[00:08.01]G: Why'd you slang crack
[00:09.58]P: I had to
[00:10.95]G: Why'd you pack the straps
[00:12.01]P: Cause I had to)
[00:13.56]G: Why'dd you jack the scratch
[00:15.00]P: Cause I had to
[00:16.96]P: A nigga got to pay the fuckin' rent
[00:19.22]I got to work with what you gave me
[00:21.50]Claiming' I'm a criminal and you the one that made me
[00:24.31]They got me trapped in this slavery
[00:26.02]now I'm lost in this Holocaust headed for my grave G
[00:29.06]I told Sam he could fuck the war
[00:31.65]and got a busted jaw for sayin' fuck the law
[00:33.85]and if you wonder why I'm mad check the record
[00:37.33]What's a nigga got to do to get respected?
[00:39.67]Sometimes I think I'm gettin' tested
[00:41.72]And if I don't say yes a nigga's quick to get arrested
[00:44.88]That's the reason I stay zested
[00:47.02]I keep a vest on my chest in case the cops are gettin' restless
[00:50.17]Walk around ready to light shit up
[00:52.45]And since my life is fucked, some say I'm slightly nuts
[00:54.54]Buck, buck is the sound as I move up
[00:57.50]Other niggas pay attention when I'm fool, bust
[01:00.29]They make a nigga be a killer I used to be a dealer
[01:03.55]But they wanted to see who's realer
[01:05.34]Now them same mothafuckas wanna murder me
[01:07.94]And I wonder If the Lord ever heard of me (uh)
[01:10.30]I need loot so I'm doin' what I do
[01:13.21]And don't say shit until you've walked in my shoes
[01:16.06]There was no other destiny to choose
[01:18.42]I had nothin' left to lose so I'm singin' nigga blues
[01:21.62]Why did you slang crack (Cause I had to)
[01:23.59]Why did you pack straps (Cause I had to)
[01:26.32]Why did you jack the scratch (Cause I had to)
[01:29.01]A nigga got to pay the fuckin' rent
[01:32.06]Poppa need brand new shoes
[01:33.36]but what the fuck can a nigga do
[01:35.16]My little boy got to eat too
[01:36.99]So why must I sock a fella
[01:39.43]Just to live large like Rockafella?
[01:41.88]And did you ever stop to think
[01:44.12]I'm old enough to go to war
[01:45.59]But I ain't old enough to drink
[01:47.33]Cops want to hit me with the book
[01:49.43]And you're hooked on my eye don't give a fuck look
[01:52.16]Make your rules I'm a break 'em
[01:54.71]No matter how much you make 'em
[01:56.24]You show me bacon I'm a take 'em
[01:57.99]So don't you ever tempt me
[01:59.99]I'm a fool for mine nigga and my pockets stay empty
[02:03.13]to my brothers In the barrio
[02:05.03]You livin' worse than the niggas In the ghetto so
[02:07.70]I give a fuck about your language or complexion
[02:11.11]You got love from the niggas in my section
[02:13.62]Got love, you got problems with the punk police
[02:15.52]Don't run from the chumps get the punk for me
[02:18.33]We ain't free I'll be damned if I played a trick
[02:21.03]For a blonde hair blue-eyed Caucasian bitch (Bitch!)
[02:23.73]Down with my homeboy Rich
[02:25.83]Fuck a snitch and a groupie ass bitch
[02:28.78]And the nigga with a cellular phone
[02:31.03]Leave his baby at home so he can go out and bone
[02:34.79]And you wonder why we blazin' niggas
[02:36.85]Cause you punks havin' babies can't raise the niggas
[02:39.22]And they bound to be fuckups too
[02:41.99]Drinkin' forties of brew singin' nigga blues
[02:55.43][02:43.92]Why did you slang crack (Cause I had to)
[02:57.82][02:47.30]Why did you pack straps (Cause I had to)
[03:00.41][02:49.94]Why did you jack the scratch (Cause I had to)
[03:03.01][02:52.59]Now I'm headin' for the mothafuckin' penn