Geah
You know how the f*** we do it
It's thug s***
Y'all wit' me?
C'mon, geah
Hey...
Once upon a time in the ghetto you're stuck
In the ghetto you're f*****
Ah - press your luck
I said once upon a time in the ghetto
You're through
Once upon a time in the ghetto
It's like you
Check it out
[Verse 1]
My life has been like gun blast every night
Stop the car, searched down with a flashlight
"Where's the gun? Where's the dope?"
The drive-by last week they try to pin, there's no hope
Wishin' I wasn't the victim, better yet the suspect
Waitin to run a warrant check
"What set you from? What side of town?
n**** like you must be ready to get down"
Hold up now, cause I start to speak my mind
I question the place of the ride and what time
"Speak your mind one more time, you're through"
They found a bullet that I stashed in my shoe
f***, now they gon' tear up the car
Try to lock me in a cell that's as tight as a jar
But that's the way it's goin' down, the gang story's told
Tomorrow might be the same episode
[Chorus...]
Once upon a time n' the ghetto you're through
Once upon a time n' the ghetto I'm like you
Once upon a time n' the ghetto you're stuck
In the ghetto you're f*****
Ah - press your luck
I said...
[Verse 2]
Y'all can follow me, see how gangstas walk
Real killas spit the strap and don't talk
Set trip, murder at night, we stalk
Yellow tape, bodies outlined in the chalk
I keeps my enemies close
Last night seen a life straight turn to ghost
My position is to roll through round-the-clock
Keeps watch on the one times down the block
You hear the click with the bang-bang, then you stop
Try to run, but the chest burn makes you drop
My comrads and criminals through hard time
I ride for y'all n*****, pop goes my nine
I do the crime, the point is mine
Look around the clockwork, it ain't hard to find
Any block, ward or burrough, you know what I speak
Your clients all cross the street if yo' product is weak
[Chorus...]
[Verse 3]
Y'all fools come up short on the work and try to cheat us
Cold n*****, cold-a** world, catch the heaters
Burn you b****-a** n*****, you can't beat us
Another life lost, you never will defeat us
Gun smoke's the outcome I predict
Locked down, never that, nickel slick
Try to cheat a n**** for dollars, "holla holla"
Is the sound that you make for cuttin' off the cake
Fake n*****, I hate yo' face, n*****
Seal your fate, no safety on the triggers
Ditches for the bodies I dump I dig bigger
Puttin mo' d*** to ya than Dirk Diggler
Static cling, bust straps, you ears ring
Funeral day, the sad songs to sing
n**** shoulda known by now it's mines
Step now or charriots will swing
[Chorus...]
Hoo-Bangin' one time, check it out
Hoo-Bangin' two times, check it out
Compton one time, n****
Compton two times, b****
Geah
You know how the f*** we do it
It's thug s***
Y'all wit' me?
C'mon, geah
Hey...
Once upon a time in the ghetto you're stuck
In the ghetto you're f*****
Ah - press your luck
I said once upon a time in the ghetto
You're through
Once upon a time in the ghetto
It's like you
Check it out
[Verse 1]
My life has been like gun blast every night
Stop the car, searched down with a flashlight
"Where's the gun? Where's the dope?"
The drive-by last week they try to pin, there's no hope
Wishin' I wasn't the victim, better yet the suspect
Waitin to run a warrant check
"What set you from? What side of town?
n**** like you must be ready to get down"
Hold up now, cause I start to speak my mind
I question the place of the ride and what time
"Speak your mind one more time, you're through"
They found a bullet that I stashed in my shoe
f***, now they gon' tear up the car
Try to lock me in a cell that's as tight as a jar
But that's the way it's goin' down, the gang story's told
Tomorrow might be the same episode
[Chorus...]
Once upon a time n' the ghetto you're through
Once upon a time n' the ghetto I'm like you
Once upon a time n' the ghetto you're stuck
In the ghetto you're f*****
Ah - press your luck
I said...
[Verse 2]
Y'all can follow me, see how gangstas walk
Real killas spit the strap and don't talk
Set trip, murder at night, we stalk
Yellow tape, bodies outlined in the chalk
I keeps my enemies close
Last night seen a life straight turn to ghost
My position is to roll through round-the-clock
Keeps watch on the one times down the block
You hear the click with the bang-bang, then you stop
Try to run, but the chest burn makes you drop
My comrads and criminals through hard time
I ride for y'all n*****, pop goes my nine
I do the crime, the point is mine
Look around the clockwork, it ain't hard to find
Any block, ward or burrough, you know what I speak
Your clients all cross the street if yo' product is weak
[Chorus...]
[Verse 3]
Y'all fools come up short on the work and try to cheat us
Cold n*****, cold-a** world, catch the heaters
Burn you b****-a** n*****, you can't beat us
Another life lost, you never will defeat us
Gun smoke's the outcome I predict
Locked down, never that, nickel slick
Try to cheat a n**** for dollars, "holla holla"
Is the sound that you make for cuttin' off the cake
Fake n*****, I hate yo' face, n*****
Seal your fate, no safety on the triggers
Ditches for the bodies I dump I dig bigger
Puttin mo' d*** to ya than Dirk Diggler
Static cling, bust straps, you ears ring
Funeral day, the sad songs to sing
n**** shoulda known by now it's mines
Step now or charriots will swing
[Chorus...]
Hoo-Bangin' one time, check it out
Hoo-Bangin' two times, check it out
Compton one time, n****
Compton two times, b****
Geah