[Chorus: The Game]
~#**************#~
One life, nigga, one love
~#**************#~
Reach them heights and keep goin up
~#**************#~
Hundred miles and runnin, we aint slowin up
~#**************#~
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know its us
~#**************#~
They know its us
~#**************#~
Hit them lights and come glow with us
~#**************#~
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin up
~#**************#~
Had to earn them stripes when we was growin up
~#**************#~
Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love
~#**************#~
[Post-Chorus: Masego]
~#**************#~
Im honestly a better man
~#**************#~
An odyssey, a river ends
~#**************#~
I gotta speak it from within
~#**************#~
A lot of tree, a lot of gems
~#**************#~
[Verse 1: The Game]
~#**************#~
Bottle all that hate and bring it over here
~#**************#~
Dont be scared, accept your fate, mind over fear
~#**************#~
How many funerals I done been to after all these years?
~#**************#~
Got it tatted on my face so I dont shed a tear
~#**************#~
Just so we clear, niggas been hatin on me my whole career
~#**************#~
Catchin fades while the little homies hold my beer
~#**************#~
Had to move out of Compton, too much tension here
~#**************#~
Glock on my lap, Im in this Lamborghini switchin gears
~#**************#~
I been rappin at this level for like 15 years
~#**************#~
My nigga Pup had been in solitary my whole career
~#**************#~
I know my purpose, kill any nigga that wanna interfere
~#**************#~
Shoot that nigga, pick up the shell, keep it for a souvenir, yeah
~#**************#~
Its hard to smile when you losin peers
~#**************#~
Paint on that Grand National lookin like some new veneers
~#**************#~
All black tint, they lookin at it like, “Who in there?”
~#**************#~
This L.A., think twice before movin here
~#**************#~
You only got
~#**************#~
[Chorus: The Game]
~#**************#~
One life, nigga, one love
~#**************#~
Reach them heights and keep goin up
~#**************#~
Hundred miles and runnin, we aint slowin up
~#**************#~
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know its us
~#**************#~
They know its us
~#**************#~
Hit them lights and come glow with us
~#**************#~
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin up
~#**************#~
Had to earn them stripes when we was growin up
~#**************#~
Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love
~#**************#~
[Post-Chorus: Masego]
~#**************#~
Im honestly a better man
~#**************#~
An odyssey, a river ends
~#**************#~
I gotta speak it from within
~#**************#~
A lot of tree, a lot of gems
~#**************#~
[Verse 2: J Stone]
~#**************#~
Yeah, sellin my own taste to put food on the dinner plate
~#**************#~
I used to curb syrup but it was better on that interstate
~#**************#~
You could tell whats on my belt to know Im heavyweight
~#**************#~
My .45 compliment the Louis, Im forever straight
~#**************#~
I was grindin on the steps just to make a profit
~#**************#~
I was tryna get a check, Im just bein honest
~#**************#~
We was taught to stay solid and remain loyal
~#**************#~
My reputation good and my game royal
~#**************#~
We was cookin crack, makin cocaine boil
~#**************#~
Invade your block with my troopers like we came for oil
~#**************#~
We gave up our childhood just to go on Slauson
~#**************#~
When you see that yellow tape, nigga, you know its caution
~#**************#~
Nigga, you aint been against all odds
~#**************#~
Nigga, you aint been to Crenshaw High, no, no
~#**************#~
Nigga, you aint never did drive-bys
~#**************#~
Nigga, you aint never seen shots fired, nope, quiet
~#**************#~
[Verse 3: The Game]
~#**************#~
The Cincinnati fitted made me a marked man
~#**************#~
By the Parma blocks and 12 sittin inside that parked van
~#**************#~
Pacin to the store, pocket full of hard tin
~#**************#~
Let me get a Old English, yeah, the tall can
~#**************#~
It really aint no options when you born in Compton
~#**************#~
Shoot at your opps and keep them cops out til they bring the SWAT in
~#**************#~
They told Dre not to sign that nigga, “He a hot head”
~#**************#~
The Documentary went diamond, thats what brought Dot in
~#**************#~
Im a gangbanger, fuck your top 10
~#**************#~
Tell your engineer make space and get your ass boxed in
~#**************#~
I never fold
~#**************#~
Under pressure, I aint gon never break
~#**************#~
I never told
~#**************#~
I never snitch, I never hesitate to pull my .9
~#**************#~
Empty the clip, if I get caught, then Ima do my time
~#**************#~
I took the risk, count up my losses, Ima die for mine
~#**************#~
My kids first, my mama second
~#**************#~
On my daddy grave, you dont wanna test it, nigga
~#**************#~
[Chorus: The Game]
~#**************#~
One life, nigga, one love
~#**************#~
Reach them heights and keep goin up
~#**************#~
Hundred miles and runnin, we aint slowin up
~#**************#~
15 Bentleys back to back, yeah, they know its us
~#**************#~
They know its us
~#**************#~
Hit them lights and come glow with us
~#**************#~
Yeah, throw them dice and keep rollin up
~#**************#~
Had to earn them stripes when we was growin up
~#**************#~
Niggas see you make it out, they hate to show you love
~#**************#~
[Outro: Nina Simone]
~#**************#~
My job is to, somehow, make them curious enough
~#**************#~
Or persuade them, by hook or crook, to get more aware of themselves and where they came from
~#**************#~
And what they are into and what is already there
~#**************#~
Just to bring it out
~#**************#~
This is what compels me to compel them
~#**************#~
And I will do it by whatever means necessary
