213 - Appreciation |
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Appreciation
213 213 Childhood homies way back in the day Rappin on the street corners, young as can be Since then it's been 213 the hard way All the local groups called us RunMixed with my big brother Dr. Dre Me, Warren G, I was Jam Master Jay Now I got shouts to say We want Biggie We still want Eazy like bedstyle people In memory of Tupac, Left Eye, Aaliyah Heaven sent Rest in peace Say "Hi" to my mama when you see her But let's take it back to the streets With so much drama in the LBC It's kind of hard being a G from 21 Street Times was hard for a superstar But don't nobody notice who you are We worked hard and stayed true to the game Kept faith, kept God, now you know our name [Chorus A big shout out When times got hard You were still be there To all my family and friends You give me, Inspiration Like strength from the sun Feel like destiny's son, yeah To be a rapper was my dream [Verse Two And have a lot of money and live like a king To have a handful of rings And to make the kind of music that the whole world sings Battle rap was the thing And King Park was the spot where all the homeboys hang, bang Just to go do our thang And took off white a white boy in a van to get our change And form my gang And moms knew what time it was And loved the way her baby boy came up, Cuz It's before I was Snoop Dogg on TV I'm talking about when I was like a little bitty B.G. Nigga me and Warren Gizzy and Nate Dizzy and Fatey Baby are talking about eightyAnd watch me rock the clock nonstop constantly on MTV and BET whatever you want Hit these niggaz with that mothafuckin cheese (GNow I'm moving on up, straight living it up Funk to shake ya trunk nigga from the bottom bunk Well known in the zone and I'm still homegrown Like Al B Sure, shit I'm on my own But there's one thing I'm missin', that's family Cuz without y'all, I don't know where I'd be [Bridge There's no way I can forget about you Support for me, your love for me And there's no way I can forget to thank ya Your prayers for me when I'm in these streets Of unconditional love (ooohhh) When I be fuckin' up For showing me the true meaning You say you've had enough You always call my bluff I just wanna thank ya I just wanna give.... Yeah yeah yeah |
