Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
Naughty By Nature Lyrics

Smooth it out
Take a moment to calm down and relax

This is a story about the drifter
This is a tale about someone who constantly moves from place to place

Who waited through the worst for the best in crosstown
Who endured difficult times in the hope of finding something better in the other side of town

Who never planned on havin' so dick
Who never expected to face so many challenges

Why me, huh?
Why do I always have to go through this?

Everything's gonna be alright (alright)
Despite the hardships, everything will turn out fine

Some get a little and some get none
Some people receive a small amount while others receive nothing at all

Some catch a bad one and some leave the job half done
Some face unfortunate situations while others fail to complete their tasks

I was one who never had and always mad
I was one of those who never had anything and was always angry

Never knew my dad, mother fuck the fag
I never had a relationship with my dad, and I don't care about him

Where ANYWAY I didN'T pick up, flipped the clip up
In situations where I couldn't find a way out, I would resort to violence

Too many stick-ups, 'cause niggas had the trigger hic-ups
There were numerous robberies because people couldn't control their desire to use their guns

I couldn't get a job, nappy hair was not allowed
I struggled to find employment because my natural hair was seen as unacceptable

My mother couldn't afford us, she had to throw me out
My mother couldn't support us financially, so she had to kick me out

I walked the strip, WITH THIS HERE clip, who wanna hit?
I walked around with a gun, ready to defend myself if anyone tried to harm me

I had to eat, this money's good as spent
I needed to find a way to survive, even if the money I earned didn't last long

I'M DOIN' BRAIDS, I wasn't paid enough
I started braiding hair, but the pay was insufficient

I kept 'em long 'cause I couldn't afford a haircut
I let my braids grow long because I couldn't afford to get a haircut

I got laughed at, I got chumped, I got dissed
I was mocked, taken advantage of, and insulted

I got upset, I got a Tec and a banana clip
I became angry and armed myself with a firearm and extra ammunition

Was down to throw the led to any tellin' crackhead
I was even willing to use my gun against someone involved in drug addiction and informants

I'm still livin' broke, so a lot of good it would've did
I'm still living in poverty, so using violence didn't really help

Or done, if not for bad luck, I would have none
If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all

Why did I have to live a life of such a bad one
Why did I have to experience such a difficult and unfortunate life

Why when I was a kid and played I was a sad one
Why was I always unhappy as a child while playing

And always wanted to live like this or that one
And always desired to live a life similar to someone else

A ghetto bastard, born next to the projects
I was born in a low-income neighborhood, next to public housing

Livin' in the slums with bums, I SAID NOW WHY TREACH
Living in the impoverished area with homeless individuals, I asked myself why I have to go through this

Why do I have to be like this? momma said I'm priceless
Why do I have to live in such conditions? My mother told me I'm valuable

So I am all worthless, starved, THATS JUST WHAT BEING NICE GETS
So I feel worthless and hungry, that's the result of being kind

Sometimes I wish I could afford a pistol then, though
There are times when I wish I had enough money to buy a gun

TO stop THE hell, I would've ended things a while ago
To escape the difficult situation, I would've preferred to end my life earlier

I ain't have jack but a black hat and napsack
I didn't have much except for a black hat and a backpack

Four squad stolen in cars in a blackjack
I was involved in various car thefts as part of a group

Drop that, and now you want me to rap and give?
Quit that criminal lifestyle, and now you expect me to be successful in music?

Say somethin' positive? Well positive ain't where I lived
You want me to say something uplifting? Well, positivity wasn't present in my environment

I lived right around a corner from west hell
I lived near a place that was synonymous with suffering and hardship

Two blocks from south shit, it was in a jail cell
Two blocks away from a dangerous area, it felt like living in a prison

The sun never shone on my side of the street, see
There was never any joy or luck in my life

And only once or twice a week i would speak
And I rarely had the opportunity to express myself

I walked alone, my state of mind was USUALLY home
I usually walked alone, lost in my own thoughts

I couldn't keep a girl, they wanted kids for cause of chrome
I couldn't maintain a relationship because the women desired a more stable life

Some life, if you ain't wear gold your style was old
What a life—if you didn't wear expensive jewelry, you were seen as outdated

And you got more juice than dope for every bottle sold
And you gained more respect and status from talking tough than from selling drugs

Hell no, I say there's gotta be a better way
Absolutely not, I believe there must be a more positive path

But hey, never gamble IN THAT game that you can't play
But hey, don't get involved in a dangerous game that you're not experienced in

I'm slowin' and flowin' and goin' in on and knowin' not now
I'm struggling, trying to find my flow and figure out what to do

How will I do it, how will I make it? I won't, that's how
How will I succeed? How will I survive? I won't, that's the reality

My third year into adulthood, and still a knucklehead
Even though I'm in my third year as an adult, I still make foolish choices

I'm better off dead, huh, that's what my neighbor said
My neighbor believes I would be better off dead

I don't do jack but fightin', lightin' up the streets at night
All I do is fight and cause trouble in the streets at night

Playin' hide and seek with a machetti SEEKING Freddy'S WIFE
Engaging in dangerous activities with a machete, looking for a person related to Freddy

Some say I'm rollin' on, nothin' but a dog now
Some say I'm moving forward, but I feel like nothing but a worthless person

I answer that with a tech, who wanna bow-wow?
I respond to that with a firearm, who wants to challenge me?

'Cause I done been through more shit within the last week
Because I've experienced a lot of difficult situations in the past week

Than A fly flowin' in doo-doo on the concrete
More than a fly buzzing around in filth on the pavement

I been a deadbeat, dead to the world and dead wrong
I've been a failure, detached from reality and making terrible choices

Since I was born that's my life, oh you don't know this song?
That's been my life since birth, oh, you're not aware of the struggles I've faced?

So don't say jack, and please don't say you understand
So don't say anything, and please don't claim to understand

All that man to man talk CAN JUST WALK DOWN
All that talk about being tough can be dismissed

If you ain't live you couldn't feel it, so kill it, skillet
If you haven't experienced it yourself, you can't understand it, so stop pretending

And all that talk about it won't help it out, now will it?
And all that talk won't solve the problem, will it?

And illtown fell like I stuck-up props, got shot
And the neighborhood fell into chaos, as if someone held up the props and got shot

Don't worry, I hit BY A, flurry, and his punk-ass dropped
Don't worry, I struck him rapidly, and he fell to the ground like a coward

But I'm the one who has been labeled as an outcast
But I'm the one who has been branded as an outsider

IN TEACHER'S schools, I'm the misfit CHILD AND outlast
Even in educational institutions, I'm the out-of-place and misunderstood student

But that's cool with the bull, smack 'em backwards
But I'm fine with dealing with difficulties, I'll fight back

That's what you get for fuckin' with a ghetto bastard
That's the consequence you face for messing with someone from the ghetto

If you ain't ever been to the ghetto
If you've never experienced life in the ghetto

Don't ever come to the ghetto
Don't ever venture into the ghetto

'Cause you ain't understand the ghetto
Because you won't comprehend the struggles of living in the ghetto

And stay the fuck out of the ghetto
And stay away from the ghetto

Why me?
Why is it always happening to me?