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INTRO:(COOLIO TALKING)
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This record goes out to all you fake ass gangsta baller
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bueschwa minded ass
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house niggas who forget their colo. Put on a suit and tie and escape
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from
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the ghetto and don't never come back.Yeah motherfucker you can run but
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you
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sure can't hide!
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Deep down in the jungle where the crack dealers grow, Niggas kill niggas for
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steppin on their toe,
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A girl is a bitch and a lady is a ho
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When anything goes for a little bit of doe, see
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Shit get cooked by thugs and crooks
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With the knowledge of a scholar but they don't read books
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Everyday is a chance that ya life might go
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So today is a day that ya gotta get paid
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Slang them ki's,make them g's
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Do what'cha want but ya sell what'cha please
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But don't forger where you come from
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Cuz when you do that you're done
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Remember your niggas and bitches and the Trojans
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And take it to your pockets for some fitness
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When ya get it goin and ya got it goin good
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Ya better bring back somethin for da hood
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HOOK 1
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Bring back somethin fo da hood motherfucker!
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Bring back somethin fo da hood!
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REPEAT
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LA County what's goin on?
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1993 modern day Babylon
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Peace to the niggas from the street
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And rest in peace to the others that's six feet deep
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Welcome to the fool and he strikes when he's back
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And he expects to come around,go around and get ate
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Top down,slipped on CO-run they none
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Every (?cisscrack?)-CAINE ain't no fun
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Black cop white cop *gun shot*
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Fuck the colour of skin make sure he shot *gun shot*
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Escape from a jail cell,split away from hell
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And all I want for Christmas is a Glock and some shells
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Billy Boy takes the pictures,what you got ot worry, Five-I-seven on my switch,we
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got out early
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Taddle-tails get dropped an' they get got good
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So get this stoob nigga for the hood
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HOOK 2
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Get that nigga fo da hood motherfucker!
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Get that nigga fo da hood!
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REPEAT
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INTERLUDE
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Them niggas ain't playin!(x 4)
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What'cha gonna do when you get out of jail?
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Get that nigga fo da hood
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VERSE 3
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You must remember dis if you're black and you're rich
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One push come to shove they'll take your shit
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Martin Luther King didn't wear a diamond ring
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But he had a dream to let freedom reign
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My homie Red Foxx got played like blocks
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Pick em up sticks,jacks and hop-scotch
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what station?,aggravation,there's no end to the situation
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Cuz niggas need a place to meet,a place to sleep
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A place to eat and rest they feet
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But nobody really even gives a fuck
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That's why so many niggas is maggot'd up,huh
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You claimin the hood but you don't back it up
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Fool!And when they catch ya ass,they gonna FUCK you up
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So when you get it goin and ya got it goin good
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You better bring back somethin fo da hood
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REPEAT HOOK 1(x 2)
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OUTRO
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Bring back somethin fo da hood MOTHERFUCKER
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(Haa-aah!Haa-aah!Haa-aah!)
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Bring Back Somethin Fo Da Hood
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| Coolio |
