[Lil Wayne] I got popped in 94' them people caught me with some coke But I pleaded as a user so the judge let me go Now I'm back on the streets with six months of probation Can't go out the state so I can't take no vacation Got to watch my conversation cause them people a fool Got to be in before 11 and I can't miss school But I was talkin to that n***a sammy Tryin to see how I'm a get these 20 bricks from miami On a chip phone so I'm thinking they aint tracin mine Two days later I'm in that place facing 99 But slim and baby bought a laywer for a half a mil' And he kept fightin and he got me out appeal My n***as real So I know I got to play it light I gotta watch what I do cause I'm on my second strike But if I ever fall agian I'm history So I'm a keep everything low so they can't get to me 3 strikes n***a [Chorus] 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues [Turk] Look If they pop you n***a fo sho you goin ride The judge aint playin they givin you 99 They don't giva f** who you is they don't descriminate Come up with a decision there it is closed case Aint nothing you can do n***a you goin do that time Take it like a man don't cry you done the crime Seen a lot a n***as fall short like that I done seen a lot a n***as run through cuts with a gat I done seen a lot a n***as get they wig pushed back I done seen a lot a n***as get busted for crack Not me cuzin as long as I'm with CMB cuzin Got my mind straight I'm no longer on that D cuzin So tell me how I'm a do wrong I'm doing right You feds can't f** with me cause I'm doing right So you can take all the b**hes you want You can play numba down you can't stop me [Chorus] 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues [B.G.] I know any day it can happen go to jail or get k**ed that's why I try to walk light but on the streets it's too real I just had a lil girl so hard I try to chill But I still find my self on the block chasin the mil Ask the lord to guide me right keep my mind of bad Got this monkey ride my back tellin me to a bad Got a judge front a n***a tryin to send me away Cause I got my second gun charge possesion of a A-K Now I'm due for sometime 15 with a bail But I refuse to take that cause I'll never get well But I promise if the lord hold me from under this Aint got to worry about me coming back for sh** Never thought when I get older they would offer me 10 I was waiting for my uncle come home looking like I would meet him in the pin I aint let em worry me real is what I've been Now I'm on my third strike but I'm a hit the streets agian [Chorus] 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues 3 strikes you out, 3 strikes you lose 3 strikes you fall, 3 strikes you catch the blues [Juvenile] What in the f** you mean I got an attachment They got crooks out here b**h harra** them I used to pull it all I used to sell dope I used to whip hoes I used to snort coke I used to shoot at n***as I used to steal cars I used to start wars up in that 3rd ward