[Hook: x 2]
Used to run with the older dudes
That's how I know the rules
Notice how these fools talk gats but can't hold the tool
What I know is true, I do what I'm supposed to do
Open you, you kids ain't supposed to speak till ya spoken to
[Tef]
Tell me what the f** a hood do to make a young buck get dumbstruck
By the sight and the sound when the gun bust
n***a tell me how to, f** I know the smell of gunpowder
So well that when the shell spits sniffin it'll rouse ya
Why you send me like this to live a life with such malice
In the streets bound by the vows of marriage
To the game, I'm a hustler
Shellshocked from lettin the shells pop from the muffler
Get knocked, get bailed, with the bell heart just to touch ya
f** ya, I done paid all my dues in spades
And know the tools of the trade
n***a f** the police, I done spent life up in the streets
Ain't got plans for comin up in this piece
To give a n***a, every side of my struggle
To show why'all mothaf**as all the real ill sh** they put a thug through
And they wonder why I let my pants hang, f** with hoodrats
Cheap n***a and won't give up a God-damn thang
[Hook: x 2]
[Guru]
I sat by the door, but never call me a spoof
Go head and, call on ya troops, we'll have you callin a truce
I got here on pure guts, carve diamonds with pure cuts
Still the king of underground, you toilet tissue, pure bu*t
And just in case you want to spread rumors
Me and Tef'll give you lead to the head tumors
Used to rock blue and red Pumas
I went to Farrakhan speak when I was 12 years old
He said, "Create your own job, know yourself, don't fold"
My uncle Clarence, rest in pe