Static, Quik, you're not a gangster, we're not
Some believe in and some believe in friends But, niggaz, me believe in making ends 'Cause even when your bitch wants to trick You know the money's got you safe and
Now I'm 'bout to take it back to '84, I was fourteen Kickin' in the trees, West Side, if you please And, four-thirty-six, West was the spot With me, Wayne, Mike, Shot, Nookie, and Rock
Donzelly, if ya me, than let that shit, kick If your head ain't spinning dippin' all them sticks 'Cause way back in the day they used a wet baggie Screaming, HORALE, ESE, with laces on a caddy
And you couldn't deny a hit from Buddah, Tye Going round and the driveway, now it's 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 eighth grade, But niggaz, my age was paid, already Yeah, that nigga, Zam or even young, Blue They made they first million by the age of,
Like, Dan from block, him and little Motor James from Piru Street, with them 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 some help and she me, look around Nigga, they don't sell dope, it sells While they kick back and just the wealth
And now I'm thinking, ain't nothing fly, about these dirty ass, T-shirt dingy, prowings This be a way to flip that little, funky, twenty dollars, that I earned Right then, is when I learned
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in But niggaz like me, in making dollars 'Cause when, yo, niggaz, wanna be untrue You know the still good to you
Yes, yes Some believe in love and some in friends But niggaz like me, believe in ends 'Cause even when, yo, bitch to trick around You know the money's got you and sound
Peep, I gets a dub on the first and fifteenth, for a So, instead of spending it up, I my money to Jack Now she jump in the Regal and said, "I'll be back" When she in, she put me down with a plastic sack
I my forty into eighty and that was my profit I'm keepin' my rocks in the house and not in my Sister, Jackie in the kitchen with some water, baking soda Fresh powder, baby bottles, making boulders
Checking a fat grip, rocks to tricks Donzelly, sticks, went and bought 'em a six And five-hundred, block, peach, thangs, ya see Moving gallon after 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 gone and checks, get blown
But then, I'm still these pebbles like Bam Bam Saved them, rocks, to the 'em, tic-toc I went wearing khakis to Sergio Teccini While my rocks is like the great Houdini
I bought a of clothes, all of my equipment And getting somthing new with and every shipment Money gets made and money spent And how jealous niggaz acting, only makes it evident that
Some believe in Jesus, some believe in But niggaz like me, believe in making 'Cause when, yo, niggaz, wanna be untrue You know the money's still to you
Yes, yes Some believe in love and believe in friends But like me, believe in making ends even when, yo, bitch wants to trick around You the money's got you safe and sound
Check, now in 1981, away to L.A. My niggaz, playa, Ham and Gina me a place to stay On my way up bottom rock, bitches, starting to jock 'Cause my hair is getting and games, getting stronger
To pull my own weight, I and got me a job But by then, Ham and Gina started to squab About weather, I go or stay She told him he goes or you go, we both was on our way
So, he moved and took me with him on, two-thousand-one, Clowning playas, all around me, just astounding My nigga, pimpin, Carl got staring that hair an Rolling up and down the street in that, rag seven Darren
Shaby, feathered, as he swerved In the 'E l Co-P, 6, away from the curve Big jam, L.A Mike, Darryl, Nicki on the That nigga Top Big Shane, and Tweed up the weed
And hoes, come and go in and out door, leaving with some, nut in they mouth I'm making a living of pimpin' so you fools trip even though, I love God, I also love my grip
Some believe in Jesus, some 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 like me, in making ends 'Cause even when, yo, wants to trick around You know the money's got you and sound
Ooh, yeah, safe and sound, Safe and sound, baby, ooh, Safe and sound yeah, and sound
Gotta let you know, gotta let you let you know, Compton's in the house