YEAH IM A CITY BOY WHAT IM JUST WARMING UP I BEEN GETTIN BUSY IN THE CITY THATS A MUST NOT A LOT OF FUSS JUST A LOT OF FOCUS DRAG AND PUFF PUFF AINT NO HOCUS POCUS CAME IN SAID WHATS UP CHEEKS MEET GREETINGS I NEED YOU ALL TO SIT BRIEFINGS MEETING GET WHAT YOU CAN GET THEN MAKE IT DO A FRONT FLIP THEN PRFORM A HAT TRICK & MAKE IT DO A HAT TRICK CHILLIN IN THE CUT COOLIN BY THE POOL & IM LAYIN IN THE SUN CASTLES DUNES BLUNTS BACKWOODS PIPES DOOBS GIRLS GUYS DIMES DUDES CITYBOY WHAT I DONT GIVE A FUCK ROUND EM ALL UP & LEAVE EM IN THE DUST NIGGA DIG A HOLE NOW IM IN CONTROL NOW IM WHO THEY WANNA BE CUZ NOW IM ON A ROLL...

RANGE ROVERS SIX FOURTY FIVE I'S NINE NINE DODGE INTREPIDS FOR THE RECORD I CAN’T DRIVE SHOTGUN CALLED IN THE POCKET LOOKING FOR A RECEIVER GOLDEN RETRIEVERS HIT IT FROM THE BACK THEN EXCHANGE INFO BRAISE ON A PLATE THEN WE BLAZE INDO ALWAYS GOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND FOR THE KINFOLK LAST MAN STANDING I BEEN DOPED UP YO FIVE SEVENTY FOURS FLAVORS EXTENSIVE PRAYIN FOR SOME PAPER CUZ THEY GETTIN EXPENSIVE HAND STANDS WHEN THE BLOOD RUSH RELENTLESS WHEN YOUR LUCKS LOW IS WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS IS ITS FUCKED UP WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST YOUR SIBLINGS UNCONDITIONAL IT ISNT ALWAYS RECIPROCAL NAH UNINTENTIONAL SOMETIMES BUT MOST TIMES WELL CALCULATE LIKE PLUS SIGNS IM TOO SLIM FOR THEM PLUS SIZES BUT LIKE SWIZZ TOO BIG FOR THEM ROUGH RIDERS WHEN I GET HER HOME IN THE BUFF IT GETS ROUGH CUZ SHE THROW IT BACK LIKE HOMER & DUFF OWWWW NEW YORK CITY WHAT IT IS ONE TIME SHUT THIS WHOLE SHIT DOWN ONE LINE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN A CAGE WITH THE CUBS NO FOOD CAME BACK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE LION ROAR FAKE THUGS HEADED FOR THE DOOR FAKE HUGS WEAK HANDSHAKES I CANT STAND IT THE WAY THAT LIFE PLAYS OUT CANT PLAN IT GOTTA GO WITH TH FLOW OR YOU CANT MANAGE THINKIN OF DIFFERENT PLANS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE PITCHIN HAD ME FEELIN LIKE A SIXTH MAN PLAYIN THE BENCHES MY BLOCK CONSIST OF COPS CAGES AND FENCES SO ITS NO COINCIDENCE AS THEY LOCK US AWAY IN PRISONS I SEE THIS INDUSTRY PENETENTIARY DRIVEN BE A THUG SELL DRUGS SHOW THEM YOUR SEMI BE SPITTIN AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU A G BUT WIN AN AWARD AND YOULL BE THANKIN THE LORD LIKE YOU BELIEVE SHEESH YOU WOULD SCREAM AT THE THINGS IVE SEEN YOUNG TEENS SERVIN DRUG FIENDS HUSTLING SOME THINGS ARE DISGUSTING MUST MEAN WE CORRUPTED IN GOD WE TRUSTED TO LUST CREAM WHATS DREAM WHATS REAL WHATS FANTASTY WHO FRIEND WHATS FOE WHATS FAMILY I LUST VANITY UNDERSTANDABLY MONEY SPEAKS SO THERES NO SLEEP UP FOR WEEKS IN THESE BLOODY STREETS NEW YORK CITY WHAT IT IS ONE TIME SHUT THIS WHOLE SHIT DOWN ONE LINE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN A CAGE WITH THE CUBS NO FOOD CAME BACK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE LION ROAR FAKE THUGS HEADED FOR THE DOOR FAKE HUGS WEAK HANDSHAKES I CANT STAND IT THE WAY THAT LIFE PLAYS OUT CANT PLAN IT GOTTA GO WITH TH FLOW OR YOU CANT MANAGE IM GETTIN BUSY OUTLANDISH BRANDED