I'd Rather Not - C-Mob

See I’d rather not

Be out on the block

I’d rather find a legal way for me to make my guap

See, I’m too damn old to be running from the cops

I’ll hustle if I have to, if I don’t then imma stop

Yeah, some really bad cards is what they hand me

So I do what I gotta to feed my family

But y’all got trying to be a thug confused with manly

So can we be just a little bit smarter, understand me

I don’t want my kids growing up with daddy behind prison bars

And having all visits of him led by prison guards

Every day there’s too many men and women charged

Giving hard time for the crime from trying to be out here living large

Y’all know they got the system fucked

They’re trying to hold you down, not lift you up

And they make it really hard just to grip a buck so they can pick you up for

serving shit that clucks and I don’t wanna get caught up

So I had to change up my decisions

Y’all know they’re trying to make money by filling up all these private prisons

You gotta handle your shit better, doesn’t mean that you can’t get cheddar

Get your mind grid for the lying light, grind time and then you can be a real

grip getter

Instead of one more Deebo checking off money on plenty hoes

And his main focus in life is riding around on 24s

See I’d rather not

Be out on the block

I’d rather find a legal way for me to make my guap

See, I’m too damn old to be running from the cops

I’ll hustle if I have to, if I don’t then imma stop

Do you really wanna sell dope in your thirties?

You’re gonna fail bro, it ain’t sturdy

Plus you got the mindset of a teenager, trying to tell folks that you’re dirty

Quit bragging over dumb shit, trying to look hard then wonder why you got

caught up

People’ll kick the door, then make you hit the floor, empty the clip then go

for your product

See if something comes up and you need to make money just flip a little bit

till you get right

You don’t wanna get your greed get the best of you, stay lowkey,

man you gotta keep the shit tight

Here’s a insight, some people say you’re doing too good, they wanna take you

out the detour to the fakest route, and if they can’t they’ll snitch that shit

you gotta think about

Think about your business, is this a way you think you’re gonna get rich?

Can everything you worked for come to a halt with the testimony of a single

witness

Your next lick, invest it, fuck fresh kicks and your next whip

Make a conscious maneuver to an entrepreneur, respected when you exit

See I’m not trying to knock the hustle, we’ve all done dirt

And I know that it’s hard to make it, you gotta be smart to make it

You can’t do shit if you end up incarcerated

Gotta think about the long game, not the short game, focus on the right path

and plot

If the risk outweighs the reward, then fuck it, I’d rather not

See I’d rather not

Be out on the block

I’d rather find a legal way for me to make my guap

See, I’m too damn old to be running from the cops

I’ll hustle if I have to, if I don’t then imma stop