City High

City High City High Lyrics
1.Didn't Ya

who is she?
That be pagin' you and callin' all night?
Just tell me please
Ain't no need for you to try and lie now.
Where did you go
When you said that you where gonna be here, boy, don't ya know?
Today i followed you over her crib.
Ya must've been crazy, crazy and dumb,
Ya thought i didn see ya now didn ya
Tried to sneak by me now didn't ya, didn ya
Ya gonna be sorry cause i aint the one
Ya tried to sneak by me now, didn ya didn ya.
Now i, won't cry
Cause honestly i knew it all the time but,
Deep inside the love i had for you was keeping me blind, but
I've made up my mind
I'm tired of giving yaw scrub-ass niggas my heart.
Now boy, you and that broad
'bout to meet with the lord.
Cause now it's too late
(what are you gonna do)
I lost my control
(puttin' my trust in you)
Keep this on ya mind
(every last dog gets caught some time, bye-bye)
Ya must've been crazy, crazy and dumb,
Ya thought i didn see ya now didn ya
Tried to sneak by me now, didn ya, didn ya
Ya gonna be sorry cause i ain't the one
Ya tried to sneak by me now, didn ya didn ya.
Sorry,
I didn mean to do what i done.
I'm only wrong for lovin' you too much,
Now i'm sittin' in these damn 'cuffs, locked up.
(damn)
Ya must've been crazy, crazy and dumb,
Ya thought i didn see ya now didn ya
Tried to sneak by me now, didn ya, didn ya
Ya gonna be sorry cause i ain't the one


2.Three Way

now the way it went
Got me in this messed up predicament
Cause i ain't know how to be monogamous
I was caught in the wrong just walkin'
Through the mall with this shorty on my arm
Now i played the fool
Sittin' in the sneaker store buying shoes
My girl's best friend came strollin' through
I tried to turn away but i moved too late
Cause she already saw my face
I was hoping she didn really get a good look at me
She walked out the store so casually
I thought that i was fine
Till she called me later on
With my girl on the line.
Now i tried to lie
Say that it must have been some other guy
You know your friend's jealous of you and i
Cause she ain't got a man
So she's all in your business
Shut up and let me finish girl
You crushin' me
Acting like you ain't got no trust in me.
I thought you said that you was in love with me
Well you act like you know and hang up the phone,
Tell your girl to leave us alone
But she ain't quit
The more i tried to lie, the angrier she'd get
Told me it was over with us, that's it
Word to all men
If you goin' be creepin', look out for her friend
Now ladies know how to stick together, together
No matter what you say you ain't goin' win
Now brothas better have they stuff together
Cause she's always goin' believe her friend.
She's always goin' believe her friend.


3.Why

Why

I know things ain't work out for you and me lady
But don't worry about my child because i'a take care of my baby
And i can't keep running around, breakinyou off
Cause i breaks my heart, when we make love and ain't no love
involved

Why should we screw
If we can get along, what's the point of gettingit on
You know that it's wrong when all we do
Is sweep it under the rug
What's the point when we touch if we're no longer in love

This makes no sense to do what we do
Cause baby i've been moved on and i know you got someone new
So we promised each other we wouldn't make this a sexual thang
Cause it feels good when we bang, but when it's all over
You know that we'll be fighting again


4.Song For You


5.15 Will Get You 20

15 will get ya 20
16 will get ya 10
Don't think it can't happen to you cause
It happened to one of my friends

18 fresh out of school
Doin' the right thing playing by the rules but
One day she caught his eye 36-24-with
A skirt size 5. he stepped to her and
Asked her name not even thinking to
Ask her age she so fine she had
To be grown had he knew then what
He knows now.
She was only 16 with tha body
Of a 20 year old beauty queen, man oh man how
Could this be so damn fly but only 16

15 get ya 20, 16 get you 10 don't
Think it can't happen to you cause
It happened to one of my friends

Let me tell you about my friend gene
1997 homecoming queen working hard
On her degree but one hot day she was
Out at the green and there he was about
5'9 chocolate as cocoa in the middle of
July so fine.he had tha lips of a vintage wine if
She knew then what she knows now.
He was only 16 with the body of a god and
A face of a king man oh man how could this be
So damn fly but only 16


