They say it started in the East the apple was But out West we be them apples up say them Fruit Town niggas gon' ride tonight They say Tree Top niggas gon' ride tonight They say them Grape Street gon' ride tonight They say them Bounty Hunter niggas gon' tonight They say them 6-0 niggas gon' tonight They say Cedar Block niggas gon' ride tonight Them 1-9-0 niggas ride tonight They say them Timberland niggas gon' tonight They say them Campanella gon' ride tonight Who ride tonight, who gon' die tonight Started with a and a dream Started a dollar and a dream
We did it for the West, motherfucker, Kanye Niggas get out on [?] Got three thousand stacks, I talking 'bout Andre I put it on your head, I ain't talking no See I stayed the same, ain't go weird like Squeeze on his like ain't no more toothpaste (You ain't do shit) Bitch, of course I is You want this money, you have to drive the course I did I got that weight foundry, talking 'bout the out here You in the nosebleeds, come down to where the is How a nigga a rojo rag end up in Soho Bag, any bitch with a solo swag You think you in that four do' Jag? Nah In Tom Fords with a MK nah Give you a bird's eye view of the Nigga, welcome to Compton, take you in Carson next Ab-Soul!
Started with a dollar and a and a pistol On the corner rag hangin', slangin' I said you let me see credentials And when I pull this gun out you know how go with a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) with a dollar and a dream!
I was by the bastards my mannerisms The Curtiss magnet that managed 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 with a 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 grow up or later, but I'm so Del Amo, my mama still stay off Lee Carson across my belly, I prove you already my big brother, Bishop let the door crack Game took me on my first tour, now look we at In the studio getting to reflect on that Documenting true Not to mention the Documentary 2 too You do the addition in shoes Enough with the clever raps, it's more than that I put my city on the map, Yeah, I really put my on the map I mean, the last time you heard Carson on the track, nigga? Let when they calling out stomping grounds on the West I'll Yeah, what I thought, I'm the best, nigga This the new West, nigga, that 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 all my fresh Supreme Chuck Taylors today And then I got a call from Taylor, I'm saying The game changed, we still changing the game Soul!
Started with a dollar and a dream and a On the corner rag hangin', slangin' I you gangbanging let me see credentials And I pull this gun out you know how this go Started a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) with a dollar and a dream!
My album was a set up I was the little nigga Pac was to he said "keep your head up" Cause he knew what I would be facing after his Jayceon had to pitch them pies, better than flipping fries I'm the one the despise 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 from underdog to watching Top and Kendrick rise Now tell me can I testify, over trying to rest for 5 On a block, no tint on the Wraith left these kids ask me how I did it, how I got it Say I'm king you looking I put weights 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 Ever since I saved my coast, it's been born If I ain't shit who the king of California then? Who out-rap me? Now think about if the same nigga you bout to say can run up and out-strap me, Out-trap me, yeah, me I mean think it, exactly Speaking matter-of-factly I'm down that actually Call me Game I ain't one I get paid like an athlete Do the after the math, Doc two in the bag Lived up to expectations, Dre took me in the draft Now who the want what Nobody survives so look alive them Impalas in the cut
Started with a and a dream and a pistol On the rag hangin', slangin' crystal I said you let me see credentials And when I pull this gun out you know how go with a dollar and a dream! (Look at me now, at me now) Started a dollar and a dream!