We the slums, alright
Let's get this crunkin' from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always but that didn't make him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to think wattn't bad But Doug was on us 'bout the things that we never had Now I was born in Oakland known as the Cold Town Done seen too many down, some put the soul down
Done heard my momma cryin' if I knew I know now I'd have to greet the party room with the fo' pound I'm tryna keep my head on straight to keep me from In case I my insides burnin', musta 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 kick it out, or ya livin' in a house Ran what you tried to run, came how you tried to Did what you couldn't do, between me and you for a while now, country for a lifetime Cool is what I to be, but that ain't what I used to be
Muddy waters couldn't drown a nigga, bloodhounds on the for real up this rap shit, givin' niggaz hell for real Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you right National Geographic ain't, fuckin' with this Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm bite Hell a blue light, fuckin' with no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me down the law These cowards tryna me like my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm bred That's where you break it to raw and then you flush the rest I said you break it to raw and then you flush the rest And I ain't playin' witcha'll haters 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 primary 'Cuz in the slums we don't work we grind and gamble Guaranteed I got that shit, dyin' to sample Now whattchu know about that work from the states of Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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