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"Quick you're not a gangster, we're not" |
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Some believe in love and some believe in friends |
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But niggas like me believe in making ends |
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Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around |
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You know that money's got you safe and sound |
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Now I'm bout to take it back to '84 |
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When I was 14, kickin' back in the trees |
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Westside if you please |
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And 436 West Spruce was the spot |
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With me Wayne, Mike, Shot, Nookie, Slug |
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And Rock, Donzelly if you with me |
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Just let that shit kick |
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If your head ain't spinning |
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From dippin' all them sticks |
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Cause way back in the day |
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They used love a wet baggie |
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Screaming "Orale ese" |
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With them laces on that Caddy |
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And you couldn't deny a hit from that Buddah Thai |
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Going 'round and 'round the driveway |
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Now it's coming my way |
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And I'm zoned out, at a young age |
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And the whole Spruce Street was my stage |
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Peep, now back then |
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I was in the 8th grade steady |
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But niggas my age was getting paid already |
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Yeah, like that nigga Zap, or even young Blue |
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They made they first million by the age of 22 |
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Like Dan from Cedar block, him and little Motor |
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James from Piru Street with them boulders |
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Rest in peace little Noopy |
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He didn't have to brag |
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Rollin' to the 10th grade in a fin-O rag |
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Well Goddamn, how can I be down? |
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I asked my sister Jack for some help |
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And she told me look around |
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Nigga, they don't sell dope, it sells itself |
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While they kickback and just collect the wealth |
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And now I'm thinking... |
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Ain't nothing fly about these dirty ass khakis |
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T-shirt dingy, Pro Wings tacky |
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This could be a way for me to flip that |
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Little funky twenty dollars that I earned |
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Right then is when I learned that... |
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Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah |
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But niggas like me believe in making dollars |
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Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue |
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You know that money's still good to you |
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Some believe in love and some believe in friends |
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But niggas like me believe in making ends |
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Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around |
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You know that money's got you safe and sound |
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Peep, I gets a dub on the 1st and 15th for a fact |
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So instead of spending it up |
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I gave my money to Jack |
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Now she jump in the rig and said, |
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'I'll be right back', when she came in |
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She put me down with a plastic sack |
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I turned my 40 into 80 and that was my profit |
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I'm keepin' my rocks in the house |
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And not in my pocket |
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Sister Jackie's in the kitchen |
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With some boiling water, baking soda |
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Fresh powder, baby bottles |
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Making more boulders |
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Checking a fat grip slanging rocks to tricks |
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Donzelly dippin' sticks, went and bought him a 6 |
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And 500 block Peach running thangs ya see |
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Moving gallon after gallon and ki after ki |
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I'm telling you I done seen it all |
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From niggas hitting the sherm |
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And then they pass out on the wall |
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From cluckers wanting a hit so bad |
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They let their panties fall |
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Teeth rotten, hair gone |
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And whole checks get blown, but yet |
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I'm still breaking these pebbles like bam bam |
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Safety pin splitting rocks to the, um, tic toc |
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I went from wearing khakis to Sergio Tacchini |
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While my rocks are disappearing |
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Like the great Houdini |
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I bought a gang of clothes, all of my equipment |
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And getting something new |
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With each and every shipment |
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Money gets made and money gets spent |
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And how these jealous niggas acting |
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Only makes it evident that... |
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Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah |
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But niggas like me believe in making dollars |
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Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue |
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You know that money's still good to you |
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Some believe in love and some believe in friends |
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But niggas like me believe in making ends |
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Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around |
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You know that money's got you safe and sound |
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Check it, now in 1988 I moved away to L.A |
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My niggas Playa Hamm and Gina |
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Gave me a place to stay |
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On my way up from bottom rock |
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Bitches starting to jock |
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Cause my hair is getting longer |
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And game's getting stronger |
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To pull my on weight I went and got me a job |
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But by then, Hamm and Gina really started to squab |
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About whether I should go or stay |
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She told him 'Either he goes or you go' |
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We both was on our way |
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So he moved and took me with him |
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On 2001 Browning, clowning |
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With players all around me just astounding |
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My nigga Pimpin' Carl got us staring with that hair |
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And rolling up and down the street |
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In that rag 7 with Darren |
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Shabby Bleu feathered as he swerved |
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In the El Co, P7's park away from the curve |
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Big Jam, L.A Mike, Darryl, Nicky on the bike |
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That nigga Top, Big Shane and Tweed |
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Rolling up the weed |
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And hoes just come and go, in and out |
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Revolving door leaving |
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With some nut in they mouth |
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I'm making a living off of pimpin' |
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So you fools can't trip |
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Cause even though I love God |
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I also love my grip |
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Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah |
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But niggas like me believe in making dollars |
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Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue |
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You know that money's still good to you |
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Some believe in love and some believe in friends |
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But niggas like me believe in making ends |
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Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around |
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You know that money's got you safe and sound |
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Ooh, ooh yeah |
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Safe and sound, yeah |
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Safe and sound baby |
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Ooh, ooh, yeah |
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Safe and sound yeah |
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Safe and sound |
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Gotta let you know |
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Gotta let you know |
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Gotta let you know |
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Compton's in the house |
