[Hook - Lil' Mo and Nate Dogg w/ variations]
[Both]
A gangsta's born every day
[Mo]
So make sure that you keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Both]
And now that I know the game
[Mo]
I'll make sure that I keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Nate Dogg]
Me in the ghetto where the poor people hang
Please pay attention they do ghettoish thangs
One out of three, yep a third of 'em bang
The other motherf**ers they be slanging that 'caine
Always out for money cause the money's the game
Eastside homey it's a Long Beach thang
You heard me right n***a this is DPG
With the superwoman standin' claimin' CPT
[Lil' Mo]
I-I, promise I'mma keep it G
Rep my south team, hands in the street
Recognise game, and they recognise me
Cause a G like me comes naturally
Tho-ose, haters try to hate on me
But they got no choice but to do right by me
There's no way you're dividin' me
Cause my OG's in the streets gon' ride for me
I-I, promise to do ghetto things
Cause I'm the closest thing to ghetto in this industry
That's why I be chillin' when it's 90 degrees
While ya keep sh** poppin' how I ride this beat
And people always saying to me
How can I tell I'm really a G?
Cause an OG told a gangsta
A gangsta told a playa
A playa told Nate
And Nate just said to me
[Hook - Lil' Mo and Nate Dogg w/ variations]
[Both]
A gangsta's born every day
[Mo]
So make sure that you keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Both]
And now that I know the game
[Mo]
I'll make sure that I keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Xzibit]
Nate Dogg reppin'
(Look!) X to the Z
I'm shifty, verses runnin' a buck 50
Tryin' to get large enough bank to get Britney
I'mma do Britney like Bobby did Whitney
f** her whole life off, donate my kidney (Yeah!)
Wake up to vodka, crash with the whiskey
My name holdin' to much weight, you can't lift me
Came from my first out ghetto with King Tipsy
Hold a torch over my city, you can't miss me
n***as say f** me but can't f** wit' me
Twist this sh**, make your finger tips sticky
I need me a wify, sh** I mean wifey
I'm so f**ed up I couldn't read my own writin' (Heh)
Clash of the titan, (Yeah!) no propaganda
Big Sauce, I'm comin' for you, Tony Montana
T-shirt, khakis, tux and bandanas
Livin' amongst the most scandalous on the planet (Yo!)
[Hook Lil' Mo and Nate Dogg w/ variations]
[Both]
A gangsta's born every day
[Mo]
So make sure that you keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Both]
And now that I know the game
[Mo]
I'll make sure that I keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Both]
A gangsta's born every day
[Mo]
So make sure that you keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A
[Both]
And now that I know the game
[Mo]
I'll make sure that I keep it, G-A-N-G-S-T-A