EAST COAST BANDITS CLOTHES SECOND HANDED THRIFTY NEVER SWEAT A BITCH YOUNG IM TOO INTELLIGENT FOR THE TRICKS CAN’T TRICK ME USED TO SIT UP ON THE CURB WIT A BAG FULL OF HERB TRYNA BAG ME SOME BIRDS WORD BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS NOW THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS FOR THE KIDS THIS IS FOR THEM WILD TYPES THIS IS WHAT YOU GETTIN WHEN A NIGGA AINT PRETENDING IM A CHAMP NOT AN HONORABLE MENTION IM THE ONE THAT KILLED CHIVALRY WITH A BEAR HUG IN THE COMPANY OF MISERY BROAD DAY LIGHT LIKE KENNEDY WITE SHEET COVER UP UNSOLVED MYSTERIES THEY DO IT WITH THE GUNS I DO IT WITH THE LYRICS IM WHAT EVERYBODY'S TALKIN BOUT EVEN WILLIS DIG IT? NEW YORK CITY WHAT IT IS ONE TIME SHUT THIS WHOLE SHIT DOWN ONE LINE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN A CAGE WITH THE CUBS NO FOOD CAME BACK AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE LION ROAR FAKE THUGS HEADED FOR THE DOOR FAKE HUGS WEAK HANDSHAKES I CANT STAND IT THE WAY THAT LIFE PLAYS OUT CAN’T PLAN IT GOTTA GO WITH TH FLOW OR YOU CANT MANAGE

HIT RECORD AND I WRECK SHIT READY TO SET TRIP ON RECORD IM RECKLESS OFF THIS SPEAK FREELY SLEEPIN ON THE FLOOR LORD CANT AFFORD A SEALY BALLIN IN THE D-LEAGUE PAUSE WOLF PACKS NOMADS WANDERERS BODY SOUL MIND OUT YONDER WIND UP ON A MILK BOX FOR SITTIN ON A MILK CRATE CRILLS STUFFED IN A PILL BOX SHITS REAL THIS AN ILL BLOCK KIDS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE THEY KILL COPS WHEN WILL IT STOP? NOT NEVER LITTLE NIGGAS ALWAYS THINKIN THEY CAN DO IT BETTER TIGHT CREWS MINOR OVERSIGHTS SHIP SINKING THE RIGHT SCHOOL IF YOU LIKE COUNTIN LINCOLNS NEVER THINKIN THEY MIGHT LOSE LIVING LIKE A WINNER AND SECOND PLACE IS TOO MUCH LIKE TIGHT SHACKLES BOTH SIDES OF BARS IMPRISONED THE LAST PART WASNT APART OF THE MISSION SAME SONG JUST A DIFFERENT RENDITON I PRAY FOR EM &HOPE THAT GOD LISTENS NEVER BAPTIZED BUT FOR THE THRONE IM CHRISTENED READING THE Q'RAN &DRINKIN IN HELLS KITCHEN PLANS BACKFIRE SURE YOU WANT A PIECE NOW BUT WHEN THE WAR WAS ON YOU AINT WANNA PITCH IN HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL WE CAN HAVE FUN GRAB THE GUNS WHEN IT UNRAVELS LONG BARRELS FLASH DANCE IN FRONT OF A GAVEL MEN CAROL ITS SAD MAN POPRISCHIN STOP BITCHIN:&:EASE UP PUT THEM HOES DOWN STACK MONEY G'S UP THATS HOW IT GOES DOWN CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME AND THATS REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ME NINETY EIGHT PERCENT OF EVERYBODY STRAIGHT DOUBTED AINT NO ROOM FOR HATERS CUZ THE GAS CHAMBERS CROWDED NIGGAS WANNA LAUGH THATS COOL BUT THE JOKES ON YOU HONK HONK RED NOSE IF YOU CLOWNING BONKERS PROVIDING FOR MINE:&:MY PARTNERS STRONG CHANCE OF REIGN WHEN I MARCH WITH THE ARCHERS THINKING LONG RANGE BIG PICTURE SHIT SHOOTIN STARS MAKE A WISH TAKE A PICTURE QUICK TIGHT SHACKLES

