We dying to live, so to live, we dying

from The Roots – How I Got Over Lyrics on Rap Genius

Poor people really want to make a nice life for themselves, so they resort to doing things that end up getting them killed. Like the hook says, in the ghetto environment it seems like you have to have a devil may care attitude about your life to get anywhere

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