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Let's get this motherfucker from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was always gone but that didn't him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to think wattn't bad But Doug was always on us 'bout the things that we had Now I was in Oakland better known as the Cold Town Done too many folk down, some put the soul down
heard my momma cryin' if I knew what I know now I'd pro'ly to greet the party room with the fo' pound I'm tryna my head on straight to keep me from catchin' In case I feel my burnin', musta swallowed all twenty-eight I'm drinkin' Milk of Magnesia, but I ain't feelin' straight Some mo' had my granddad over real-estate
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Bummy, if I put it out, sucky, if I it out Ohh me, ya kick it out, or ya livin' in a haunted house Ran what you tried to run, came how you to come Did what you couldn't do, between me and you for a while now, country for a lifetime Cool is what I choose to be, but that ain't I used to be
Muddy waters drown a nigga, bloodhounds on the trail for real Shakin' up this rap shit, niggaz hell for real Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you hearin' National ain't, fuckin' with this wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell a blue light, fuckin' with no rules tonight
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Now once again, you see me down the law These cowards tryna catch me like my hustle got a Bitch I'm Southern That's where you break it to raw and then you flush the rest I said you break it to raw and then you flush the rest And I ain't playin' witcha'll since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, coulda up to a quarter Now my called me up and said he finally did it from 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 that work from the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, grits and We in the
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