6.Cats And Dogs

City high
'99
If you my dawg let me hear you bark
It aint my fault that the thought that hit your heart split you
apart
You should've kept your guard
Trying to play it hard last night pulled up in a black lex in a
yard
Talking on a rock rock you gonna murder me
You got the wrong conspiracy this ain't kennedy
Jealousy get your new way wait and see
You want a wish you better i dream a genie

Yo
All i left there was a broken heart
And a bunch of lies that i told her and i bounced before the
sheets
Were warm
See i'm the type to love them and leave them for no reason i'll
Be out the door
I don't catch feelings cuz my heart is cold
See i'm that brother that your mother tried to warn you bout
But you just had to try it
Now you crying on yo mamas couch
You put your heart in the fire
Baby it burned up
So here's a little story bout a lesson you should learn from

It ain't my fault that i'm a dog
I've been in love before
But me i picked the apple that was rotting to the core
I put the world at her feet she kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't fall in love cuz i end up gettin hurt
It ain't my fault that i'm a dog
I've been in love before
But the trust i had in women as been thoroughly destroyed
I put the world at her feeet she kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't fall in love
Cause i end up getting hurt

Well first of all it aint my fault that the chick broke your
heart
If you was hurt you should have told me from the start
Instead of sending me the flowers all that candy and the gucci
shit
On the phone for hours gasing me like i'm some goopy bitch
I've been hurt to
But that dont mean i'd hurt you
Never did i burn you
Or run you like some do
Now look what we've come to it's young and it's stupid
How you blaming all of us for one chick that was rooking

It aint my fault that your a dog
I've been in love before
But you you put the apple that was rotting to the core
I put the world at your feet
You kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't show no love cause i'll end up getting hurt
It ain't my fault that your a dog
I've been in love before
But the trust i have in men has been thoroughly destroyed
I put the world at your feet you kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't show no love cuz i'll end up getting hurt

I thought you was a angel god sent to me
Must have be, but the memory of our love burned like a rub
burned
But a thug learned never put your heart in a flame
Be a part of the game
Play smart in the game
But i was young back then
Dumb back then
But nowadays how i plays not the same
Controlling these games i know it cant do the pain
So dont come cry to me
Lie to me
These days women
Just leave you bustin pennyless stuck with no benifits
Fucking for benjamins suckers like guinea pigs thinking
They innocent
If i let them in again i may never win again
Like the bulls with no jordon
Apifiniit so when no love strong enough for me to be steppin in
Where the booga basement love don't win for no more baby face it

It ain't my fault that i'm a dog
I've been in love before
But me i picked the apple that was rotting to the core
I put the world at her feet she kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't fall in love cuz i end up gettin hurt
It ain't my fault that i'm a dog
I've been in love before
But the trust i had in women as been thoroughly destroyed
I put the world at her feet she kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't fall in love
Cause i end up getting hurt

It ain't my fault that your a dog
I've been in love before
But you you put the apple that was rotting to the core
I put the world at your feet
You kicked it in the dirt
Now i wont show no love cause i'll end up getting hurt
It ain't my fault that your a dog
I've been in love before
But the trust i have in men has been thoroughly destroyed
I put the world at your feet you kicked it in the dirt
Now i won't show no love cuz i'll end up getting hurt


7.Caramel

You can say i'm playin' games, but it's not the same
I ain't in to big names, but i like nice things
I watch boxing matches and uh football games
I wouldn't mind being an actress, but i love to sing
I like going out, talking walks and stuff
I don't 'member many girls cause they talk too much
I enjoy quiet nights at home cause i'm next to ya
No i ain't a virgin that don't mean i'm having sex with ya

Anywhere i go i'm spotted
And everything i want i got it
5'5 with brown eyes
Smile like the sunrise

Anywhere i go i'm spotted
And everything i want i got it
5'5 with brown eyes
Smile like the sunrise

