The Nation - Jake Lambo, B.o.B

Baby, don’t you know

Everything you do away from home

Could leave me here alone

So baby don’t you go, no

No, no

No-o-o-oo

No, no

No-o-o-oo

I saw a kid 12 years old, with a pack of cigarettes and a Glock

Cause in this ‘partments it was easy to cop

Looking for a nigga slipping, yeah they easy to spot

In the streets the enemies are just as evil as cops

The only word he ever heard from his pops was

If this the devil’s world then who hangs out at the top

He had cocaine dreams, and Scarface nightmares

I thought to myself, does anyone in this life care

Growing too fast like his days are lightyears

His mama says go to church, you need a light prayer

You think the streets need you?

Well I need you right here

You need to slow it down, cause the streets don’t fight fair

For real!

Baby, don’t you know

Everything you do away from home

Could leave me here alone

So baby don’t you go, no

No, no

No-o-o-oo

No, no

No-o-o-oo

It’s easy to get in trouble in the place where I’m from

Niggas lacking the education but be packing a gun

I just kick it with the homies and be having some fun

Mama keep calling, I understand you protecting your son

You found that I be smoking and I know it makes you mad

And I know you see his trace, scared I’ma be just like my dad

Scared I’m doing something bad, scared I might end up dead

Well look I chose another path so get those worries out your head

I’ma keep on doing it how I’m doing it

Stay working hard, making this music and

Show you I got to get it, I do

They asking my motivation and I reply that it’s you mama

Baby, don’t you know

Everything you do away from home

Could leave me here alone

So baby don’t you go, no

No, no

No-o-o-oo

No, no

No-o-o-oo

A deadly trend that never ends

City full of negligence, pregnant pedestrians

I used to think, 'am I a prisoner or a resident?'

They book us for possession but they keep shipping weapons in

Either the Glock shoots you or a cop do you

They set the system up to lock you up a lot sooner

Everything you try to do they try to out do you

My mama said hallelujah cause I got a future

I got a future after something newer

They try to sell you bullshit because it sounds cooler

And if you stand out from the crowd they label you a loser

Don’t throw your life away, don’t let your eyes fool you

That’s how they use you

Baby, don’t you know

Everything you do away from home

Could leave me here alone

So baby don’t you go, no

No, no

No-o-o-oo

No, no

No-o-o-oo