I am but a small fish in this vast ocean.
Each and everyday i awake with tha same notion,
I must feed myself and most my family,
but its dangerous out there-
especially for little ol me.

I am but a small fish in this vast sea,
yet each day i must get out in order to feed.
But there are predators who lurk in tha deep,
dark, gloomy places i cant always readily see,
and to them, i'm their prey.
I'M how THEY eat!
Its tha way of tha world,
just gotta watch myself in these streets.
I am but a small fish, and
I'm swimming with sharks.
Each and everyday I'm on tha block, doin what I do,
constantly looking over my shoulder for narcs.

I cant help what I do,
as I said before- me and tha fam gotta eat to.
And so phukin what if i am in school,
thats just because my moms aint raise no damn fool.
But education right now aint gone bring me no food,
thats a long-term investment,
and we hungry right now.
Starving, so I hustle to scavage what I can,
making exchanges, drugs fa money hand ta hand,
but this is tha bait,
tha blood which attracts tha narcs,
and I am but a small fish,
to them,
tha ones we call sharks.