Let me get that intro Blunts, gators Hand me my mink On the East duckin' Feds from a peephole 1989, gangbangin' was at it's peak This the beat that make me reminisce on G-Funk Three summers before The Chronic hit the streets I would rather slang hand to hand to a fiend Rappin' on the side, trappin' was priority But every now and then I go scoop my little thing Pull up in my MC bangin' New Jack Swing Ooh, summertime time back in Long Beach Passin' one bottle, forty oz. O.E. I didn't have a dollar but a nigga had a dream Whippin' over the stove and a nigga gotta eat Threw my raps in the garbage, fuck bein' an MC Thank the Lord for Nate Dogg and thank God for Warren G Funny how time flies when you're high as me I think I'm in the Ruff Endz, now I seen her throwin' up H-Town You was livin' off of a Dru Hill Wasn't ready for the rubber, baby, who is? Know you prettier than all the El DeBarges Never worry 'bout the Total of the charges (I got this) And if you need an escape for now, meet up at room 112 We do it anywhere (We can do it anywhere) Ooh, yeah, and if you feelin' (If you need a freak) Just call me, baby (Call me) I'll have you screaming (Call me) Ooh, ooh We'll get back to all that ghetto shit we like But for now just let me hold you all night Cheek to cheek just like they do in the movies Tonight, baby, I want your love on time As soon as I put this on Cutie pie, you're the reason why As soon as I put this on I love ya so and I never let ya go As soon as I put this on, girl Ooh, yeah As soon as I put this on Don't fight it, let it live And if you need an escape for now, meet up at room 112 We do it anywhere (We can do it anywhere) Ooh, yeah, and if you feelin' Hun hun (If you need a freak) Just call me, baby (Call me) I'll have you screaming (Call me) Ooh, ooh We'll get back to all that ghetto shit when we like But for now just let me hold you all night Cheek to cheek just like they do in the movies Tonight, baby, I want your love on time As soon as I put this on Cutie pie, you're the reason why As soon as I put this on I love ya so and I never let ya go As soon as I put this on, girl Ooh, yeah As soon as I put this on

Such a nuisance tryna kill all the loose ends Tell me how the truth became so elusive Them illusions from the fusion, the intrusion Contusion, you got me confused, man Wish I could change everything up You all in my zone, Jack go home, ain't the same 'cause Wonderin' if I was still the same girl (I wonder) The girl you knew before she came up (I wonder) What if I was you? What if I was the same? What about the truth? Runnin' around with no shame What if I wasn't Alicia? Would it please ya? How would I feed ya? What if to you, I was just a leecher? Why would I need ya? Why would I need ya? Yeah Tell me why the hell is somethin' always wrong Tell me why the hell I had to write this song Even when I'm right, they gonna say I'm wrong Oh well, oh well Tell me why the hell I had to write this song Tell me why the hell there's somethin' always wrong Even when I'm right, they gonna say I'm wrong Oh well, oh well Truth without love (Oh well, oh well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) "You can't understand me" is an understatement I love you more because I know you hate me I love you more 'cause I know you forsake me So you hate it more, can't wait to drive the stake in You lucky I do this for different reasons Shine all the time, no matter the seasons Lawry's Swear they out here extra salty Man, they out here extra salty I swear they out here extra salty, yeah All in time, one day you'll find The truth without love (truth, truth, truth, truth) Truth without love (truth, truth, truth, truth) The truth without love (truth, truth, truth, truth) Truth without love (truth, truth, truth, truth) Is just a lie Oh well, oh well Oh well, oh well Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well, well) Truth without love (Oh well, oh well) Is just a lie

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true Ooh (ooh, ooh) Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why, then, oh, why can't I? i, i ooh Ooh (ooh, ooh) Hmm hmm Ooh (ooh, ooh) Ooh (ooh) Hmm hmm If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why can't I?

