Before He Knows

[Verse]
'Fore the devil knows I'm dead, I hope I make it up those stairs and through the gate
At least a couple hours before he know I escaped
I ain't have no options in front of me, had to scrape
Back in 2008, the sack was the only way
Made some mistakes that could've gave me an early grave
Maybe I made it through it all because my auntie prayed
The streets don't love nobody, we all free game
Heard my partner caught a body 'cause he lost his chain
It's off the chain, these niggas tellin', awful shame
You heard they had somethin' on you, you chose to offer names?
Ain't no comin' back from that, nobody loves a rat
But that's okay, at least the prosecutors got your back
I'm from the city that's the wildest city on the map
Ain't nobody safe in here regardless where you sheltered
At
Yeah, before the devil know you dead
I hope Heaven's doors are as open as they said
Hope you get to die on free land and not the feds
I hope to die of natural cause and not the lead
The streets don't love nobody, I thought you got the picture
Fake love, I don't want it if it's artificial
Even though my daddy dead, I still could not forgive him
You a man, who you grindin' for if it's not your children?
To keep it plain, we are not cut the same
Even now, I don't got nothin' to complain
Before the devil know you dead