We the slums, alright
Let's get this crunkin' from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was gone but that didn't make him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and to think wattn't half bad But Doug was always on us 'bout the things that we had Now I was born in Oakland known as the Cold Town Done seen too many folk down, some put the down
Done my momma cryin' if I knew what 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 me from catchin' In case I feel my insides burnin', musta swallowed all I'm drinkin' Milk of Magnesia, but I ain't feelin' straight 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 in a haunted house Ran what you to run, came how you tried to come Did you couldn't do, difference between me and you for a while now, country for a lifetime Cool is what I choose to be, but that what I used to be
Muddy waters couldn't a nigga, bloodhounds 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 ain't, fuckin' with this wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell with a blue light, fuckin' no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me layin' the law These cowards tryna me like my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm Southern That's where you break it down to raw and then you flush the I said you break it down to raw and you flush the rest And I playin' witcha'll haters since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, been up to a quarter Now my cousin called me up and said he did it from a handheld, to primary digits 'Cuz in the slums we work we just grind and gamble Guaranteed I got shit, niggaz dyin' to sample Now whattchu about that work from the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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