[00:16.53]From front to back street, listen, we on a mission
[00:18.21]To get right, workin street corner in the midnight
[00:20.53]Picture the scene, these fiends with fire
[00:23.72]Ten dollar dreams, scheme, for a sack of that, believe that
[00:26.65]Im wit whateva like wheatstraw
[00:27.96]Stuck servin my cocaine raw
[00:29.96]Drop sixty-two off the brick, jump back
[00:34.03]Twenty over now thats mo money to get
[00:35.90]Slick, we fin to lick on this corner without gettin caught
[00:38.52]But time, keep a sleepin and money gettin short
[00:41.40]Plus that crooked cop brock think we blow slangin （**** him）
[00:44.33]That why he ride through the hole with the do swangin
[00:46.65]But I make moves -- shake them tricks up out they shoestrings
[00:49.22]Be more precise when we do things
[00:51.59]Cause life like shakin the dice, but I buck back twice
[00:54.34]Like five-deuce, fo-trey, okay
[00:55.96]Im strickly dressin dirty dirty
[00:58.28]Gone represent it to the t-top
[00:59.96]Born and bred up on the street top
[01:01.96]Get to the money and the sweet spot
[01:03.90]And forever hollerin
[01:05.15]Hootie hoo! when we see cops
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[01:08.82]Sheyit
[01:14.76]
[01:18.26]Cops and robbers niggaz be bound to get them dollars and cents
[01:20.57]They get in a slump like baseball players
[01:23.01]When they short on they rent
[01:24.14]Anything goin you aint knowin how much money you spent
[01:25.82]But in the real world you surrounded by these ladies and gents
[01:28.01]Who hang around you cause you be buyin all the weed
[01:30.32]And all the chicken
[01:31.07]Feedin everybody, smokin em out
[01:32.63]When you was broke though they was missin
[01:33.89]Now you ridin bout fo deep, startin to tear up yo suspension
[01:35.88]And your baby mamma on child support
[01:37.14]My fault, forget to mention
[01:38.19]You dont even have a checkin account
[01:39.63]Wasnt thinkin about no pension
[01:40.57]I used to work at steak n ale, old gold off in the kitchen
[01:43.07]Had determination and graduated
[01:44.00]Now I got the whole rap world fascinated
[01:45.94]I wanted a piece of the pie for me and my family so I made it
[01:48.82]Continue to sell dope, its payin the bills so you gon do it
[01:51.25]But legislation got this new policy
[01:52.32]Three strikes and youre ruined.. now where your crew at?
[01:55.82]Yeah..
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[02:19.64]Ay
[02:20.01]Me and my buddy on the cut and they know we servin em slabs
[02:22.51]We better watch what we doin, and look out for joe nab
[02:24.64]And quit rein-up and standin on this same old block
[02:27.20]Before our gangsta ass partna get both of us shot
[02:29.89]Niggaz talkin cause they makin some flow
[02:31.51]But still aint did nuttin that aint been done befo
[02:33.58]You cant be tryin to showcase, just put it down for your spot
[02:36.89]And improvise and work with that little you got
[02:39.58]So I think when I finish sellin my last sack
[02:41.89]Ima take some of this money, go and give some back
[02:44.39]Cause people wont forget about the time you gave, knowmsayin?
[02:46.77]And start thinkin bout a path to pave