You see really I don't 
Give a damn what you may 
think of me 
That's right you're 

a bad ass nigga 
I'mma do what I'mma do 
I'mma say what I'mma say 
You think you're 

a bad ass nigga 
Ya understand 
what I'm saying 
Well you better 

I was born in these streets 
Raised in these streets 
Walked in these streets 
Taught by these streets 

Lived in these streets 
Hustled in these streets 
Arrested in these streets 
Protected by these streets 

Yeah you know I walk 
Through the valley 
of these streets 
I shall not fear these streets 

Because I run these streets 
And I've paid my own dues 
With my own pennies 
and now 

I'm a bad man 
I'm not ashamed of 
A bad man yeah 
And don't need your love 

I'm a bad man yeah 
I'm not ashamed of 
I'm a bad man 
My life's made me tough 

I've stood on these blocks 
More hood on these blocks 
Got paid on these blocks 
Sprayed on these blocks 

Moved in on these blocks 
Went out on these blocks 
I've been around the block 
Been watched 

on these blocks 
Yeah you know I walk 
Through the valley 
of these blocks 

I shall not fear these blocks 
Because I run 
these blocks, yeah 
Paid my own dues 

with my own pennies 
And I'm 
I'm a bad man 
I'm not ashamed of 

A bad man yeah 
And don't need your love 
I'm a bad man yeah 
I'm not ashamed of 

I'm a bad man 
My life's made me tough 
Now I believe 
the day will come 

When my heart 
will decide to change 
But until then 
See everything will 

remain the same 
I'm a bad man 
I'm not ashamed of 
A bad man yeah 

And don't need your love 
I'm a bad man yeah 
I'm not ashamed of 
I'm a bad man 

My life's made me tough 
See sometimes 
I gotta tell myself 
To keep surviving 

And no matter 
what the cause 
I gotta keep on 
keeping on yeah yeah yeah 

Came up in these streets 
There was no father 
there for me, hey ooh 
Cause sometimes we would 

just have to go 
without eating 
Hey how you like me now 
Give my life for my brother 

See I'm a bad mother 
Shut your mouth 
Go on, go on 
go on, go on