Yeah, Short Dawg in the (Survivin' the game) the game man (Survivin' the game)
It ain't easy you out here for uh (Survivin' the game) Ten years hanging the cut throats (Survivin' the game)
Back stabbers, playa, haters y'know what I'm (Survivin' the game, the game) But I'm a killa always was and always will be (Survivin' the game)
If you ain't in the right state of mind don't play me they ain't never ended slavery You fuckin' with my freedom, let's it real fool Don't underestimate niggaz who'll kill you
everything changed and everybody got a strap Don't wanna be attacked, keep it on your lap I'm smobbing in my drop, I'm feelin' like Super fly top down speeding the streets
on the prowl and jacking is how They get paid, pull out a gat and break your ass show no fear, but you scared as hell And your partner riding which he's to tell
But you don't know it yet, you hella fun And the shit hit the fan and you on the run You better pray if they catch your homeboy 'Cause if they put him under pressure, bound to burst
Into a long 'bout everything you did No tusslin', time to do a bid In brand new jail that they built for you the smallest little things you get killed over
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Ain't no out, got you mad as hell Instead of sending you to school, they pay to you in jail That cost way more, you do time When you creep through the hood and kill own kind
They building county jails and They gettin' ready for the century Computers taking over, money's Now they all the houses in the ghetto streets
They way we live now, we can't long 'Cause everyday niggaz gettin' they on and court dates, plea bargain for your life You'll be out in twelve years, once a month see wife
Now how sound? You the black man, now they got you locked down let you learn a trade, working years for pennies All shit you building, was making white man plenty
Got the game fucked up and never be rich It's all about respect and they treat you like a
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I was born with the skills of a man To survive in the streets and stackin' I'm thirty years old and far from I don't care what you think, I ain't forgot I'm from
Oakland, that's where I learned Everything I know and when I got my I came fake on a microphone I always let 'em know the town is home
I wasn't in Oakland, I was born a mack true to the game, always stating the facts Bitch you stop my mack attack I know you love this shit, when I rap that
You never get me to change my style I spent 20 dollars on a brand new house I got to pay, no time to be fake Eating top rump don't fuck steak
Don't be of me 'cause it's well known I slip in a minute after hella songs Make one album and I'm through I be a ass nigga like you
So I try to stay focused and do my job Turn shit up loud and watch a bitch head bob I'm the Too S H O R T I a square ass bitch and turn her into a freak
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Now old in the streets ain't no easy task Losing homeboys every the season pass Gettin' phone calls, another dead Sittin' in the car got four in the
Rush to his mama house the is real Trying to find out why a nigga got I'm to hurt somebody, give a fuck who you already know what you need to do
Kill another man that's what you figure Just what we need, another nigga Got your guns you want none You stupid motherfucker where they come
From the white man, get 'em fast food With an to make a nigga blast you You little violent motherfucker, don't play me 'Cause they ain't ended slavery fuckin' with my freedom
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