(I was raised in the hood) Eastside Long Beach to be exact (I was raised in the hood) Where the gra** is greener and the crips are much meaner (We got ya, back, I was raised in the hood) I'll never turn my back on the hood (I was raised in the hood) Yeah you can take me out the hood But you can't take the hood up outta me [Snoop Dogg - Verse 1] Raised by the gangstas, the generals, the thieves, the twins Yeah I'm stealing n-ggas, please what you know bout that I do it everytime, told em 1800 had em mixing it with lime (oh weee) My life is like a movie, I was thuggin in the beach when I lit my first doobie In the same city where I got my first piece of coochie Where I sold my first dime, and I held my first uzi b**h, choose me, cause I'm going to the top Rap or the rock, them hoes say I'm on b**h Whenever will it stop I was poppin'like it's on, slamming Chevy's up the block East up, what it do though Now I ride 2-door, the Porsche looking mean Hella far from broke, the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope Only cause I was raised in the hood [Hook] I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) We got ya back I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) We got ya back [Snoop Dogg - Verse 2] Raised by the monsters the criminals The G's, it was? the n-ggas on the east What you know bout that? Snoopy in his prime, I'm a boss I catch a n-gga slippin' like moss Ride with the realest , I've been on it since a young'n It's 200 b**hes in the function Looking cool, you know it b**hy I'm rollin' And I aint worried bout them n-ggas we patrolling the hood and the city Rollin on that dilly 2 milly, 2 Bugatti's, call em Rozay and Diddy Heart of the set, Homie I'm a vet Lil n***a, keep ya clothes, ask around, I'm a rep, East up, what it do though Hoes spillin' Nuvo, Doggy on his tip I threw up the two O Hella far from broke, the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope Only cause I was raised in the hood [Hook] [Snoop Dogg - Verse 3] Raised by them hustlas them dealers on the block It was plenty of them n-ggas on the spot What you know bout that? Turned up fully The hood raised me, gang-banging made me a bully, ya dig Burnt out and any party we at, you know it's turned out The people talking the rumours Now what you heard about? How I spend 100 thou gettin' purped out I'm strapped up, I keep a pistol for these s**ers tryna act up They know I'm famous like I won't get in the streets cuz Like I don't come from the W, I'm a beast bru What it do though, dickies for the dulo Homie, you know skinny n-ggas sumo Hella far from broke, the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope Only cause I was raised in the hood [Hook]