Static, Quik, not a gangster, we're not static
Some believe in love and some in friends But, niggaz, me believe in making ends 'Cause even when bitch wants to trick around You the money's got you safe and sound
Now I'm to take it back to '84, when I was fourteen Kickin' back in the trees, West Side, if you And, four-thirty-six, Spruce was the spot me, Wayne, Mike, Shot, Nookie, Slug and Rock
Donzelly, if ya with me, than let that shit, If head ain't spinning from dippin' all them sticks 'Cause way back in the day used love a wet baggie Screaming, HORALE, ESE, them laces on a caddy
And you couldn't deny a hit from Buddah, Tye Going round and round the driveway, now it's my way And I'm out at a young age And the whole spruce street was my
Peep, now back I was in the eighth grade, steady But niggaz, my age was paid, already Yeah, like nigga, Zam or even young, Blue They made they million by the age of, twenty-two
Like, Dan from block, him and little Motor James Piru Street, with them boulders Rest in peace, Noopy, he didn't have to brag to the tenth grade in a Fint, '0' rag
Well, goddamn, how can I be I ask my sister, Jack for some and she told me, look around Nigga, they don't sell dope, it itself they kick back and just collect the wealth
And now I'm thinking, ain't fly, about these dirty ass, khakis T-shirt dingy, tackie This could be a way to flip that little, funky, dollars, that I earned Right then, is when I learned
believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah But niggaz like me, believe in dollars even when, yo, niggaz, wanna be untrue You the money's still good to you
Yes, yes Some in love and some believe in friends But like me, believe in making ends even when, yo, bitch wants to trick around You know the got you safe and sound
Peep, I gets a dub on the and fifteenth, for a fact So, of spending it up, I gave my money to Jack Now she jump in the and said, "I'll be right back" When she came in, she put me down with a plastic
I turned my forty into eighty and was my profit I'm my rocks in the house and not in my pocket Sister, Jackie in the with some boiling water, baking soda powder, baby bottles, making more boulders
Checking a fat grip, rocks to tricks Donzelly, dippin' sticks, and bought 'em a six And five-hundred, block, peach, thangs, ya see gallon after gallon and key after key
I'm telling you, I done, it all From, niggaz, hitting the Sherman and the out on the wall From cluckers, wanting a hit so bad, they let panties fall Teeth rotten, hair and whole checks, get blown
But then, I'm still breaking pebbles like Bam Bam them, splitting rocks, to the 'em, tic-toc I went wearing khakis to Sergio Teccini While my is disappearing like the great Houdini
I a gang of clothes, all of my equipment And getting new with each and every shipment Money gets and money gets spent And how these jealous niggaz acting, only makes it that
Some believe in Jesus, some in Allah But like me, believe in making dollars 'Cause even when, yo, niggaz, be untrue You know the still good to you
Yes, yes Some believe in and some believe in friends But niggaz me, believe in making ends 'Cause even when, yo, bitch to trick around You know the got you safe and sound
Check, now in 1981, away to L.A. My niggaz, playa, Ham and Gina gave me a to stay On my way up from bottom rock, bitches, to jock 'Cause my hair is getting longer and games, getting
To pull my own weight, I and got me a job But by then, Ham and Gina really started to About weather, I go or stay She told him either he goes or you go, we was on our way
So, he and took me with him on, two-thousand-one, Browning Clowning playas, all around me, just astounding My nigga, pimpin, got staring with that hair an up and down the street in that, rag seven with Darren
Shaby, feathered, as he swerved In the 'E l Co-P, 6, park away the curve Big jam, L.A Mike, Darryl, on the bike That Top Big Shane, and Tweed rolling up the weed
And hoes, come and go in and out Revolving door, leaving with some, nut in they I'm making a living of pimpin' so you fools can't 'Cause even though, I love God, I love my grip
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in But niggaz like me, believe in making 'Cause when, yo, niggaz, wanna be untrue You the money's still good to you
Yes, yes Some in love and some believe in friends But like me, believe in making ends even when, yo, bitch wants to trick around You know the money's got you safe and
Ooh, yeah, safe and sound, Safe and sound, baby, ooh, and sound yeah, safe and sound
Gotta let you know, gotta let you let you know, Compton's in the house