[00:22.898]Most of the realest niggas live through real pain, that shit true
[00:25.854]This ain't a scrimmage, this the real game
[00:27.456]This fake shit get cut, no scissors
[00:29.619]They tryna tell me to pipe down, nigga
[00:32.336]Shit is hard to explain, I can feel the evil eye behind the shades
[00:36.109]Makin' major plays, nigga, I been up for days
[00:39.384]I need that pie in the sky and I can't wait
[00:42.379]Give 'em a piece of my soul with every take (Hit-Boy)
[00:46.142]Uh, might be the verse to seal my fate
[00:48.856]**** waitin' 'til my wake to tell a nigga I'm great
[00:51.540]Liquor spillin' as I skate, movin' like I work weight, livin' everything I say
[00:57.438]Lessons on lessons, blessings on blessings, shit, I guess it's a message
[01:02.581]And everything big bands, no wedding ring
[01:05.017]I don't play rap shit, catch me sliding to Teddy P
[01:07.730]I can't play a second fiddle, nigga
[01:10.672]First string type nigga, Chauncey, but not Billups
[01:13.382]Can't go out sad, a gangster is who they named me after
[01:16.338]Should take up tithes on you niggas, go 'head, pay the pastor
[01:19.275]Can't repaint the past hook, y'all slept on the last one
[01:22.258]Damn, slept on the last one
[01:29.074][Interlude]
[01:29.875]Don't hate the player, hate this cold game
[01:35.796]Can't go out sad, a gangster is who they named me after
[01:39.582]Don't hate the player, hate this cold game
[01:47.428]Can't go out sad, a gangster is who they named me after
[01:50.935]A good name is better than a good face
[01:55.279]That's what some would say, took all that I could take
[01:57.773]One's loss is another man's gain
[02:00.464]One toss could be the end of the game, nigga, practice on your aim
[02:04.242]Two wrongs don't make a right, two mil'll get you right
[02:06.704]Seen both at close sight, success and failure
[02:09.349]Drug paraphernalia, two grams of the Skywalker
[02:12.634]Bangin' the first Carter, niggas'll try to off you
[02:15.365]We high on the meter, my nigga
[02:18.892]They mean muggin' when they see the two seater, my nigga
[02:21.028]A fifth lawyer on the case, that'll change your face
[02:23.729]Smile through it all, that's amazing grace
[02:26.450]Uh, R.I.P. to Aretha
[02:30.513]Rest in peace my nigga Nip
[02:33.177]Free the real ones, free the real ones, yeah