Said I got the Said I got the Memphis city Yeah, light up the green, me light up the room me light up the mic, fat boy, be the truth Nigga live and learn, learn the or get burned Niggas take you earn, they be slick as a perm Man I try to be slicker, try to be and quicker Try to be more than another broke ass nigga In this game of life, your life in the game Take a life full of pain, make you my name From the of the blues, thought I paid my dues It's to fill my shoes, imitators abuse I love the music, like my heart and my brain Couldn't live without it, that's man I'm unstoppable man, the bottom I came Niggas for bread, stumbled up on the fame Humble niggas with game, shut yo' up and listen Recognize, it's a blessing, just to be living I got the Memphis City Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood pimps introduced us to 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 neighborhood pimps introduced us to (This is how put it down) Everybody we know used to in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man I had the Memphis City Jones running my bones Way, way back with A+ beepers and gray Even further when I was just playing around the yard Riding bikes and shit, falling and getting my legs In the music city, Memphis Tenn, they 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 school shit from to end I would start to memorize, four at age 10 I come from a city R&B run deep And the blues was the music that paved the street It was only natural that we would take the and run wit it Be serious, but still a little fun wit it MJG, from a town runs real deep Ask B.B. and Isaac Hayes on Beale Street I got the City Blues Ooo, I could it now The pimps introduced us to pimping And everybody we know used to play in streets Oh man, oh man, oh man I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood pimps us to pimping (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 pimping man, me and G was born and 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 North to the South at my nigga house, out Skipping school, learning the Memphis City Blues 'bout Me and G and a whole bunch of Had a road to travel just to make the world love us 'Cause it's the Memphis City, to call it itty bitty Would be an We got big ass, cash, and Big pimping working and hurt, the of big tippers Side and big jails to hide niggas But we stayed out, hard times, we bout 'em Nigga step up that shit and I laid out 'em MJG rappin' the Tennie, you and I could feel it Pass me some of the I got the City Blues Ooo, I feel it now The pimps introduced us to pimping And everybody we know used to play in them Oh man, oh man, oh man I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood pimps us to pimping (This is how put it down) And everybody we know used to play in streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man
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