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO GO WELL OUT THEY WAY TO HELP KEEP ME ALIVE I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW EGGSHELLS WHERE IM WALKING SEX SELLS ITS UNFORTUNATE MY NEXTEL HAD A BUG IN IT SO WHEN I WANTED TO COP BUD THE FUZZ LISTENED IN SMALL TIME WASTE YOURS IF YOU WANNA ILL BE WAITIN ON THE CORNER FOR YA WITH A MESSAGE AND A ORDER FOR YA BLACK DESI AND ITS CALLIN FOR YA THE BLACK MESSI NO HANDS STILL SCORING ON YA KEEP HATING THEY TELLIN ME TO KEEP WAITIN IN THE MEAN TIME HISTORY I KEEP MAKING CANT FAKE THAT BLACK INK WHITE PAGES ITS ALL PERSONAL BLACK SKIN WHITE RANGES WHATS IT WORTH TO YOU WHATS THE LIFE SPAN ON A WHITE MAN ON THE ISLAND ON MANHATTAN COMPARED TO A BLACK AND WHATS THE CHANCES OF A NIGGA LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT IN A LAND THATS NOT HIS OWN WHATS THE ANSWER TO THAT WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE IM UNDER ATTACK OR TREATED LIKE A THREAT WHATS THE REASON FOR THAT FUCK IT RHETORICAL RHETORIC DUCK CHICKEN SPADE CALL IT WHAT YOU WANNA CALL IT CUZ IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER TO ME ANYWHERE THE WIND BLOWS EVERYWHERE THE KID GOES ITS LIKE TWO STEPS BACK THEN THE CREW STEP BACK NEVER WANTED TO BE A THIEF BUT A NIGGA SO HUNGRY THAT A NIGGA CANT SLEEP AND A NIGGA NEED MONEY HOMELESS IN THE WINTER NOW THAT ISNT VERY FUNNY BUT IT SURE WILL LIGHT A HOT FIRE UNDER THAT ASS FROM THE DIRT I AROSE NEVER POSING EVERYTHING I OWN IS ON LOAN OR WAS STOLEN AND FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN BOTH SIDES OF THE GRASS LOOK GOLDEN LOOKING BACK ON THE PAST THAT HAS BOUGHT ME HELL HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME WELL DOG WAG TAIL NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND ENVELOPES UNOPENED BILLS LAYING ROUND STILL SMILING THE GOOD TIMES I REMEMBER THEM WELL SO VIVID INHALE TAKE IN THE SMELL THEN AND NOW SO DIFFERENT IF I HAD TO COMPARE ITS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SNAP AND A SNARE YEAH YOU SEE SIZE IS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU DEALIN WITH PRIZEES AND PRIDE DYING OF THIRST SIDE EYEING THE HYDRANTS STOMACH RUMBLING THERES NOTHING INSIDE THIN AS A TOOTHPICK NOTHING TO HIDE OH MY HEART HEAVY AND IM HAVING A HARD TIME COUNTIN PENNIES FOUR SHORT OF A DOLLAR SPORTING THE SAME CHAMP HOODIE FRESH STAINS AND SMELLING LIKE THE FINEST MARIJUANA NO CHANGE NOT A DOLLAR TO MY NAME JUST LOVE SCHOLARS LOOKING DOWN MY CRUTCHES BE THE THUGS HE GLORY GOES TO GOD WEVE COME SO FAR AND GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BUT THIS IS WHY WE TRY SO HARD WHAT I SAY GOES EVERYDAY HOE DEADBROKE TAKING RISK AND SHIT TO GET RICH THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE BITCH

WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK SHORTY TWERK THAT &WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH A HURT BACK WHEN THEM SHORTIES FLIRT YEAH I FLIRT BACK TURNING DOWN THEM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS GOTTA CURVE THAT WIFEY HOLDS ME DOWN BUT SHE KEEPS ME UP &SHE HOLDS ME TIGHT WHEN I BEAT IT UP ALL DAY&ALL NIGHT WITHOUT A REASON SHE AINT LEAVIN ME &:I AINT LEAVING HER NEXT TO EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREAT LADY IF YOU CANT RELATE YOU NEED AN UPGRADE I NEVER MADE IT TO THE SPORTS SECTION &:I AINT REALLY LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE FRONT PAGE BUT IM SURE ITS BOUND