I didn't see no speedbump (stop playin', yo, ayy) I T'd off (hit it, yeah) Dropped the top and screeched off (skrrt, hey) They-they ticked off (they mad, ticked off) They ticked off (my bad, woo) We T'd up (T'd up, no) I T'd up (woo, woo) I'm T'd up

I do it for HIP HOP... I do it for HIP HOP... I do it for HIP HOP... I do it for hip hop I don't do it for the cars and the fancy drops And I don't do it for the chains and the flashing rocks Now this is what they call poetry in motion My soul bleeds on

I Grew Up A Fucking Screw Up Got Introduced To The Game, To The Game Then Fucking Blew Up Ever Since I Was An Embryo Waitng To Shape Up And Ship Out Something In My Brain Said Wake Up And Kick Out Roberta And Wayne Stayed Up And Flipped Out 'cause When

Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes And The highway is alive tonight I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Man walks along the railroad track He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge

And my denial keeps me on the edge of the chance Well here comes the sun And you’re in my arms 'Cause unlike you I got nothing to hide I don't pretend to have any shame I got a box we could put all your lies in You know that I will be a call away The

(You know you did) You used to say live and let live But if this ever changin' world In which we live in Makes you give in and cry Say live and let die Live and let die When you were young and your heart Was an open book

Too tired for anythin' I laid down last night, too tired to wake I had a chill this mornin', too tired to shake I got a good poker hand, too tired to win I can hear my baby knockin', too tired to let her in Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm tired, woo

And it doesn't look that way to me It's in my eyes You tell me you like the taste You just need an excuse You tell me it calms your nerves You just think it looks cool You tell me you want to be different You just change for the same

I'm lifting you up I'm letting you down I'm dancing till dawn I'm fooling around I'm not giving up I'm making your love This city's made us crazy and we must get out Forgot what I was looking for Try to guide me in the right direction

Mother fucker it's a perfect crime Kickin' back in the shadows Got no need for the light Who's sorry now old timer Look at how you've spent your life Scroungin' for change To put some money in your pocket My how scratch does burn Laughin' at the fuckers