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(Paris) |
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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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(Paris) |
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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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(Paris) |
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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 |
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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 |
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that motherfucker on the television out with Robin Leach |
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A couple of cars, hella clothes, and before you know it |
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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 |
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(Chorus) - 2X |