10.Street People
Krayzie：
Dedicate this to all the niggas on the streets; niggas in the
hood strugglin',
Doin' what the fuck they gotta do to make their money; and all
the thugs, the
Hustlas, the gangstas, the playas, pimps. let's roll, let's
roll.
[. . . ghetto love, ghetto love. i can feel that ghetto love,
ghetto love . . .]
attitude. [we're
Ready for war.]the street mentality： it's do what you gotta do
[do what you
Gotta do].
I dedicate this to the niggas in the hood [where they at？ where
they at？ where
They at？], keepin' it real on the street. niggas they practice
what they preach,
Stayin' true until they d-i-e. niggas still strong. we keep on
bailin' through
The stress and all the rest of the shit that's goin' on.
speakin' of violence, i
See, you got to keep a pistol, 'cause if niggas think you're
rich, you gon' be
Got, they out to pinch ya. bullshit you not--killin' because of
the pump, and it
Drives us to the point of no return, especially when you 're
gone off of the
Sherm. you could give a fuck about a nigga flossin'. while you
walkin', he on
Sixteen switches. ain't that a bitch？ but that's life. this shit
ain't nothin'
Nice, and he'll take yours if his ain't right. and i can't stop
'em or knock
'em, but yo, i wouldn't even try, though. 'cause bible say,
'hey, either repent
repent and get
Saved, or put some food on your table for now.
Krayzie：
attitude. [we're
Ready for war.]the street mentality： it's do what you gotta do
[do what you
Gotta do].
what it takes,
But that's the brakes, rustle up what you can. gotta feed your
babies [babies,
Yeah]. handle yourself your own business--don't wait on that
nigga to get you
Nothin'. we been poor long enough, and i know you would scheme
on somethin'
it to you,
'cause it's guilt on they conscience. don't let 'em fool you
[don't let 'em fool
You, no]. really ain't doin' a nigga any favors, so come on and
get the paper,
Paper, before you die, die. this verse is for my ghetto queens,
tryin' to come
Up and get them better things, particularly cheddar cheese. make
that money
as long as you
Bringin' home the bacon, bacon, bacon. don't let your enemy lock
your mind, too.
And i hope y'all really been payin' attention 'cause it's 1999,
ooh. [ooh-ooh,
Yeah.]though people comin' around, we gon' thug. so where the
thugs at？ gimme
Krayzie：
attitude. [we're
Ready for war.]the street mentality： it's do what you gotta do
[do what you
Gotta do].
Now if y'all feelin' me, let's get down and tear the roof off
the mother. shoot
The muthafuckas! i'm serious and mean business. ready to pump
pump and ride, you
With it？ come on, put it out there. pump, pump, pump police.
they treat us like
Animals--let's attack 'em like beasts. but hold on： 'fore you
start fightin'
the gasoline [no
More, no more]. i'm really not trippin' on this rappin' no more,
'cause i know
It won't last too much longer . when it's over, then i be a
full-time soldier [i
Told you], if i make it out of the game with all my sanity. get
paid, fuck the
Fame, get out quickly. understand me？ 'cause at the rate i'm
goin', pretty soon
They'll try to ban me for killin' these muthafuckas tryin' to
tamper with my
Family. now they got me runnin' from these po-po's, tryin' to
jam me, but i told
Them muthafuckas not to try to test my manly, and this is my
mentality for
Krayzie：
attitude. [we're
Ready for war.]the street mentality： it's do what you gotta do
[do what you
Gotta do].
Niko：
I gotta give it up to all my thugstas, we're street people. them
niggas with an
Attitude, let's stop the killin', we're strugglin' just like you
to make a
Livin'. we're not pretendin', don't y'all remember？ it ain't
easy tryin' to stay
Alive, some people out there smokin' crack. my people workin' 9
to 5, just doin'
It right. real strong, hold on 'cause it won't be long before
the strugglin'
Days is long gone, hold on, be strong.
Krayzie：
Somebody better 'em we the t-h-u-g's real fuckin' soldiers,
soldiers, soldiers,
We soldiers. we're t-h-u-g's real fuckin' soldiers, soldiers,
soldiers, we
Soldiers.
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