TO HAPPEN ONE DAY I JUST HOPE IT AINT FOR GUN PLAY IF IT IS I JUST PRAY THAT IM THE TRIGGER MAN SO JUST TURN THE OTHER CHEEK &:BE THE BIGGER MAN HAPPY AS FUCK PUT EM UP I BE ON ONE BUT YOU MIGHT SHED A TEAR WHEN THIS SONG DONE WHEN I CALL YEAH THEY ALL COME HAPPY AS FUCK PUT EM UP YO OH UH WOAH GO UH YEAH WAKE UP IN THE MORNING & WE SMOKE WEED BEFORE WE EVEN EAT THATS WHAT MY FOLKS NEED RUBBER BAND STACKS HOW WE ROLL GREEN IN OTHER WORDS THATS A LOT YO BUNCH OF NAMES THAT I CANT REMEMBER BUT I CANT FORGET A FACE LIKE A PACHYDERM NEVER EVER TRUNK IN THE FRONT PUSH WHILE YOU PULL FOR SOME PUMPS&A BUMP STUNTS GIVE EM LUMPS HITTIN EM HARD CUNTS LIKE BLUNTS YOU BE LICKIN EM ALL IVE GOT MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS IM SPACED OUT MAKING MY ROUNDS TAKIN EM DOWN THEN BREAK OUT EVERYBODY COUNTIN WHAT I MAKE NOW REPUTATION OFF OF PAPER &SOME INK NOW IM STUNTIN WHILE YOU BLUFFIN SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHIN CAME A LONG WAY FROM NAKED FROM THE WASTE DOWN [ASSED OUT] I BE ON ONE I BET YOU MIGHT SHED A TEAR WHEN THIS SONG DONE

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NOW HE WAS TRYNA GET TO HEAVEN BUT A NIGGA GOTTA EAT & ITS HALF PAST SEVEN WHEN YOU LIVING ON THE STREETS BAGS PACKED CANT RUN GOTTA DO IT ON THE SNEAK FIRST TIGHTEN UP HIS BOOTS CUZ HE NEVER WEAR SNEAKS BOUGHT A SHORTY WITH HIM TO GIVE EM SOMETHING TO PEEK JUST TO COUNT A LITTLE CASH DISTRACTIONS INTERACTIONS PEER PRESSURE & IT HAPPENS SO FAST THEY DONT KNOW ANY BETTER SHIT SAD STEAL LIE KILL AND DECEIVE TO STAY ALIVE CUZ ITS REAL OUT HERE IN THESE STREETS HE DONT BELIEVE IN GOD HE BELIEVE EVERYBODY GOT A PRICE AND IF ITS HIGH ENOUGH THEN ITS RIGHT ROLL DICE YIKES LIVIN IN HELL HE WAS UNAFRAID GETTIN PAID MAKIN SALES HE WAS GETTIN LAID AND TRYNA STAY OUT OF JAIL HE WAS BACK TO THE WIND IN HIS SAILS HE WAS CHASING PAPER CRIMINIMINIMINAL SUBLIMINAL... CAME INTO THIS GAME NOT GIVING A FUCK ONLY CONCERN IS STAYING ALIVE AND LIVING IT UP CHA NINE EIGHT NINE NINE WASNT BIG ENOUGH BUT ITS MY TIME NOW GOTTA GIVE IT UP DOG FOOD SCHOOL HOW IM PIMPIN PURPLE DRINK IM NEVER SIPPIN SO IM NEVER SLIPPIN PULLING RANK SECOND IN COMMAND TO THE ALMIGHTY WELL PROTECTED ON ALL SIDES WELL ALRIGHTY MORE THAN LIKELY IM IN THE LAB OR PARKSIDE RUNNING UP A TAB TIL SOMEBODY GOTTA CALL A CAB I GOT IT BAD FOR COCA COLA AND JACK GREEN BUDS IN WRAPS & GREEN PAPER IN STACKS QUEENS IS WHERE ITS AT WHERE THE DREAMS MANIFEST & THE FIENDS RELAPSE & THE TEENS KICK RAPS CRIMINAL RECORDS & DEANS LIST MENTIONS SEARCH PARTIES WANTED POSTERS SOULS MISSING

SLOW RHYTHMS MADE FOR YOU TO DIG IT SHORTY WAIST MOVE LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR ME TO HIT IT BUT ITS JUST ME & THE BEAT IM INCOMPLETE UN TIL THE TIME COMES FOR ME TO RIP SHIT I REP QUEENS I LIKE GREEN JELLYBEANS MI NAH WEAR TIGHT SKINNY JEANS EYES SEEN MANY TINGS MY HEARTBEAT WAS GRAMMY NOMINATED BUT THE AWARD GOES TO THE TAP OF MY TOES WHEN I WAS YOUNG A NIGGA ALWAYS HAD A GIRL & THEN I REALIZED SOMETHING ABOUT GIRLS & AFTER THAT I SAT BACK LOOKED AT THE WORLD HAD A LAUGH WITH MYSELF & KEPT IT MOVING IF YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU DO THEN WHAT YOU PROVING? REMEMBER THEM DAYS CONFLICT RESOLUTION? LISTEN FROM SIXTH GRADE TO TENTH GRADE I COULD WALK IN ANY STORE AND LEAVE WITHOUT PAYING THAT’S BOOSTING IN NEW YORK IT’S HOUSTON BUT IN TEXAS THATS HOUSTON GRAMMATICALLY I CAN SEE HOW THAT CAN BE CONFUSING IF YOU OUT WITH A CHICK AND YOU ABOUT TO STICK MAKE SURE YOU GET PERMISSION OTHERWISE IT’S INTRUSION [CHORUS] IM STILL TRYNA GET THESE ROCKS OFF BLESS WRITE SHIT TO KNOCK SOCKS OFF SON IM IN THE STREETS LIKE HOT SAUCE GAME BEEN LEGIT LIKE SKIP BUT HE STILL DIP WHEN THE COPS CALL BAD HABITS DIE SLOW YOU PREACHIN TO THE CHOIR GOD DAMNIT I KNOW LEAP INTO THE FIRE FROM THE FRYING PAN THE RIGHT AMMOUNT OF CASH WILL GET YOU OUT OF ANY COMMON JAM I HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT & THEN I REALIZED THAT I AINT KNOW SHIT & THAT’S WHEN I LEARNED SOMETHING WISE WORDS FROM MY POPS GO AND EARN SOMETHING & HERES A SPLIFF ROLL IT TIGHT LIGHT AND BURN SOMETHING NIGGAS FRONT BUT ON ME AINT HURTING NOTHING I PLAY THE BACK WATCHING PRETTY BOY HERBS FRONTIN I SPIT A RAP PLAY IT BACK AND WHAT YOU HEARD WAS INSTANT CLASSICS & CLOSED GENERATION GAPS IT’S THE NIGGA IN ME I CANT SLEEP TIL IM FILTHY THEY LIVING FLASHY IM STILL A YOUG MAN I FEEL LIFE RUNNING PAST ME BUT IF YOU ASK ME A GOOD DAY IS BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE SEE AINT NOTHING STRANGE WHEN PAIN COMES FOR A VISIT BUT THE DAYS GET LAME WHEN NIGGAS END UP MISSIN NOTICE A NIGGA CHANGE WHEN HIS VEINS START ITCHING NO MICROWAVE HOT SAUCE & COLD CHICKEN [CHORUS]

BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY OF DREAMS ITS NOT THE PARADISE LIFE FROM THE TV SCREEN ITS NOT THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY YOU THINKIN IT IS ITS AN OVERCROWDED PLACE AND ITS NOT THAT BIG ITS A HOTBED FOR CRIME AND (1)CON ARTIST KINDNESS IS A (2)WEAKNESS AND A PRIME TARGET IM A NATIVE OF THE CITY SO IM JADED I LOVE IT AND I HATE IT ITS SORTA COMPLICATED LATELY I BEEN LOOKIN FOR A WAY OUT I NEED TO TAKE A BREAK BUT I GOT TOO MUCH INVESTED IN THIS PLACE TO JUST SKATE SO IM STUCK IF I HAD A COUPLE BUCKS I WOULD KICK IT BUT I DONT SO I WONT TOUGH LUCK I WANT TO SEE THE WORLD I WANT TO CROSS BORDERS I WANT TO GET AWAY I JUST WANT MORE I JUST WANNA ROAM I WANNA BE IN ROME ON THE PHONE LONG DISTANCE TALKIN BOUT I MISS HOME NEW YORK CITY THE CITY THAT DONT SLEEP I BEEN IN THIS CITY SO LONG IM KNEE DEEP IM READY TO TELL THIS CITY SO LONG BEEP BEEP IM GONE ROAD TRIP IM TRAVELLING DONT TRIP ILL BE BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT DONT CRY FOR ME FIVE STAR HOTELS FLYING FOR FREE FIRST CLASS HORIZONTAL CHAIRS RED WINE STEAK SHRIMP PASTA IN THE AIR JFK TO LAX SUNSHINE (1)GRINDING (2)SUNSET BOULEVARD HOLLYWOOD SIGN WALK OF FAME TALK IS CHEAP BUT AFFORDABLE SO EVERYBODY DOES IT BACK IT UP EVERYBODY DOESNT EVERYBODY KNOW SOMEBODY OR SOMEBODY COUSIN EVERYBODY NAME DROPPING EVERYBODY PLUGGIN FUCK THAT NEVERMIND IMA STAY HERE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT IN NEW YORK ITS THE SAME EVERYWHERE I WANT TO TAKE A REALLY LONG WALK BUT FROM THE BEGINNING I DONT REALLY WANNA START