Static, Quik, not a gangster, we're not static
Some believe in love and believe in friends But, niggaz, me believe in making ends 'Cause even when bitch wants to trick around You know the money's got you safe and
Now I'm 'bout to take it to '84, when I was fourteen back in the trees, West Side, if you please And, four-thirty-six, West was the spot With me, Wayne, Mike, Shot, Nookie, Slug and
Donzelly, if ya with me, than let shit, kick If your head ain't spinning dippin' all them sticks 'Cause way in the day they used love a wet baggie Screaming, HORALE, ESE, with them on a caddy
And you deny a hit from that Buddah, Tye Going round and round the driveway, now coming my way And I'm out at a young age And the whole spruce street was my
Peep, now back then I was in the grade, steady But niggaz, my age was getting paid, Yeah, like that nigga, Zam or young, Blue They made they first million by the age of,
Like, Dan from Cedar block, him and Motor James from Piru Street, them boulders Rest in peace, Noopy, he didn't have to brag Rollin' to the tenth in a Fint, '0' rag
Well, goddamn, how can I be I ask my sister, Jack for help and she told me, look around Nigga, they don't sell dope, it sells While kick back and just collect the wealth
And now I'm thinking, ain't nothing fly, these dirty ass, khakis T-shirt dingy, tackie This could be a way to that little, funky, twenty dollars, that I earned then, is when I learned that
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in But niggaz like me, in making dollars 'Cause even when, yo, niggaz, wanna be You the money's still good to you
Yes, yes believe in love and some believe in friends But niggaz like me, believe in making 'Cause even when, yo, wants to trick around You know the money's got you safe and
Peep, I gets a dub on the first and fifteenth, for a So, instead of spending it up, I gave my to Jack Now she in the Regal and said, "I'll be right back" When she came in, she put me with a plastic sack
I turned my forty eighty and that was my profit I'm my rocks in the house and not in my pocket Sister, in the kitchen with some boiling water, baking soda Fresh powder, baby bottles, more boulders
a fat grip, slanging rocks to tricks Donzelly, dippin' sticks, and bought 'em a six And five-hundred, block, peach, thangs, ya see Moving gallon gallon and key after key
I'm you, I done, seen it all From, niggaz, hitting the Sherman and the pass out on the From cluckers, a hit so bad, they let there panties fall Teeth rotten, gone and whole checks, get blown
But then, I'm still these pebbles like Bam Bam Saved them, rocks, to the 'em, tic-toc I went from wearing khakis to Teccini While my is disappearing like the great Houdini
I bought a gang of clothes, all of my And getting new with each and every shipment Money gets and money gets spent And how these jealous niggaz acting, makes it evident that
believe in Jesus, some believe in Allah But niggaz like me, in making dollars even when, yo, niggaz, wanna be untrue You the money's still good to you
Yes, yes Some believe in love and some believe in But niggaz me, believe in making ends 'Cause when, yo, bitch wants to trick around You know the got you safe and sound
Check, now in 1981, away to L.A. My niggaz, playa, Ham and gave me a place to stay On my way up bottom rock, bitches, starting 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 started to squab About weather, I should go or She him either he goes or you go, we both was on our way
So, he moved and took me with him on, two-thousand-one, Clowning with playas, all around me, astounding My nigga, pimpin, got staring with that hair an Rolling up and down the in that, rag seven with Darren
Shaby, blue feathered, as he In the 'E l Co-P, 6, away from the curve Big jam, L.A Mike, Darryl, Nicki on the That Top Big Shane, and Tweed rolling up the weed
And hoes, come and go in and out Revolving door, with some, nut in they mouth I'm making a living of so you fools can't trip 'Cause though, I love God, I also love my grip
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in But niggaz like me, in making 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 'Cause even when, yo, bitch wants to trick You know the money's got you safe and
Ooh, yeah, safe and sound, and sound, baby, ooh, yeah Safe and yeah, safe and sound
Gotta let you know, gotta let you let you know, Compton's in the house