We the slums, alright
Let's get this motherfucker from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always gone but didn't make him a bad dad We managed to eat, and come to think wattn't half bad But Doug was always on us the things that we never had Now I was born in Oakland better as the Cold Town Done seen too folk down, some put the soul down
heard my momma cryin' if I knew what I know now I'd pro'ly have to greet the party room with the fo' I'm tryna keep my head on to keep me from catchin' In case I my insides burnin', musta swallowed all twenty-eight I'm drinkin' Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin' Some mo' had murdered my granddad 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 livin' in a house Ran what you tried to run, came how you to come Did what you couldn't do, difference me and you Slum for a while now, country for a Cool is what I choose to be, but that what I used to be
Muddy waters couldn't drown a nigga, on the trail for real Shakin' up this rap shit, niggaz hell for real Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you right National Geographic ain't, fuckin' with wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell with a light, fuckin' with no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me down the law These cowards tryna catch me my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm Southern That's where you break it to raw and then you flush the rest I you break it down to raw and then you flush the rest And I ain't playin' witcha'll since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, coulda been up to a Now my cousin me up and said he finally did it from a handheld, to primary digits 'Cuz in the slums we don't work we just grind and Guaranteed I got that shit, niggaz dyin' to Now whattchu know about work from the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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