You see really I don´t
Give a damn what you may think of me
I´mma do what I´mma do, I´mma say what I´mma say
Ya understand what I´m saying?
Well you better
I was born in these streets / Raised in these streets / Walked in these streets / Taught by these streets
Lived in these streets / Hustled in these streets / Arrested in these streets / Protected by these streets

CHORUS
Yeah you know I walk
Through the valley of these streets
I shall not fear these streets
Because I run these streets
(In the background - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
And I´ve paid my own dues
With my own pennies and now
I´m a bad man
I´m not ashamed of
A bad man yeah
And don´t need your love
I´m a bad man yeah
I´m not ashamed of
I´m a bad man
My life´s made me tough

I´ve stood on these blocks / More hood on these blocks / Got paid on these blocks / Sprayed on these blocks
Moved in on these blocks / Went out on these blocks / I´ve been around the block / Been watched on these blocks

Yeah you know I walk
Through the valley of these blocks
I shall not fear these blocks
Because I run these blocks, yeah
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Paid my own dues with my own pennies
And I´m
I´m a bad man
I´m not ashamed of
A bad man yeah
And don´t need your love
I´m a bad man yeah
I´m not ashamed of
I´m a bad man
My life´s made me tough

Now I believe the day will come
When my heart will decide to change
But until then
See everything will remain the same
I´m a bad man
I´m not ashamed of
A bad man yeah
And don´t need your love
You better ask somebody
I´m a bad man yeah
I´m not ashamed of
I´m a bad man
My life´s made me tough
See sometimes
I gotta tell myself
To keep surviving
And no matter what the cost
I gotta keep on keeping on
Came up in these streets
There was no father there for me
hey and ooooo
Cause sometimes we would just have to go without eating
Hey - how you like me now
Give my life for my brother
See I´m a bad mutha
Shut yo mouth
Go on…..