[Intro]
Uptown....
Yeah...yeah..n***a
Well let me take ya' to the neck of the woods
In my hood (uptown)
Show you what we livin' like (uptown)
Well let me take ya' to the neck of the woods
In my hood (uptown)
Show you what we livin' like (uptown)
[Lil Wayne]
Shhh
Gangsta to the core
Ankle wrap flamer
Paint your kitchen floor
Wit' your who*e
sh** you can't ignore
Things you endure when you f**in' wit' the boar
All I hear is Weezy don't k** me no more
I hear your bullsh**
I play matador
I'm not a category
I ain't there wit' y'all
I got a positive vibe but I ain't scared of y'all
Get the kid n***a did never that at all
That rat a tat go off
A black kak kak kak
I gotta b**h so fine her name Pérignon
She know how to stash quarters in a carry-on
I blow outta town gra** when I'm outta town
Uptown in the building not a sound
Cuz k**as don't get heard about
They get whispered about
Or you get murdered out (n***a)
[Hook: Birdman (Lil Wayne)]
Well let me take ya' to the neck of the woods
In my hood (uptown)
Show you what we livin' like
(walkin like a man
Finger on the trigga' got money in my pocket
I'm a uptown n***a ni**a!)
Well let me take to to the neck of the woods
In my hood (uptown)
Show you what we livin' like
(walkin like a man
Finger on the trigga' got money in my pocket
I'm a uptown n***a ni**a!)
[Birdman]
The first shot
The first n***a got shot
We bust him open like a blunt on a Marley n***a (yeah)
A hundred g's
n***a score some keys
Then we went to the hood and then we started to ball n***a (started to ball)
We know them people been paper chasin
So we stay out the way then we pull out the Harleys n***a
We keep the gauge close, incase you wan' know
You come to the hood I bet you a target n***a
Its all good till you catch a case
A n***a never escape cuz you addicted to money n***a
Well let me bring you back yesterday
I lil' homie I know got full of that barma n***a
f**in round wit' that kid and play
n***a f**in wit' G's a n***a twisted his body n***a
Well let me tell you bout' this game I know
You keep flippin' dough homie you'll be ridin the flyest n***a
[Hook]
[Lil Wayne]
Got it on your mind let daddy say somethin'
All that play buckin'
Gon get your face bu*toned up
Now when you smirk
You look like Jay-z's shirt
f**in wit' that turf, I'm puffin' on that smurf
f** it come holla and tell that poppa put away your dollas
Your son got choppas
And if you got enemies (yeah)
Your son got enemies (believe that)
That's uptown energy n***a!
[Birdman]
Don't waste no time on no bullsh**
If it ain't hood sh**
We spend a lil paper n***a
Well if you catch 'em in the hood n***a
It's all good sh**
Go head do me that favor n***a
Well let me take you down deep in the inside
It's where they hustle and the homies try to get it right
It's when you gotta ride
It's when the homie die
And the money can't stop the pain in the inside
[Hook: Birdman] x2
[Birdman talks until the end]