Jay-Z Somehow Someway lyrics

Please believe that some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some how, some way, we gotta make it up out this life
C'mon, some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some way we gotta make it up out this life

Whether we dribble out this motherfucker
Rap metaphors an' riddle out this motherfucker
Work second floors, hospital out this muh'fucker
Some how we gotta get up out this motherfucker

Some day the cops will kill a muh'fucker
I don't always want to be this drug dealin' motherfucker
Damn, wish I could take us all on this magic carpet ride
Through the sky

I used to play the hall, up fifth floor
Me an' my boys, we all poor, gettin' high
I seen the worst of the worst
I deserve every blessing I received, I'm from the dirt

I planted my seed on unfertile land
Myrtle Park, Marcy, Flushing an' Nostrand
An' still, I grew, some how I knew the sun'll shine through
An' touch my soul, take hold of my hand
Look, man, a tree grows in Brooklyn

Some how, some way
I gotta make it up out the hood someday
Some how, some way, I gotta make it up out this life
C'mon, some way, I gotta make it up out the hood someday

To old Nell, Sigel street, I ain't forget you
Twenty niggas on the block tryin' to chase that buck
Nosy neighbors an' the haters keep their face on stuck
Cops roll up on the pavement, break the dice games up
Behind smoke, kids can't chase the ice cream truck

Girls fightin' over Rollie, young boys hype things up
Niggas fightin' over cold, the young boys light things up
All the petty ass wars fuck the night scene up
Remember Lil' Eddie [Incomprehensible] now how he light mean up

Then they wonder why we light green up
Back to back steam up, tryin' to relax but I can't, I lean up
Ain't the L or the reefer that steam up
That steam up, it's my head an' the stress to the point I get a fever

Thinkin' 'bout the block
An' all the mothers an' the kids that can't leave
An' how the chinks gotta feed 'em for the rest of their life
Fuckin' wings, fried vegetable rice

Gotta be kiddin'
No breakfast, Cap'n Crunch at night

Our kids eatin' lunch at night
In their beds, all bunched in tight

No less than three or four, know how it go
Two by the foot, two by the headboard
Man, I'm gettin' scared for them, yeah, I know
That's how I feel for them

We gotta grip the shorties on the block
All they do is smoke weed an' drink forties
Cop their lil' quarties
Enough to get the latest ROC, newest glock, old Jordies

Some how, some way
We gon' make it up out this hood someday
Some how, some way, we gon' make it up out this life
An' some how, some way
We gon' make it up out the hood one day
Some way we gon' make it up out this life

Right here's another little story 'bout this click I claimed
Another chapter based on how I get that game
Just hangin' 'round my neighborhood, bang my street
Sit an' watch the passer-bys play my sweep

South Side, Sunny Side, blocks I run
South Vegas, South Paul, niggaz all got guns
Over here we got this [Incomprehensible] get that there
We know tomorrow ain't a promise, so we get that there

Fuck sittin' in the livin' room, guardin' steps
Workin' inside a slump house, starvin' to death
Servin' these niggaz flippers, quarter ounces an' zippers
Agents snappin' your picture, neighbors plottin' to get ya

Situations is critic, I was out here to get it
Livin' it like a savage 'cause nigga, I gotta have it
Holdin' back all the mother for a minute, pumpin' hard, dog
Erase enough to walk it down an' fuck it all, y'all

Love bein' willied an' your creek gon' rise
I'ma be a nigga an' these streets' gon' rise
Some how, some way, some how, some way
I'ma be a nigga an' these streets gon' rise
Some how, some way

Some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some how, some way, we gotta make it up out this life
C'mon, some how, some way
We gotta make it up out the hood some day
Some way we gotta make it up out this life