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Let's get this crunkin' from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always gone but that make him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to think half bad But was always on us 'bout the things that we never had Now I was in Oakland better known as the Cold Town Done seen too many down, some put the soul down
Done heard my cryin' if I knew what I know now I'd pro'ly have to greet the party room the fo' pound I'm keep my head on straight to keep me from catchin' In case I feel my insides burnin', musta all twenty-eight I'm Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin' straight Some mo' had murdered my over real-estate
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Bummy, if I put it out, sucky, if I it out Ohh me, ya better it out, or ya livin' in a haunted house Ran what you tried to run, came how you tried to 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 ain't what I to be
Muddy waters couldn't drown a nigga, on the trail for real Shakin' up this rap shit, givin' niggaz for real Turn a hold the dog deal, and you hearin' right National Geographic ain't, fuckin' with this Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell with a blue light, with no rules tonight
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Now again, you see me layin' down the law These cowards tryna catch me like my got a flaw I'm Southern bred That's you break it down to raw and then you flush the rest I said you break it down to raw and then you the rest And I ain't playin' witcha'll haters since fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, coulda been up to a Now my cousin called me up and he finally did it Graduated a handheld, to primary digits 'Cuz in the slums we don't we just grind and gamble Guaranteed I got that shit, niggaz to sample Now whattchu know about that work from the of Georgia so thick, collard, grits and water We in the
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