| I been a real street nigga way longer than I remember
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| Grindin' on the block from January to December
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| I been in this game damn near since it began
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| With nothin' but reputation and skills with my hands (hands)
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| Know a whole 'lotta fools started when I did
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| Known for bein' fuck boys, pullin' some sly shit
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| Shoulda got laid out but somehow slid through
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| Extensions and bitches, nigga, I do not kid you (kid you)
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| Hit the highway with that work and got jammed up
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| Either tell on somebody or get you ten, slammed up
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| He ain’t got the heart for it, so guess what he do?
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| He start recordin' for that part, mane, and tell on his crew
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| He was the boss of the operation, livin' it large (large)
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| Now he tellin' on the workers like they ass was in charge (charge)
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| Soon as the pressure’s applied, you immediately switch (switch)
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| Man, just do us all a favor and stop bein' a bitch
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| You a bitch!
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| «As far as the police was concerned, I had some problems with some laws, now.
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| You know? |
| I run into wrecks with laws that didn’t like what I stood for or
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| didn’t like rap music or just didn’t like black folks in general.
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| Man, the Lord was lookin' after me this whole time. |
| Every time there was one
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| that was dangerous that could get me, I had five or six that was on my side
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| that kept that… kept that motherfucker in check, man.»
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| I know a’lotta people locked up, sittin' in cells (cells)
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| Either for shit that they did or shit they didn’t do well (well)
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| But for every cat that’s locked up, definitely guilty (guilty)
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| There’s another brother innocent in prison, you feel me? |
| (feel me?)
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| See this country we live in is really all about the bottom line
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| And when they see these young black men, they see dollar signs
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| So prisons go from bein' run by the state
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| To a private industry, nigga, tell me, can you relate?
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| See when education in the schools is geared for the testin'
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| They can’t keep up the fundin' 'cause kids can’t keep up the lesson
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| They get frustrated with the process and head to the streets
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| And find some alternative ways to get 'em somethin' to eat
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| You got draconian laws in place that’s mandated by the state
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| Probation terms you can’t meet so you know you gon' violate
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| Now you makin' license plates, scratchin' the ten year itch
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| Your prison an industrial complex, man, stop bein' a bitch
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| You a bitch!
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| «You see a lotta people in the penitentiary make statements like, „I ain’t never comin' back here,“ you know? |
| And I made statements when I was on
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| the street that I was never goin'. |
| So, I don’t say never anymore.
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| You don’t know what, you don’t know what’s in store. |
| What I will say is this, „I'ma stay positive out here. |
| I’ma do the right thing.“ You know, I’m not gonna,
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| uh, make no moves to put myself in the crosshairs where these people can just
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| cross me out and .»
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| This niggas told me he sold dope, I said «what do that mean?»
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| He said «I sell you some white or I could sell you some green» (green)
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| Gotta pocket full of pills and a cup of that lean (lean)
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| Man, I’m just keepin' it trill, I slap the hat off his bean (bean)
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| You niggas kill me runnin' 'round, talkin' 'bout you sell drugs (drugs)
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| Moved a couple quarter pounds now you swear you the plug? |
| (plug)
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| Oh, my bad, you got them birds that fly away every month (month)
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| You keep them kis? |
| Nigga please, why you tryna' front? |
| (front)
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| See you can have all the coca leaves that they grow in Columbia
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| Then serve up all the snorters and the smokers and numb 'em up
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| With stacks up to the ceilin', big doggin' like you Marmaduke
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| Still won’t see a tenth of the paper that big Pharma do
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| They don’t care about the cure, they just wanna sell a treatment
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| Keep you alive while keepin' you high, now that’s some street shit
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| Usin' people’s pain for profit, gettin' rich
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| Hey yo, pharmaceutical companies, stop bein' a bitch
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| 'Cause you a bitch!
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| «But, but at the same time, I ain’t gon' let nobody hurt me. |
| I’m not gon' let
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| nobody hurt my family and I will kill you if you come around my kids with that
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| bullshit.» |