Baby look me in the eyes
(and tell me)
I'm the kinda girl you like
(i'm feeling you)
Cause baby you're my kinda guy
Thinking about you and i
I wanna run with this
All night long
And if you want me we can keep this going
Let me tell you i'm the type that's strong
And i don't trust a lot of men i'm independent i'm ain't like
some other woman

Anywhere i go i'm spotted
And everything i want i got it
5'5 with brown eyes
Smile like the sunrise

Anywhere i go i'm spotted
And everything i want i got it
5'5 with brown eyes
Smile like the sunrise

Ven aqui, ven aqui mama
Baby girl don't you know you're a star
We could take a little trip to mi casa
Spend the night popping crys in the hot tub
See i ain't never seen no girl like you
Every sexy little thing you do
5'5' brown eyes with your thick thighs
Every time i see your smile its got me hypnotized

This city high remix here.
It's tha track, it's tha joint
So feel me now
(2x)

I keep'em mesmerized
Listen to me closely
E-v-e is how a thorughbread supposed to be
Hate tha thirsty type
Can't even get closed to me
That's why i got my own stack daddy
How it's 'ppsoed to be
I ain't about tha game playin and gift chasin'
All that frontin' daddy
Please we both big-facin'
All tha things i want i got
4get me not
Just from my stance
While u starin' at me got u hot
Not too many _______ is like uh
One of a kind
I mean even tha _______ is like
"she just a dime"
Not impressed by your crys poppin'
Cuz if u what i like
At the end of the night we gon' be lip-lockin'
But only if i choose to
I don't fall in love easily
Give you tha blues boo
I had u sittin' 'round misty eyed
Caramel get 'em all tha time

Anywhere i go i'm spotted
And everything i want i got it
5'5 with brown eyes

5'5 with brown eyes
Sun like the sunrise


8.Best Friends

(what's up my nigga?)
Heh, chillin' yo
(what's up man, ya ready to go? come on!)
Naw yo, you just go ahead
(what's wrong with you man?)
(wifey got you buggin' again)
Pshh, i just don't understand, ya know
(understand what man? huh?)
She ain't talkin' to me son
(word)
Yo i need you to do me a favor yo
(what?)

You gotta call her homie
(what'chu want me to call her for)
You gotta tell her for me
(tell her what man)
That i love her so strongly
(why don't you just tell her yourself)
Cause she won't listen to me now
(damn)

Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
(hold up, hold up, you ain't gonna be killin' yourself nigga)
So can you help me out?
You're the only one who cares

Yo shorty
I just got off the phone with robbie
He told me to come talk to you
(yeah, bout what?)
He said y'all having problems
And you left him, now he's all confused
(man, so what?)
Now girl why you buggin?
You know you was made for him
And him for you
I ain't trying to butt in
I just wanna be a friend
And he asked me to call you

And tell her for me
That i love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please help me now
You're the only who cares

You gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That i'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please help me now
You're the only who cares

Hmm, girl this thing has gone on, long enough
Can't you see
The true reason that you left him
Baby is cause of me, whoa
He would be real surprised
To find that i'm the new apple of your eye
What kind of friend am i?
To take advantage of - my best friend's trust


If you wanna know
Why i did - what i did
(tell me why did you do it)
I got tired of being alone
While you was out trickin'
(who told you i was trickin?)
I guess female dogs can't learn tricks too
You see i'm not the bitch, baby payback is
And what you did came back to you, oh


9.Sista

this is real hard for me to tell you but u my boy so imma b str8
up
Verse 1
Now youz my boy n all but we need to talk lets stop at a store
bring ya boy
Lets hit the park you might rap 4a min but don't take it to hard
cuz im hopin
Afta words ya still be my partner its hard for me to express how
im feelin and
When you here this news you might hit the ceelin but im willin
to let you kno
The truth and infact its betta i tell you before you here this
story backwords
Its about this new gurl im creepin its my little secret and i
can hardley keep
It yo boy its ya sista
Chorus
Ya sista ive been wit her for a while now and theres u can do
bout it 2x
Verse2
The first time ive ever seen her ya'll moved around my way i was
dyin to meet
Her but i met you first and we became real cool started hangin
out in now why
You reachin for your tool and no need for no beef so stop actin
irrational im
Still that same brotha who had ya back for you you know i never
hurt you or
Tried to be foul besides you dont want your niece to grow up
with out a daddy
Around thats right your baby sister is quite pregnant we
allready checked and
Are meeting witha reveran
Chorus
Its ya sista ive been wit her(wit her) ive been wit her for a
while now and
Theres nothin you can do bout it its ya sista ive been wit her
for a while (cuz
I love her) ya sista ive been wit her for a while now (this is
stresin me out)
Ya sista ya still my best friend
Hook
Ya sista you kno i love her i would never hurt her never leave
her 6x
No no no no in back ground


