Some of us have angels lyrics

Artist  : Nas 
Song : Some of us have angels
 
[Chorus: Nas (repeat 2X)]

Some of us have angels -- the kingdom, the power
Some of us have angels -- the power, the glory
Some of us have demons -- greed, and lust
Some of us have demons -- lust, temptation

[Nas]
Now this is you, dressed in all black, fatigue
hat, ready for combat
A good nigga, you don't leave tracks
A hood nigga wantin G-stacks, do what you gotta
do to get that
You feel you need that, where the jooks at?
These are your niggaz, creepin they be leavin
niggaz sleep witchu
Loc' style, quiet no smile, it's the official
Sometime they grimy, speakin on they own people
They snake you if they have to, raised tattoos
Now these are your bitches, phonin lonely homey
chickens
All the homies stick em, you think you own em man
listen
She stab you in your sleep with a knife from out
the kitchen
Put a root on you, next week they find you missin
Dead in your Expedition in the forest, fell off
the cliff and
tumbled til you blew up, Feds told her and she
threw up
Fake bitches, actresses, wicked witch practices
Two sides of us, negative or positive

[Chorus]

[Nas]
Now this is your mom, your good luck charm
Pushin you to do no wrong, prayin for you that
you live long
Nobody kill my baby, but she know her baby crazy
In and out of jail, mom's screamin, "God take
me!"
This is your pop, chip off the old block that
made him
The man of the house, mom and pops seperatin
Spittin image of a gangster the way pop walked
the way pop talked, got older and you thanked him
now
This is your hood, poor folks drugs and robberies
Turnin into the things moms wanted you not to be
Crime followin the wrong dudes who have no values
Life's cheap as the dime in the minds of those
around you
This is the test, the stress, the conflict the
ups and downs of
niggaz around you make threats
They tell you keep it gangster, no matter the
predicament
Even though your decision won't help you benefit

[Chorus]

[Nas]
Now once again this is you, entertainin your
desires
Bitches money and guns, aimin and you fire
Everyday is grief, if it ain't beef, it's feedin
your seed
Tryin to eat?  You form material needs
The weed make your brain sizzle, a pistol make it
cool off
by stickin up niggaz, make them take they jewels
off
His reputation is, bigger than his whole life
span
He never planned to fail, he just failed to plan
What does it take to realize, Satan's alive, he
whispers
And any chance he get, he can take niggaz
He comes in all shapes and sizes, his best
disguise is
when he stand beside us, but God is inside us,
within me
You are your worst enemy - my mom's words echo in
my head
And if I let go I'm dead
He stepped at my door, the ? motivate my spirit
And now the body experience, so now I feel it
Lookin at my blessings, the bullets - that missed
me coulda hit me
Them court cases coulda put me in the
penitentiary
I never hate, that's just wasted energy
The past is gone, the present's a gift, so what's
the mystery?
The future - and time only reveals, what fear is
False expectations, appearin real
We only human, love thy neighbor, so I was told
and I will til permanently, my eyes are closed

[Chorus]