[00:01.449]"Quick you're not a gangster, we're not"
[00:06.692]Some believe in love and some believe in friends
[00:09.009]But niggas like me believe in making ends
[00:11.502]Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around
[00:13.705]You know that money's got you safe and sound
[00:15.760]Now I'm bout to take it back to '84
[00:17.818]When I was 14, kickin' back in the trees
[00:20.256]Westside if you please
[00:21.629]And 436 West Spruce was the spot
[00:24.105]With me Wayne, Mike, Shot, Nookie, Slug
[00:26.057]And Rock, Donzelly if you with me
[00:27.884]Just let that shit kick
[00:28.981]If your head ain't spinning
[00:30.435]From dippin' all them sticks
[00:31.603]Cause way back in the day
[00:32.609]They used love a wet baggie
[00:34.003]Screaming "Orale ese"
[00:35.340]With them laces on that Caddy
[00:36.710]And you couldn't deny a hit from that Buddah Thai
[00:39.076]Going 'round and 'round the driveway
[00:40.661]Now it's coming my way
[00:41.615]And I'm zoned out, at a young age
[00:44.005]And the whole Spruce Street was my stage
[00:46.287]Peep, now back then
[00:47.570]I was in the 8th grade steady
[00:49.286]But niggas my age was getting paid already
[00:51.768]Yeah, like that nigga Zap, or even young Blue
[00:54.320]They made they first million by the age of 22
[00:56.859]Like Dan from Cedar block, him and little Motor
[00:59.507]James from Piru Street with them boulders
[01:02.026]Rest in peace little Noopy
[01:03.228]He didn't have to brag
[01:04.281]Rollin' to the 10th grade in a fin-O rag
[01:06.556]Well Goddamn, how can I be down?
[01:08.783]I asked my sister Jack for some help
[01:10.533]And she told me look around
[01:11.768]Nigga, they don't sell dope, it sells itself
[01:14.122]While they kickback and just collect the wealth
[01:16.029]And now I'm thinking...
[01:17.175]Ain't nothing fly about these dirty ass khakis
[01:19.651]T-shirt dingy, Pro Wings tacky
[01:22.172]This could be a way for me to flip that
[01:23.750]Little funky twenty dollars that I earned
[01:25.627]Right then is when I learned that...
[01:27.132]Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah
[01:29.444]But niggas like me believe in making dollars
[01:32.057]Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue
[01:34.336]You know that money's still good to you
[01:37.191]Some believe in love and some believe in friends
[01:39.616]But niggas like me believe in making ends
[01:42.128]Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around
[01:44.402]You know that money's got you safe and sound
[01:46.406]Peep, I gets a dub on the 1st and 15th for a fact
[01:49.558]So instead of spending it up
[01:50.639]I gave my money to Jack
[01:52.023]Now she jump in the rig and said,
[01:53.528]'I'll be right back', when she came in
[01:55.085]She put me down with a plastic sack
[01:56.983]I turned my 40 into 80 and that was my profit
[01:59.526]I'm keepin' my rocks in the house
[02:01.084]And not in my pocket
[02:02.177]Sister Jackie's in the kitchen
[02:03.355]With some boiling water, baking soda
[02:05.017]Fresh powder, baby bottles
[02:06.275]Making more boulders
[02:07.518]Checking a fat grip slanging rocks to tricks
[02:09.729]Donzelly dippin' sticks, went and bought him a 6
[02:12.156]And 500 block Peach running thangs ya see
[02:14.756]Moving gallon after gallon and ki after ki
[02:17.159]I'm telling you I done seen it all
[02:18.638]From niggas hitting the sherm
[02:19.768]And then they pass out on the wall
[02:21.306]From cluckers wanting a hit so bad
[02:22.424]They let their panties fall
[02:23.832]Teeth rotten, hair gone
[02:25.300]And whole checks get blown, but yet
[02:27.161]I'm still breaking these pebbles like bam bam
[02:29.799]Safety pin splitting rocks to the, um, tic toc
[02:32.637]I went from wearing khakis to Sergio Tacchini
[02:34.937]While my rocks are disappearing
[02:36.154]Like the great Houdini
[02:37.705]I bought a gang of clothes, all of my equipment
[02:40.114]And getting something new
[02:41.328]With each and every shipment
[02:42.732]Money gets made and money gets spent
[02:44.885]And how these jealous niggas acting
[02:46.238]Only makes it evident that...
[02:47.764]Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah
[02:50.197]But niggas like me believe in making dollars
[02:52.647]Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue
[02:54.860]You know that money's still good to you
[02:57.821]Some believe in love and some believe in friends
[03:00.217]But niggas like me believe in making ends
[03:02.785]Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around
[03:05.006]You know that money's got you safe and sound
[03:07.022]Check it, now in 1988 I moved away to L.A
[03:10.003]My niggas Playa Hamm and Gina
[03:11.396]Gave me a place to stay
[03:12.674]On my way up from bottom rock
[03:14.280]Bitches starting to jock
[03:15.139]Cause my hair is getting longer
[03:16.565]And game's getting stronger
[03:17.837]To pull my on weight I went and got me a job
[03:20.112]But by then, Hamm and Gina really started to squab
[03:22.638]About whether I should go or stay
[03:24.504]She told him 'Either he goes or you go'
[03:26.600]We both was on our way
[03:27.743]So he moved and took me with him
[03:29.056]On 2001 Browning, clowning
[03:31.179]With players all around me just astounding
[03:33.080]My nigga Pimpin' Carl got us staring with that hair
[03:35.228]And rolling up and down the street
[03:36.539]In that rag 7 with Darren
[03:38.183]Shabby Bleu feathered as he swerved
[03:40.031]In the El Co, P7's park away from the curve
[03:42.907]Big Jam, L.A Mike, Darryl, Nicky on the bike
[03:45.315]That nigga Top, Big Shane and Tweed
[03:47.067]Rolling up the weed
[03:48.063]And hoes just come and go, in and out
[03:50.655]Revolving door leaving
[03:51.768]With some nut in they mouth
[03:52.840]I'm making a living off of pimpin'
[03:54.185]So you fools can't trip
[03:55.337]Cause even though I love God
[03:56.829]I also love my grip
[03:58.148]Some believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah
[04:00.647]But niggas like me believe in making dollars
[04:03.248]Cause even when your niggas wanna be untrue
[04:05.408]You know that money's still good to you
[04:08.340]Some believe in love and some believe in friends
[04:10.748]But niggas like me believe in making ends
[04:13.237]Cause even when your bitch wants to trick around
[04:15.459]You know that money's got you safe and sound
[04:18.398]Ooh, ooh yeah
[04:24.010]Safe and sound, yeah
[04:26.635]Safe and sound baby
[04:28.342]Ooh, ooh, yeah
[04:34.217]Safe and sound yeah
[04:36.719]Safe and sound
[04:38.016]Gotta let you know
[04:39.243]Gotta let you know
[04:40.538]Gotta let you know
[04:41.716]Compton's in the house