10.What Would You Do

boys and girls wanna hear a true story, saturday night at this
real wild party,
Had the liquor over flowin the cup, bout 5,6 stripers tryin to
work for a buck.
I took one girl outside with me, her name was lonni, went
tojunior high with
Me. i sad why you rippin and dance for cash, whole lot changed
since i seen you
Last. she said

(chores)what would you do if someone's at home cryin all alone
on the floor
Cause hes hungry and the only way to feed him is to sleep witha
man for a
Little bit of mone and his daddys gone somewhere smokin rock now
in and out to
Lock down i aint got a job now so for u this is just a good time
but for me
This is what i call life

Girl your not the only one with a babythats no excuse to be
livin all crazy
Then she looked me right straight in the eye and said everyday i
wake up hopin
To die. i know what pain is cause me and my sister rn away so my
daddy couldnt
Rape us, bfore i was a teenager i'd been through more issues
then u can even
Relate to.

(chores)

Hold up
What would u do
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
What would u do
Cause i wouldnt want my baby to go through what i went through
What would u do
Get up on my feet and stop makin tired excuses
What wold u do
Girl i know if my mother can do it baby u can do it

(chores x3)

What would u do


11.So Many Things

Verse i
I don't understand why you had to go
I guess i'll never know
Life seems so hard
Since you went your way,
There's still some things i got to say

Even though i'm all alone
I know you want me to be strong
Standing tall admist the rain
Without you life just ain't the same

Chorus
There are so many things i'd like to ask you
And there are so many things i still don't know
And there are so many things i'd like to ask you
Still yet so many things i will never know

Verse ii
If there was anyway i could see your face again
I'd give my own life
Only you can ease my pain
And if i could turn back the hands of time
It would take me just a moment
To tell you what's on my mind

Even though i'm all alone
I know you want me to be strong
Standing tall admist the rain
Without you life just ain't the same

Chorus
And there are so many things i'd like to ask you
And there are so many things i still don't know
And there are so many things i'd like to ask you
Still yet so many things i will never know

Coda
Sometimes i sit and wonder,
"will we ever meet again?"
But wherever life may lead
You'll always have a friend in need


12.The Only One I Trust

it's a ghetto fairytale

It was two weeks before my son's birthday
D.t's ringing my bell (ma'am we need to ask a few questions)
They told me the rain would go down anyday
If i was smart i wouldn't tell (no no)
It was all over him
Your my boyfriend the criminal
He was caught up in the game
And the fbi warned if i didn't go along
They'd make sure i never saw my son or my boyfriend again

(remember this, you are a convicted fellon on probation)
But how could i just turn him in?
(ma'am if you don't help us, you'll never see your son again.
trust me)
He would always tell me

I know your afraid
But you can't leave me now
Lean on my shoulder
Soon it'll be over
I'm trying to build our future
I'm doing this for us
Your the only one i love
The only one i trust

I'd been with him for about 4 years and i swear
He gave me anything i could dream (anything)
But the life that he lived was a nightmare i swear
Wasn't clean he was blinded by the cream
All the murderous capers, the trips to las vegas
Making millions from papers blood stained(nasty money)
Stuck in my head like a song, saw every sin i knew every wrong
And if i don't go along, i'd never see my family again

(no no no)
(hmmm)
(hey hey hey)
(so whats it gonna be?)
(i know my rights)
(one phone call from me and your son's going to a foster home.)
(whatever)
(answer the question)
(i don't have to answer shit)
He would also tell me (tell me yeah)

