They say it started in the where the apple was But out we be throwing them apples up They say them Fruit Town niggas gon' tonight They say Tree Top niggas gon' ride tonight They say them Grape Street niggas ride tonight say them Bounty Hunter niggas gon' ride tonight They say them 6-0 niggas gon' ride They say them Cedar Block gon' ride tonight Them 1-9-0 gon' ride tonight They say them Timberland gon' ride tonight They say them Campanella niggas gon' tonight Who gon' ride tonight, who gon' die Started with a dollar and a with a dollar and a dream
We did it for the West, motherfucker, Kanye Niggas get out on [?] Got thousand stacks, I ain't talking 'bout Andre I put it on your head, I ain't no toupee See I stayed the same, ain't go weird like on his trigger like ain't no more toothpaste (You gon' do shit) Bitch, of course I is You want this money, you have to drive the course I did I got weight foundry, talking 'bout the Porsche out here You in the nosebleeds, come to where the cross-eyed is How a nigga a rojo rag end up in Soho Bag, any walking with a solo swag You think you ballin' in that four do' Nah In Tom Fords with a MK nah you a bird's eye view of the streets Nigga, welcome to Compton, you in Carson next week Ab-Soul!
Started with a and a dream and a pistol On the corner rag hangin', slangin' I said you let me see credentials And when I this gun out you know how this go with a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) Started with a and a dream!
I was by the bastards my mannerisms The Curtiss magnet managed without the metal with him How the I did it? I let God ad lib it I put that on Leetwood, I ain't lying one Bitch, I started a dollar and a dream We went from helping old ladies with groceries at Alpha Beta For a couple quarters to a baby hustling major We had to up sooner or later, but I'm so Del Amo, my still stay off Anna Lee Carson my belly, I prove you lost already Roccett my big brother, Bishop let the crack took me on my first tour, now look where we at In the studio getting paid to reflect on Documenting facts Not to mention the Documentary 2 too You do the in ballerina shoes Enough with the clever raps, it's important than that I put my on the map, nigga Yeah, I really put my on the map I mean, when the time you heard Carson on the track, nigga? Let when they calling out stomping grounds on the West wait Yeah, that's I thought, I'm the best, nigga This the new West, nigga, respect It's Top Dawg, all I'm is the red hat But don't question what pocket I had left, my I'm by affiliation, in many ways gangsta But let me explain something, a if you may I threw all my fresh Supreme Chuck today And then I got a from Chuck Taylor, I'm saying The game ain't changed, we still the game Soul!
Started with a dollar and a dream and a On the corner rag hangin', slangin' I said you let me see credentials And when I pull this gun out you know how go Started a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) Started a dollar and a dream!
My album was a set up I was the nigga Pac was talking to When he said "keep head up" he knew what I would be facing after his demise Jayceon had to pitch them pies, better than flipping fries I'm the one the Crips Move the Yay or kiss the sky, for having dreams that 50 by Mary Blige Hopped up in that enterprise, had to stop a Went underdog to watching Top Dawg and Kendrick rise Now tell me can I testify, over trying to rest for 5 On a block, no tint on the Wraith left kids mesmerized ask me how I did it, how I got it Say I'm you looking brolic I put them down start practicing lyrical exercise me who the next to die, probably who the next in line They got me babbling ghost cause I'm the one alive word to Pac, Pun, Biggie, why I stand as my city It's wise to run a train, you couldn't fuck me since I saved my coast, it's been born again If I ain't then who the king of California then? Who out-rap me? Now think about if the same nigga you to say can run up and out-strap me, yeah Out-trap me, yeah, me I mean think it, exactly matter-of-factly I'm down playing that actually Call me Game I ain't one still I get paid like an Do the after the math, Doc two in the bag Lived up to expectations, Dre took me first in the Now who the fuck want Nobody survives so look alive when Impalas in the cut
Started a dollar and a dream and a pistol On the corner rag hangin', crystal I you gangbanging let me see credentials And I pull this gun out you know how this go with a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) Started with a and a dream!