| Still in this bitch, ninety-eight is just another year
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| I murder money drama bitches, that fall in piers
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| Comin out the city where no pity be a way of life
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| When niggaz quick to bust a cap in you to earn they stripes
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| Ain’t nothin changed in these West coast killin fields
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| I seen so many homies die that I ain’t got no feeling
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| So I handles mine, pack a strap and keep on strivin
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| And quick to let these niggaz if it get down to violent
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| Cause these haters ain’t no friends to me, they make it plain
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| But I refuse to be a victim of these ghetto games
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| Break away from all the stress, bullshit and aggravation
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| And now I’m quick to blast if you want a confrontation
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| But it seem like every time I turn around it’s drama
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| Hella flowers, coffee drinkin, and cryin momma
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| Somethin tellin me this madness ain’t gon’never stop
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| So I keep strivin fo’the top
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| Now everything you think you seein might not be the truth
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| Understand these cowards fold when these niggaz shoot
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| Understand this rap shit is just another way
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| Just another lick where motherfuckers gettin paid
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| It really ain’t the same as it was in the past
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| Back when shit was new, niggaz thought that it would last
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| Understand this rap game is just another front
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| Just another way for motherfuckers comin up, and it’s like that
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| So what’s the ticket out the ghetto for these young players
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| Slangin dope, playin ball or bein rhymesayers
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| They want the money fast, FUCK SCHOOL, that ain’t what’s happenin
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| So some of them niggaz got together and they started rappin
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| And it would be like who the tightest on the microphone
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| Makin demos in the basement of they momma’s home
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| And 'fore you know it niggaz got theyself a record deal
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| And now they makin money, doin what they love for real
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| Limosines, fast cash, and autographs
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| Groupie hoes after every show be workin the staff
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| And magazines givin love cause they shit is best
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| Unless of course it’s The Source and you from the West
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| Now momma’s braggin cause they baby’s on the television
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| And they livin every day, like it’s Thanksgiving
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| But you know, what they say if it sound too good
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| to be true it probably is that’s the music biz
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| I’m 28 and I’ve been in the game since '86
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| World tours, cash money, and hella hits
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| Done seen these rap stars disappear like civil rights
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| And go from po’to rich to po’again, overnight
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| So many perils in this game if yo’team is faulty
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| That’s why my lawyer keep these motherfuckin devils off me And freak bitches be, quick to set you up by playin
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| that pussy game like, you the daddy or you rapin
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| See dumb niggaz get they money took, tryin to be that motherfucker on the television out with Robin Leach
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| A couple of cars, hella clothes, and before you know it That nigga to’back, hella broke with nuttin showin
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| So here’s a little game from a homey that’s still playin
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| The mo’shit you see a nigga with, the mo’he payin
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| In this rap life, nuttin what it seem to be
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| I hope you motherfuckers feel me, that’s reality |