I know your afraid
But you can't leave me now
Lean on my shoulder
Soon it'll be over (sson it'll be over)
I'm trying to build our future
I'm doing this for us
Your the only one i love
The only one i trust

It was saturday evening, we were home watching tv
He looked in my eyes i wanted to cry (oh)
My son ran to hug him, he kissed him goodnight
How could i do this, could i do this? when i knew he would die
Fed's rushed the door, yelled 'everyone on the floor'
My man pulled his knife and started to fight
He was a soldier of cause in a war he couldn't win
But without him i'm lost
So i stood by his side and went down with him

Oh
No no no no
No no no nooo
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh
Oooooh
He would always tell me

I know your afraid
But you can't leave me now
Lean on my shoulder
Soon it'll be over
I'm trying to build our future
I'm doing this for us
Your the only one i love
The only one i trust
I know your afraid
But you can't leave me now
Lean on my shoulder
Soon it'll be over
I'm trying to build our future
I'm doing this for us
Your the only one i love
The only one i trust

I'm sorry...
I'm so sorry...


13.City High Anthem

They just gave up on our entire generation
So we were all pushed to the side cuz we didn't see the world
through our teachers eyes
When all we needed was a little bit of motivation
But because we wore our pants saggin' y'all labelled us gangstas
And said we wasn't worth the time

There are so many things i never asked you
There are so many things i still don't know
There are so many things you never told me
And still so many things that i will never know
And why, cuz i went to city high

A school with more drop outs than sign-ups at registration
And the pregnancy rate is at an all-time high, we all know why
Now you would think the classroom's the place for mental
stimulation
But it's some brothers outside sellin' that stuff, that'll
really stimulate your mind, (talk about gettin' high)

There are so many things you never showed me,
There are too many things you let slip by,
How can i face a world that doesn't know me
A world that doesn't care whether i live or die,
And why, cuz i go to city high

So, we don't need your education
We don't want no pacifier
We are the leaders of your nation
We're gonna make sure the world survives
There ain't no justice there's just us
What happened to the meaning of in god we trust§
So as we get older and our children grow up
We ain't gonna teach them what y'all showed us

There's too many babies dyin' before they're born (lord ain't
that the truth)
Too many young ladies cryin' with a daddy in the house but not a
father in the home (now y'all know there's a difference)
And what about all our young soldiers being led astray (by this
negative music)
What happened to the isaac hayes, and the curtis mayfield's and
all the marvin gayes?
Man we really need em today

And there were so many things that needed explaining
But you said it was too late for me to learn
You were suppose to be my shelter when it was rainin'
But instead you left me out here all alone, so i gotta make it
on my own

We don't need your education
We don't want no pacifier
We are the leaders of your nation
We're gonna make sure the world survives
There ain't no justice there's just us
What happened to the meaning of in god we trust§
So as we get older and our children grow up
We ain't gonna teach them what y'all showed us

For people who did believe, what we could do to change our
future, you knew the world was in our hands, help build them
strong so they can withstand, all the pressures, all the war,
all the prej
, and the others who were sure we couldn't fight the stress in
life, for those of you who didn't believe us, listen to my words
for you, listen to your children sing to you

We don't need your education
We don't want no pacifier
We are the leaders of your nation
We're gonna make sure the world survives
There ain't no justice there's just us
What happened to the meaning of in god we trust§
So as we get older and our children grow up
We ain't gonna teach them what y'all showed us

(repeat x1)


14.You Don't Know Me

you don't know me
They don't know me
Y'all don't know me
So don't try to judge me

Cause i'm hard headed
I don't wanna listen
Experience is my teacher
That's how i'm gonna live my life

Now lately it seems as though your actin' like your someone else
And the way it used to be you could come to me and tell me what
you felt
Now i heard they say what you see is what you get
But that ain't always a fact, but if you turned me inside out
I think that you'd gain a new respect
Seems like everybody knows my mind better than i know my own
Always questioning the things i do, i wish y'all leave me alone
I may hang out and drink a lot but that's just how i get down
If i listen to him or her or you, i'd never get my feet off of
the ground

You think you know me but you don't
(i'll do me and you do you think you know me but you don't have
a clue)
You think you know me but you won't