[00:01.64] I know you can feel the magic, baby [00:05.95] Turn the motherfuckin' lights down [00:10.09] Esco, whattup? (Whattup, homie?) [00:13.39] I mean, it's what you expected, ain't it? (Hahaha) [00:21.85] Let's go... uhh, uh, uhh, uh, uhh, uh [00:26.84] Turn the music up in the headphones [00:29.91] Uh, yeah, that's perfect (yeah, right, right) [00:35.73] Uhh, uh, you gotta take ya time [00:40.06] Make a nigga wait on this mo'fucker (hahaha!) [00:43.95] Make niggas mad and shit like [00:46.26] Niggas usually just start rappin' after four bars, nigga, go in! [00:51.01] Just start dancin' in this mo'fucker [00:53.96] Yeah (yeah) we just come outta nowhere [00:58.70] I feel like a Black Republican, money I got comin' in [01:02.29] Can't turn my back on the hood, I got love for them [01:04.97] Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in him (nah) [01:07.69] Probably end up back in the hood, like, "Fuck it then" [01:10.37] Huddlin' over the oven, we was like brothers then (what?) [01:12.93] Though you was nothin' other than a son of my mother's friend [01:15.53] We had covenant, who would've thought the love would end? [01:18.27] Like Ice Cold's album (uhh), all good things [01:20.47] Never thought we sing the same song that all hoods sang [01:23.14] Thought it was all wood-grain, all good brain [01:25.86] We wouldn't bicker like the other fools, talk good game [01:28.41] Never imagine all the disaster that one good reign, could bring [01:31.96] Should blame, the game, and I could [01:34.09] It's kill or be killed, how could I refrain? [01:36.67] And forever be in debt, and that's never a good thing [01:39.25] So the pressure for success can put a good strain [01:41.94] On a friend you call best, and yes it could bring [01:44.44] Out the worst in every person, even the good and sane [01:47.10] Although we rehearsed it, it just ain't the same [01:49.88] When you put in the game at age 16 [01:52.65] Then you mix things like cars, jewelry, and Miss Thing [01:55.39] Jealousy, ego, and pride, and this brings [01:57.73] It all to a head like a coin, cha-ching [02:00.59] The root of evil strikes again, this could sting [02:03.12] Now the team got beef between the Post and the Point [02:05.76] This puts the ring in jeopardy, indefinitely [02:08.16] I feel like a black republican, money I got comin' in [02:11.27] Can't turn my back on the hood, I got love for them (uhh, uhh) [02:13.93] Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in him (nah) [02:16.46] Probably end up back in the hood, I'm like, "Fuck it then" [02:18.43] I feel like a black militant takin' over the government [02:21.73] Can't turn my back on the hood, too much love for them (nah) [02:24.55] Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in him [02:27.01] Probably end up back in the hood, I'm like, "Fuck it then" [02:29.50] I'm back in the hood, they like, "Hey Nas" (uh) [02:32.42] Blowin' on purp, reflectin' on they lives (uh) [02:35.02] Couple of fat cats, couple of A.I.'s [02:37.54] Dreamin' of fly shit instead of them gray skies [02:40.30] Gray 5s, hatah's wishin' our reign dies [02:42.98] Pitch, sling pies, and niggas they sing, "Why"? (uhh) [02:45.57] Guess they ain't strong enough to handle their jail time [02:48.06] Weak minds keep tryin', follow the street signs [02:50.80] I'm standing on the roof of my building [02:52.84] I'm feelin' the whirlwind of beef, I inhale it [02:55.45] Just like an acrobat ready to hurl myself, through the hoops of fire [02:59.06] Sippin' 80 proof, bulletproof under my attire [03:01.59] Could it be the forces of darkness [03:03.49] Against hood angels of good, that form street politics? [03:06.51] Makes a sweet honest kid, turn illegal for commerce (uhh) [03:09.50] To get his feet out of them Converse, that's my word [03:11.57] I feel like a black republican, money keep comin' in [03:14.85] Can't turn my back on the hood, I got love for them (uhh, uhh) [03:17.49] Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in him (nah) [03:20.19] Probably end up back in the hood, ah, "Fuck it then" [03:22.04] I feel like a black militant takin' over the government [03:25.41] Can't turn my back on the hood, too much love for them [03:28.07] Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in him [03:30.70] Probably end up back in the hood, I'm like, "Fuck it then" [03:35.97]