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Let's get this motherfucker from Kentucky to Baghdad Ya pops was gone but that didn't make him a bad dad We still managed to eat, and come to think half 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 seen too many folk down, put the soul down
Done my momma cryin' if I knew what I know now I'd have 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 insides burnin', musta all twenty-eight I'm Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin' straight 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 kick it out, or ya livin' in a house Ran you tried to run, came how you tried to come Did you couldn't do, difference between me and you for a while now, country for a lifetime Cool is what I choose to be, but that ain't what I to be
Muddy waters couldn't a nigga, bloodhounds on the trail for real Shakin' up this rap shit, givin' niggaz hell for a hold the dog deal, mucus and you hearin' right National Geographic ain't, with this wildlife Hissin', I'm finna strike, rattlin', I'm finna Hell with a light, fuckin' with no rules tonight
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Now again, you see me layin' down the law These cowards tryna catch me like my hustle got a Bitch I'm Southern where 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 playin' witcha'll since y'all fucked up my order
Got me playin' with a gram, been up to a quarter 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 I got that shit, niggaz dyin' to sample Now whattchu know about that from the states of Georgia Cook so thick, collard, and water We in the
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