I hit the **** I told myself the last time would be my last I don't trust my own n-ggas now my mind racing fast got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash if the police run up on me I aint stopping for their ass boy you know my L's dirty if they stop me I'm goin to jail surely I'll be next to my brother in the cell no bail for me man let me out send me back to ******* that smell Purdy (pretty) and all I gotta do is call once and she'll be all ready yeah buddy cant you tell im goin thru hell I don't even open my mail I'm in the shower with soap on the towel I need cleansing bad ******* all on the prowl they need Benzes p-ssy n-ggas running they mouth but we aint flinching they names aint even mentioned I got dreams bigger then your whole team You n-ggas so broke but yet somehow you seem so green I guess its envy, started with a penny now i'm getting plenty money
one time for the city, yeah two times for you hey and one time for the city, hey two times for you hey
Look kid, its raining outside boy f-ck an umbrella, n-ggas banging outside boy they guns dumb bell a n-gga tired of telling n-ggas thats a cease rest in peace we tired of only having just a peace and f-ck policing, they killing n-ggas whats the reason his daughter starving and she f-cking freezing so no wonder why he f-cking squeezing they out here bussin' leavin' n-ggas stuck in bleedin' on the flo' bullets wet you like a ***** on a hoe breathing slow man I inhale one day you tryna make rent, next day you in jail lord knows he meant well so I take the pencil and write like a pen pal Some ***t that's darker than the tints up on the wind***eld welcome to sinville where n-ggas on base sh-t is looking like an infield high as a Sprint bill what you think, thats the reason why this ink in my pen kills phoney n-ggas until they are extinct, b-tch I've been real
one time for the city, hey two times for you yeah and one time for the city, hey two times for you hey
The more n-ggas sayin' Cole the wrong one bringin' the city ***ne All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of **** ***** if you listen I'm paintin' pictures of hope That boy in class embarrassed because he broke Hopin' the day he won't be the butt of somebody's jokes See me; I lived it all from dirt-poorin' and trailer Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors To middle-class with a backyard and my own room To bein' the only black kid in my homeroom academically gifted and followed my own rules Was runnin' the streets hey ma I'll be home soon Was out chasin' ho's, was out hoopin' Them n-ggas wasn't ballin' but yet they was foul shootin' So meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this sh-t Never sold a rock and look I made it *****
One time for the city, yeah two times for you hey and one time for the city, yeah and two times for you hey
Girl it's been so long, I've been gone from you But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the thangs I do It's hard but the thought of you would ease my pain Girl I promise they gon' know our name Ain't seen you smile in awhile But I been dreamin' 'bout you
[00:20.43]I hit the **** I told myself the last time would be my last [00:23.81]I don't trust my own n-ggas now my mind racing fast [00:26.57]got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash [00:29.19]if the police run up on me I aint stopping for their ass [00:31.93]boy you know my L's dirty if they stop me I'm goin to jail surely [00:34.92]I'll be next to my brother in the cell no bail for me [00:38.52]man let me out send me back to ******* that smell Purdy (pretty) [00:41.92]and all I gotta do is call once and she'll be all ready [00:43.92]yeah buddy cant you tell im goin thru hell [00:46.39]I don't even open my mail [00:47.83]I'm in the shower with soap on the towel [00:49.84]I need cleansing [00:51.26]bad ******* all on the prowl they need Benzes [00:53.62]p-ssy n-ggas running they mouth but we aint flinching [00:56.28]they names aint even mentioned [00:58.16]I got dreams bigger then your whole team [01:00.18]You n-ggas so broke but yet somehow you seem so green [01:02.97]I guess its envy, started with a penny now i'm getting plenty money [01:06.45] [01:07.98]one time for the city, yeah [01:11.33]two times for you [01:16.25]hey [01:19.13]and one time for the city, hey [01:23.70]two times for you [01:26.98]hey [01:27.42] [01:28.23]Look kid, its raining outside boy [01:29.72]f-ck an umbrella, n-ggas banging outside boy [01:32.36]they guns dumb bell a n-gga [01:34.16]tired of telling n-ggas thats a cease rest in peace [01:36.26]we tired of only having just a peace [01:38.53]and f-ck policing, they killing n-ggas whats the reason [01:41.29]his daughter starving and she f-cking freezing [01:43.20]so no wonder why he f-cking squeezing [01:44.96]they out here bussin' leavin' n-ggas stuck in bleedin' on the flo' [01:47.40]bullets wet you like a ***** on a hoe [01:50.06]breathing slow man I inhale [01:52.14]one day you tryna make rent, next day you in jail [01:54.58]lord knows he meant well [01:56.07]so I take the pencil and write like a pen pal [01:58.78]Some ***t that's darker than the tints up on the wind***eld [02:01.38]welcome to sinville where n-ggas on base [02:03.89]sh-t is looking like an infield [02:05.56]high as a Sprint bill [02:06.91]what you think, thats the reason why this ink in my pen kills [02:08.99]phoney n-ggas until they are extinct, b-tch I've been real [02:12.20] [02:13.61]one time for the city, hey [02:18.56]two times for you [02:22.52]yeah [02:25.32]and one time for the city, hey [02:29.82]two times for you [02:32.53]hey [02:33.76] [02:34.40]The more n-ggas sayin' [02:35.32]Cole the wrong one bringin' the city ***ne [02:37.15]All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime [02:39.72]Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of **** [02:42.41]***** if you listen I'm paintin' pictures of hope [02:45.23]That boy in class embarrassed because he broke [02:47.90]Hopin' the day he won't be the butt of somebody's jokes [02:50.79]See me; I lived it all from dirt-poorin' and trailer [02:53.55]Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors [02:56.32]To middle-class with a backyard and my own room [02:58.80]To bein' the only black kid in my homeroom [03:01.80]academically gifted and followed my own rules [03:04.53]Was runnin' the streets hey ma I'll be home soon [03:07.56]Was out chasin' ho's, was out hoopin' [03:10.31]Them n-ggas wasn't ballin' but yet they was foul shootin' [03:13.06]So meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this sh-t [03:16.60]Never sold a rock and look I made it ***** [03:19.00] [03:20.29]One time for the city, yeah [03:25.40]two times for you [03:29.26]hey [03:31.27]and one time for the city, yeah [03:36.00]and two times for you [03:39.71]hey [03:41.69] [03:42.14]Girl it's been so long, I've been gone from you [03:44.36]But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the thangs I do [03:46.66]It's hard but the thought of you would ease my pain [03:49.42]Girl I promise they gon' know our name [03:52.18]Ain't seen you smile in awhile [03:56.14]But I been dreamin' 'bout you [03:59.04]