We the slums, alright
Let's get this motherfucker crunkin' from to Baghdad Ya pops was always but that didn't make him a bad dad We still to eat, and come to think wattn't half bad But Doug was always on us 'bout the things we never had Now I was born in Oakland known as the Cold Town Done too many folk down, some put the soul down
Done heard my momma cryin' if I knew I know now I'd pro'ly have to greet the party with the fo' pound I'm tryna keep my head on straight to keep me catchin' In I feel my insides burnin', musta swallowed all twenty-eight I'm drinkin' Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't straight mo' had murdered my granddad over real-estate
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Bummy, if I put it out, sucky, if I it out Ohh me, ya better kick it out, or ya in a haunted house Ran what you to run, came how you tried to come Did what you couldn't do, between me and you Slum for a now, country for a lifetime Cool is I choose to be, but that ain't what I used to be
Muddy couldn't drown a nigga, bloodhounds on the trail for real Shakin' up rap shit, givin' niggaz hell for real Turn a hold the dog deal, and you hearin' right National Geographic ain't, fuckin' with this Hissin', I'm strike, rattlin', I'm finna bite Hell a blue light, fuckin' with no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me layin' the law cowards tryna catch me like my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm bred That's where you break it down to raw and you flush the rest I said you break it down to raw and then you the rest And I ain't playin' haters since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, coulda up to a quarter Now my called me up and said he finally did it from a handheld, to primary digits 'Cuz in the slums we work we just grind and gamble Guaranteed I got that shit, niggaz dyin' to Now whattchu know about that work from the of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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