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Verse 1 (Jedi):
Everyday momma worry 'bout my actions
Step out the door worried if im gonna be lastin'
The hood kept me under pressure for a family
But really I was all out hungry for insanity

Rain comin' as soon as the day is done
Still grippin' on the gun, hood got us all sprung
When I eat, think, and sleep about revenge
From kickin' it as doggs to evil in my head

Damn, raised on these streets full time
No job but put in work just to stay alive
They say that the strong will survive
Another one of my folks in the cell doin' time

Growin' up from being a kid, stuck with the mentality
Ever since 12 thought I knew I had the man in me
But, it's real talk 'cuz I made it through
Now tell me is this the life that you want to choose

Hook x4 (Jedi):
Bad to good from ridin' with the hood
To livin' like we should on the rise to the hood

Verse 2 (Jedi):
It takes a whole process to escape nightmares
With your old habits, leave them right here
But then you don't want to bounce on your own peers
Change don't happen overnight it takes a couple years

Its up to us for our lives to take charge
Or they can press charges and you locked behind bars
It ain't hard just to push the truth
Cuz' I come from where you come from, ain't nothin' new

Too many kids diein' over small reasons
In them alleyways and backstreets they be chiefin'
5-0's can use anything to shut us down
No doubt we got the power to hold up the ground

All them past times, couldn't take no more
Too much pain in the game, didn't want no more
This is why I wrote this song for us youngins
Bad to good, from nothin' to creatin' somethin'

Hook x4 (Jedi):
Bad to good from ridin' with the hood
To livin' like we should on the rise to the good

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from Comin' From The Eastside Mixtape, released April 2, 2011

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