Said I got the I got the blues Memphis city Yeah, light up the green, watch me light up the Watch me light up the mic, fat boy, be the Nigga live and learn, the streets or get burned take what you earn, they be slick as a perm Man I try to be slicker, try to be and quicker Try to be more just another broke ass nigga In game of life, lose your life in the game a life full of pain, make you remember my name From the of the blues, thought I paid my dues hard to fill my shoes, imitators abuse I just love the music, my heart and my brain live without it, that's impossible man I'm man, from the bottom I came Niggas scratching for bread, stumbled up on the Humble niggas game, shut yo' mouth up and listen Recognize, it's a blessing, just to be living I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood pimps introduced us to And everybody we know used to in them streets Oh man, oh man, oh man I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping (This is how put it down) Everybody we know used to play in streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man I had the Memphis Jones running through my bones Way, way with A+ beepers and gray phones Even further back when I was just around the yard Riding bikes and shit, falling and my legs scarred In the city, Memphis Tenn, they turned me into this My dad and a couple of my friends, played instruments And when we used to roll to at 16 We bumped shit like Bobby Womack and Al Hell, I knew most of the old shit from front to end I would start to memorize, fives at age 10 I come from a where R&B run deep And the blues was the music that paved the street It was only natural that we would the torch and run wit it Be serious, but still have a fun wit it MJG, from a town that runs real Ask B.B. King and Isaac on Beale Street I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood pimps us to pimping And everybody we know used to play in streets Oh man, oh man, oh man I got the City Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood pimps introduced us to (This is how put it down) Everybody we know to play in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man Yeah, on that man, me and G was born and raised Commodores, O Jays, Frankie and Maze Windows down, no AC cause the gas low Bread at a minimum, but still we found a to go to the South at my nigga house, chiefing out Skipping school, learning what the City Blues 'bout Me and G and a whole of others Had a rocky to travel just to make the world love us 'Cause it's the City, really to call it itty bitty be an understatement We got big ass, cash, and Big pimping and hurt, the pockets of big tippers Side and big jails to hide niggas But we stayed out, times, we prayed bout 'em step up talking that shit and I laid out 'em MJG rappin' the Memphis Tennie, you and I feel it me some of the henny I got the City Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping And everybody we know to play in them streets Oh man, oh man, oh man I got the Memphis City Ooo, I feel it now The pimps introduced us to pimping (This is how put it down) And we know used to play in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man
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