Chestnuts roastin' on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Who helped to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight They know that Santa's on his way He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh And every mother's child is gonna spy To see if reindeer really know how to fly So I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from one to ninety-two Although it's been said many times, many ways Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you You you you you, babe Oh yeah, if I ain't got you baby, baby Yeah, I need you Need you this Christmas Weah, weah I need you

I said we're all God's children, products of the ghetto Momma cooked the soup, daddy did the yelling Uncle was a drunk, cousin was a felon When he got pinched, he told them he wasn't tellin' Auntie was a cook, her husband was a crook Cause every job he had they be payin' him off the books Ghetto University, knowledge is all it took In the tenement I was listenin' to the hook Change gon' come, the spirit of Sam Cooke When the Feds coming, everybody be shook Now we doing life like Eddie Murphy and Martin On the chain gang, I was singing into the coffin The roaches and the rats, heroin and the crasp Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at Everybody got a path but you could never go back Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm telling you like it is, how we ever gon' live? If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids? It's a revolving door, when brothers be doing bids I know it sound wrong but the dope'll be what it is Survival of the fittest, this poor girl the illest Broke mirrors and black cats give me heebie-geebies Life seems hard, nothing ever comes easy Whatever's in the dark, won't always become the light If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight? Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth The streets be flyin' birds but they don't be on the roof Poverty is a pain like you pulling a tooth Told the streets don't let me go like I'm bishop and juice The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at Everybody got a path but you could never go back Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh (Sing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Sing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Gotta sing) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (She's a king) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah) And they sing New York City Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts You do it to yourself, just you You and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the 15th floor You've changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door One day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts You do it to yourself, just you You and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts You do it to yourself, just you You and no-one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself

I been going through things Substance abusing Family thinks I lose it When I hide in the music Na Na Na I been going through things (Been going through it) Substance abusing (Been lit and using) Family think I lose it (Ain't gonna lose) When I hide in the music Na Na Na Ayy, I seen it all You playing all these games, but girl I beat em all Ain't fuckin' with no lame niggas I'll heat em all But if you bring your friends tell em I'll eat em all Grind through me Drive to me Fine tune it Don't lie to me Fly to me Tell me I'll be the one 'Cause baby girl I think your body is hellish (hellish) Callin' my name, pulling your hair, breakin' the frame, ayyy How the days turn into weeks I been neglecting my niece (ohhhh) I'm at war over the lease, feel like a dog on a leash (nooo) Never turn war into peace These words are my only release Love is deceased Ain't a woman around that's taking my mama's place But you can try to See I don't wanna be on the other side of a finesse, oh yea Lookin' mighty good in that dress, oh yea Hit me up at 5 to distress, oh yea I ain't never settling for less you know When I I been going through things (Been going through it) Substance abusing (Been lit and using) Family think I lose it (Ain't gonna lose) When I hide in the music Na Na Na Ayy, I seen it all You playing all these games, but girl I beat em all Ain't fuckin' with no lame niggas I'll heat em all But if you bring your friends tell em I'll eat em all Swanny back at it again Back at it again fuckin' you and your friends Double side dildo y'all touchin' butt ends And lookin' at me while uncapping the lens Pop in a Tesla or takin' the Benz I'm making enemies all into friends Cakin' these baddies they makin' amends Now they in the kitchen and making a mess I got the love from the block I put the green in the pot I just been eatin' a lot Sitting on my ass gettin' fat Lookin' down at my feet all blue like a gator I could be in and out of you now or later Light skinned, red bone, light saber, Darth Vader I know that she want it but i'll only fornicate her I know that she want it, but you know i'll never date her 'Cause I, cause I 'Cause I'm on the way Grind through play hard, I ain't never strayed (But you needed me) Baby girl I never needed nobody to tell me nothin' I been on my wave Yea you fine, but the time, isn't right and I'm sorry But I'm taking flight, yea I been going through things (Been going through it) Substance abusing (I been abusin' things) Family think I lose it (Ain't gonna lose) When I hide in the music Na Na Na Love comes, love goes Take time, take off Tomorrow's never promised