We the slums, alright
Let's get this motherfucker crunkin' from to Baghdad Ya was always gone but that didn't make him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to 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 seen too many folk down, some put the soul
Done my momma cryin' if I knew what I know now I'd pro'ly have to greet the party room the fo' pound I'm tryna keep my head on straight to keep me from In case I feel my insides burnin', swallowed all twenty-eight 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 it out, or ya livin' in a haunted house Ran what you tried to run, came how you tried to Did you couldn't do, difference between me and you Slum for a while now, for a lifetime is what I choose to be, but that ain't 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 hearin' National Geographic ain't, fuckin' with wildlife 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 down the law cowards tryna catch me like my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm Southern That's where you break it down to raw and then you the rest I said you break it down to raw and then you 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 called me up and said he did it Graduated from a handheld, to digits 'Cuz in the slums we don't we just grind and gamble Guaranteed I got shit, niggaz dyin' to sample Now whattchu know about that work the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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