Said I got the I got the blues Memphis city Yeah, up the green, watch me light up the room Watch me light up the mic, fat boy, be the Nigga live and learn, the streets or get burned Niggas take you earn, they be slick as a perm Man I try to be slicker, try to be cunning and Try to be than just another broke ass nigga In this game of life, lose life in the game Take a life full of pain, make you my name From the home of the blues, I paid my dues hard 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 man, from the bottom I came Niggas scratching for bread, stumbled up on the niggas with game, shut yo' mouth up and listen Recognize, a blessing, thankful just to be living I got the Memphis 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 could it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping (This is how put it down) Everybody we used to play 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 back when I was just playing the yard bikes and shit, falling and getting my legs scarred In the music city, Memphis Tenn, 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 Bobby Womack and Al Green Hell, I knew most of the old shit from front to end I start to memorize, four fives at age 10 I come from a where R&B run deep And the blues was the music paved the whole street It was only natural that we take the torch and run wit it Be serious, but still have a fun wit it MJG, a town that runs real deep Ask B.B. King and Isaac Hayes on Beale I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I feel it now The neighborhood 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 pimps introduced us to pimping (This is how put it down) Everybody we know used to 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, Beverly and Maze Windows rolled down, no AC 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 of others Had a rocky road to travel just to make the world us 'Cause it's the Memphis City, really to call it itty be an understatement We got big ass, cash, and Big working and hurt, the pockets of big tippers Side dippers and big jails to hide But we stayed out, hard times, we prayed 'em Nigga step up talking that shit and I out 'em MJG rappin' the Memphis Tennie, you and I could it Pass me of the henny I got the Memphis 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 City Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood pimps us to pimping (This is how put it down) And everybody we know used to in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man
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