If you ain't feelin' what I'm spittin', trick you late to the gameīut the closest ones to me, know I'm holdin' it down So I give it my all, you feel my struggle and pain I was never 'sposed to see, the new millennium mayne This my opportunity, I feel like anything goes Got me connin' my niggaz, spittin' game to my hoes Say they was lookin for 'dro, heard I was hustlin' hay Let me check my connections, 'cause we go back in the day I let some others get a dose, and they was nuttin' to this
Put it down hard, then I started bumpin' to this Got my hands on some music, started fuckin' with it I'm seein' what I used to be, and it's lookin' legit See others doin' big thangs, they was nothin' to me Now I'm just gettin' by, and it's fuckin' with me () I'ma step my game up and get what's comin' to me () It ain't over for me, no it ain't over for me This is the gift I was given, so I just live by my hustle Put me in a position, got me out on a missionĬollectin' from the hoes turned me on about pimpin'Ī nigga from Memphis, dealin' with life as a struggle It really ain't no love, it's 'bout this, paper mayne Then my pimpin'-ass uncle, put me up on the game Moms on some other shit, and now I'm missin' the planĪnd so I'm, stuck in this fuck-the-world modeĪll the lessons to a young teen nigga was cold Took years from my life, now I'm missin' the man When I was young, witnessed my dad, standin' for rightīlack pride in him, even though he passin' for white He said he'd, give me riches, but I'm lookin' for more I gotta survive, even if I'm sinnin' to winĪnd if I show no remorse, I reap the devil's reward I credit that effort, and recommend a viewing.Look this is my life, and it's a battle within Nonetheless, on the whole, the film is a commendable and rewarding effort to present a drama involving human beings living close to real life, and not cartoons. Hollywood has been producing such bad films that saying this film is among the best released this year may not be saying much (there are real and undeniable weaknesses to the film). In this role, he is allowed to just act, and he delivers a wholly believable multifaceted performance. Anthony Anderson is a real and pleasant surprise stuck in character roles for the past decade, Anderson has become a real annoyance to me, as the usual character he plays is really excessive, a caricature. Terrence Howard as DJay shows timing and expression worthy of much older, more "schooled" actors. Among the actors, two performances especially shine. But they are all very human for that, and so ultimately win our respect if not approval. These characters are not likable - none of them are, they each have a tic that denies them total sympathy from the audience.
The gritty staging, the solid no-frills camera-work and editing, and some really excellent performances make this well worth the effort to confront dishonest characters struggling to find some sort of integrity in their efforts to survive and succeed. But the situation is so bleak for these characters, I doubt that American audiences would have accepted a more believable ending and, after all, there were far worse "happy" endings that it avoids. I have noted criticism that the film slips into formula in its second half true.
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