We the slums, alright
Let's get this motherfucker crunkin' Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always gone but that didn't him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to think wattn't bad But Doug was always on us 'bout the things that we had Now I was born in Oakland better known as the Cold Done seen too many folk down, put the soul down
Done 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 on straight to keep me from catchin' In case I feel my insides burnin', swallowed all twenty-eight I'm Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin' straight Some mo' had murdered my granddad over
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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 haunted Ran what you tried to run, how you tried to come Did what you do, difference between me and you Slum for a now, country for a lifetime Cool is what I choose to be, but that ain't I used to be
Muddy waters couldn't a nigga, bloodhounds on the trail for real Shakin' up this rap shit, givin' niggaz hell for Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you right National Geographic ain't, fuckin' this wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm bite Hell with a blue light, fuckin' no rules tonight
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Now again, you see me layin' down the law These cowards catch me like my hustle got a flaw I'm Southern 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 flush the 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 grind and gamble I got that shit, niggaz dyin' to sample Now whattchu know about that work the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, and water We in the
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