| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| Life in the bricks, man it ain’t all what it seems
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| Some niggas come clean, but other niggas remain lost in they dream
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| You understand?, you can relate to what I’m livin' in
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| It’s so bad, nigga can’t even make a dividen
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| Cap and get killed, what they say on the news
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| New Orleans, Louisana, another nigga sang the blues
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| Picked up trail, we 'bout to slam it in the gutter
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| I just lost my brother, now who gonna tell his mother?
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| As the day goes on, man all I hear about is killin'
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| ]From a soldier to a warrior, from a gangsta to a villian
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| They say they understand about all this shit that we go through
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| But at the same time, they can even relate to
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| The shit that goes on in my hood every day
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| What I hear before L.A., the sounds of a K |
| They say they understand all this shit that goes down
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| Livin' like a dogg, Magnolia is my pound
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| My stompind grounds, so I dodge alot of bullets and shit
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| But everywhere you go, you take this chance of being flipped
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| I been 'bout my bid -- since the cradle
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| So look me in my face, and tell me I ain’t able
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| Survivin' in this city is a pity, you can see it
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| This place that I’m in, none of you niggas wouldn’t wanna be it
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| The game of life is full of trades and tricks
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| Alot of you niggas out there, wouldn’t survive in the bricks
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| Chrous:
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| Life in the bricks, it ain’t shit like it used to be |
| It used to be, unity, now it’s poverty
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| But ain’t no stoppin' it, young black man, comin' up
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| It’s like, gun in my waist, and knife in my cup
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| If you know one thing about us, that’s life is tough
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| Growing up in the projects made it twice as rough
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| Talk that stuff, but you can’t walk my path
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| Alot of niggas I ran with, last scene was a blood bath
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| Little childrens only 3 and they learn to curse
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| Can’t remember his ABC’s, but can kick a rap first
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| That hurts, cause he ain’t never partied his life
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| And with these new laws we got, only get us despite
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| Cause these niggas I roll with, they gonna make it regardless
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| And if it ain’t that rap shit, it’s gonna be 9s and revolvers
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| Don’t nobody wanna get left behind
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| Two steps in front is better than a step behind
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| Pack a nine cause a good job is hard to find
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| And for the 9−9, all we trying to do is shine
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| Momma told me to go to school, but I ain’t think it was worth it
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| I was fucking with them hoes and defeating the purpose
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| Back then it was about fighting, life and weed |
| Didn’t finish the 12th grade, so I’m incomplete
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| When I rock that wear, I throw an extra clip
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| Ain’t that a trip, nah nigga life in the bricks
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| Chrous:
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| No ifs, no ands, no buts, no whys
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| Represent the Third Ward, 'til the day I die
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| Cause I only got love for my ghetto
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| And if you niggas don’t know now you know
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| We brick livin'
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| We brick livin' |