We the slums, alright
Let's get this motherfucker crunkin' Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always but that didn't make him a bad dad We managed to eat, and come to think wattn't half bad But Doug was always on us 'bout the things we never had Now I was born in Oakland better as the Cold Town Done seen too many folk down, put the soul down
Done heard my momma cryin' if I knew what I now I'd pro'ly have to greet the room with the fo' pound I'm tryna keep my head on straight to me from catchin' In case I feel my insides burnin', swallowed all twenty-eight I'm drinkin' Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin' Some mo' had murdered my granddad over
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Bummy, if I put it out, sucky, if I it out Ohh me, ya better it out, or ya livin' in a haunted house Ran you tried to run, came how you tried to come Did you couldn't do, difference between me and you Slum for a while now, for a lifetime Cool is what I choose to be, but that ain't what I to be
Muddy couldn't drown a nigga, bloodhounds on the trail for real Shakin' up rap shit, givin' niggaz hell for real Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you right National Geographic ain't, with this wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell with a blue light, fuckin' no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me down the law These cowards catch me like my hustle got a flaw Bitch I'm Southern That's you break it down to raw and then you flush the rest I said you break it down to raw and then you the rest And I ain't witcha'll haters since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, coulda been up to a Now my called me up and said he finally did it Graduated a handheld, to primary digits 'Cuz in the slums we don't work we grind and gamble Guaranteed I got that shit, niggaz dyin' to Now whattchu know about that work from the states of so thick, collard, grits and water We in the
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