[00:15.30]Verse 1
[00:19.65]When I look you in your eyes I can see my own
[00:22.23]Straight love manifested in flesh and bone
[00:24.66]You's a breath of fresh air in this world of bullshit
[00:27.15]You was born to be a soldier don't ever forget
[00:29.61]Hit back when hit
[00:30.93]Use force that's effective
[00:32.28]All these bitches and women
[00:33.39]Son, please be selective
[00:34.98]This is California can't stick your dick in everything
[00:37.59]We will survive necessarily by any means
[00:39.99]Let no man ever hold you down or supress you
[00:42.51]It's the 90's the police just arrest you,
[00:44.88]disrespect you on occasion take life
[00:47.22]By the time you come of age they'll probably blast on sight
[00:49.80]It's a shame they protect them but try to serve us
[00:52.20]When your neck is on the line stand ground then bust
[00:54.81]In God we trust but just incase keep it loaded and locked
[00:57.87]Ready to rock
[00:58.65]Then shake the spot
[00:59.58]The Foundation
[01:00.45]Verse 2
[01:19.26]You came from a long line of killers and drug dealers
[01:22.23]Who forever smoke bud
[01:23.40]So it's probably in your blood
[01:24.78]Realize you can only run the streets so long
[01:27.18]Then the streets run you into the ground then gone
[01:29.73]It's kinda ruff trying to teach you what's right from wrong
[01:32.10]Same bullshit different day
[01:33.45]It's the same ol' song
[01:34.71]If the time ever comes that I meet my match
[01:37.14]Take control of my assets
[01:38.49]Bitches startin' from scratch
[01:39.66]Take care of your mother
[01:40.89]Keep yourself on track
[01:42.09]Just cause bitches get behind you don't mean they got your back
[01:44.76]Beware of the serpent
[01:45.84]Cause there's a time in life the mother****er will strike
[01:48.36]And try to make you loose sight
[01:49.59]Don't be a fake mother****er tryin' to keep shit real
[01:52.14]Fill cassettes with idle threats with no guts to kill
[01:54.87]Son if you ever pull heat
[01:56.64]Then use it
[01:57.48]If you got a chance to walk away
[01:59.19]Then do it
[01:59.94]Total domination takes full concentration in all situations
[02:03.63]A solid foundation
[02:04.80]Verse 3
[02:24.15]You are the foundation
[02:25.50]Begining of a new generation
[02:27.51]I remember hospital hallway pacin'
[02:29.88]I was anxious as **** to see your face mother****er
[02:32.52]Only to find that yours looked like mine
[02:34.68]So it's like I'm livin' twice at the exact same time
[02:37.17]In this life you can't press stop
[02:38.67]Then press rewind
[02:39.66]Gotta live to the fullest never follow behind no man
[02:42.84]Have your own plan, expand your mind
[02:44.70]Ain't no paper thin game to raise wannabe thugs
[02:47.07]This is nothing but love
[02:48.42]Via sattelite Muggs
[02:49.71]Take heed when it's your turn to bring new life
[02:52.11]Make sure it's the woman you gonna make your wife
[02:54.66]Be prepared for the worst
[02:55.98]But expect the best
[02:57.03]No matter where life takes you
[02:58.47]Come home to the West
[02:59.79]Survival takes more than just gats and guns
[03:02.13]That's words to live by
[03:03.33]From a father to a son
[03:04.68]Foundation