Static, Quik, you're not a gangster, we're not
Some believe in love and some in friends But, niggaz, like me believe in ends 'Cause even when your bitch wants to 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 me, than let that shit, kick If your head ain't spinning from dippin' all sticks 'Cause way back in the day they used love a wet Screaming, HORALE, ESE, with them laces on a
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 spruce street was my stage
Peep, now back then I was in the grade, steady But niggaz, my age was paid, already Yeah, that nigga, Zam or even young, Blue made they first million by the age of, twenty-two
Like, Dan Cedar block, him and little Motor James from Street, with them boulders in peace, little Noopy, he didn't have to brag Rollin' to the grade 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 dope, it sells itself While kick back and just collect the wealth
And now I'm thinking, ain't nothing fly, these dirty ass, khakis dingy, prowings tackie This could be a way to flip that little, funky, twenty dollars, I earned Right then, is when I learned
Some in Jesus, some believe in Allah But niggaz like me, believe in making 'Cause even when, yo, niggaz, be untrue You know the 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
Peep, I gets a dub on the first and fifteenth, for a So, instead of spending it up, I gave my money to Now she jump in the Regal and said, "I'll be back" When she came in, she put me down with a sack
I turned my forty into and that was my profit I'm keepin' my rocks in the and not in my pocket Sister, Jackie in the with some boiling water, baking soda Fresh powder, baby bottles, making more
Checking a fat grip, rocks to tricks Donzelly, dippin' sticks, and bought 'em a six And five-hundred, block, peach, thangs, ya see Moving after gallon and key after key
I'm you, I done, seen it all From, niggaz, hitting the Sherman and the out on the wall cluckers, wanting a hit so bad, they let there panties fall Teeth rotten, gone and whole checks, get blown
But then, I'm still breaking these pebbles Bam Bam Saved them, splitting rocks, to the 'em, I from wearing khakis to Sergio Teccini my rocks is disappearing like the great Houdini
I bought a of clothes, all of my equipment And somthing new with each and every shipment Money gets made and money gets And how these jealous niggaz acting, makes it evident that
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in 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 love and some believe in But niggaz me, believe in making ends 'Cause even when, yo, bitch to trick around You know the money's got you safe and
Check, now in 1981, moved to L.A. My niggaz, playa, Ham and Gina gave me a to stay On my way up from rock, bitches, starting to jock 'Cause my hair is getting longer and games, stronger
To my own weight, I went and got me a job But by then, Ham and Gina started to squab About weather, I go or stay She told him either he or you go, we both 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, Carl got staring with that an Rolling up and down the street in that, rag seven Darren
Shaby, blue feathered, as he In the 'E l Co-P, 6, park away from the 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 mouth I'm a living of pimpin' so you fools can't trip 'Cause though, I love God, I also love my grip
Some believe in Jesus, believe in Allah But niggaz like me, in making dollars 'Cause even when, yo, niggaz, wanna be You the money's 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 wants to trick You know the money's got you safe and
Ooh, yeah, safe and sound, and sound, baby, ooh, yeah Safe and sound yeah, safe and
Gotta let you know, gotta let you let you know, Compton's in the house