learned

A man like clay molded by his surroundings

He starts taking shape from the beating and the pounding

Assembly line that

I've been through

A hard ************ with a bad attitude

Maybe it's just the times we live in

Maybe it's just urban discipline, urban discipline

Urban discipline of another world

There ain't no ******* proof, ooh

The ways of urban life are not as they seem

Standing up and fighting is what living here means

In order to survive you've got to earn your respect

The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret

Things that you regret

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Knowledge of the streets, a valuable tool

Type of education you can't get in school

Many hard times, losing friends, getting burned

Nobody to teach me,

I just learned

A man like clay molded by his surroundings

He starts taking shape from the beating and the pounding

Assembly line that

I've been through

A hard ************ with a bad attitude

Maybe it's just the times we live in

Maybe it's just urban discipline, urban discipline

Brooklyn,

Bronx, Manhattan,

Staten Island and

QueensStanding up and fighting is what living here means

In order to survive you've got to earn your respect

The only lessons that you learn are from things that you regret

RegretUrban discipline