Said I got the Said I got the Memphis city Yeah, light up the green, watch me up the room Watch me up the mic, fat boy, be the truth live and learn, learn the streets or get burned Niggas take what you earn, they be as a perm Man I try to be slicker, try to be and quicker Try to be more than just another broke ass In this game of life, lose life in the game Take a life full of pain, you remember my name From the home of the blues, thought I paid my hard to fill my shoes, imitators abuse I just love the music, like my heart and my Couldn't without it, that's impossible man I'm unstoppable man, the bottom I came Niggas for bread, stumbled up on the fame Humble niggas with game, yo' mouth up and listen Recognize, a blessing, thankful just to be living I got the Memphis Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping And everybody we know used to in them 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 used to in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man I had the Memphis City Jones running through my Way, way back A+ beepers and gray phones Even further back when I was just playing around the Riding bikes and shit, falling and getting my legs In the music city, Memphis Tenn, they turned me into My dad and a couple of my friends, played instruments And we used to roll to school at 16 We bumped shit like Bobby Womack and Al Hell, I knew most of the old school shit front to end I would start to memorize, four at age 10 I come a city where R&B run deep And the blues was the music that the whole street It was only natural that we would the torch and run wit it Be serious, but have a little fun wit it MJG, a town that runs real deep Ask B.B. King and Isaac Hayes on Beale I got the City Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping And everybody we used 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 know to play in them streets (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man Yeah, on pimping man, me and G was born and raised Commodores, O Jays, Frankie and Maze Windows rolled down, no AC the gas low Bread at a minimum, but still we a place to go North to the South at my house, chiefing out Skipping school, learning what the Memphis City Blues Me and G and a whole bunch of Had a rocky road to 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 working and hurt, the pockets 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 the Memphis Tennie, you and I could feel it Pass me some of the I got the City Blues Ooo, I could it now The neighborhood introduced us to pimping And everybody we know used to 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) And everybody we know used to play in them (We know) Oh man, oh man, oh man
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