Guru - O.G. Talk lyrics

[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