Still My Hood

歌詞

[Intro] Ya see like... some people can't relate to it Don't understand it. 'Cause they ain't ever been there They ain't from there. I understand it [Verse 1] Even though they hate 'em Even though when a nigga try ta' make a come up It's anotha' nigga waitin' jus' ta' run up Though they sellin' rocks for shorts And ay' night around 12 you hear them shots go off (talk to 'em!) And know niggas is rats, some boys is wired And the food in the supermarket's all expired (whoa!) Ay' blocks a liquor store and abandon buildin' Drunk parents at the liquor store abandon they children (let's go) Know the sky seem Gray, we'll get through the weather An' even though they fill our grade schools with metal detectors Some cops are crooked and police indecent An' you can catch a body up the street from the prescient Though we got a lotta' shit wrong, a lotta' shit goin' on Gotta' love it, this the place I was born So I sit here dedicatin' this song, this is still my hood! [Hook] Now everywhere I roam Though they keep the chrome It's no place like home This is still my hood! An' it's far from fine I may like other places, but they far from mine Gotta' love my hood! An' I only know one place it be like that If I ever leave, trust I'll be right back It's my hood, it may not be good May not be like it should But let me get one thing understood This is still my hood! [Verse 2] Still got the Macs out until ya time's-up [??] An' the barbers'll fuck ya line-up This is still my hood! Hol' up! 'Cause even though; You can't meet a girl ain't fucked a nigga you know Gotta' love my hood! This the same place you can't getta' job They look at'chu like, you young an' you black Get the fuck outta' dodge (fuck outta' here) Get a gun, get some crack, feel like that's our only op. Tell ourself we'll fallback as soon as that money stop (oh!) [??] Yet heat still on ya wat [??] (and...) Dudes stand on the corner like if life passes us by at least we wanna watch (talk to 'em) Clowns get extorted, gangstas get recorded (whoa) Mami don't know if she should keep it or abort it (get rid of it) Cops you'll never will catch me, I'm aware all my warrants An' I'm not goin' down, naw, that's not goin' down (naw) Car jackin's, shootouts is imperial here An' I dare you find a ratchet with a serial here Though you might have to raise ya gun, just to raise ya sums This ain't the place you wanna raise ya son (never that) A few dudes'll argue 'bout they favorite rapper Other dudes sit an' think of different ways to get yac up Don't take it personal, it's just the pace that they after So I keep mine on me, jus' incase I might have ta' It's still no other place that I'd rather, gotta' love my hood! [Hook] Now everywhere I roam Though they keep the chrome It's no place like home This is still my hood! An' it's far from fine I may like other places, but they far from mine Gotta' love my hood! An' I only know one place it be like that If I ever leave, trust I'll be right back It's my hood, it may not be good May not be like it should But let me get one thing understood This is still my hood! [Verse 3] If you never been you can't really know about it (naw) System's fucked up, the jails is overcrowded (whoa) Murder rates is up an' as a matter of fact... A couple of close friends of mine have added ta' that An' I rank nothin' above it I know it seems odd, but I hate it an' I love it (naw) Naw, I hate that I love it (yep!) The same things that seem to get me always pissed As soon as I leave, I always miss, it's always like this. So small, ay' body knows ay' body It's body after body, it's robbery after robbery Hookers on the strip, some girls'll be a ho We gotta' few local legends I guess the World'll never know From Jers. to Little Rock, the hood'll never die down B. More, DC, Compton, Chi. Town, New York to VA ya town's like my town! Let's go! [Hook x2] Now everywhere I roam Though they keep the chrome It's no place like home This is still my hood! An' it's far from fine I may like other places, but they far from mine Gotta' love my hood! An' I only know one place it be like that If I ever leave, trust I'll be right back It's my hood, it may not be good May not be like it should But let me get one thing understood This is still my hood! [Outro] Whoa! This goes out to everybody in every hood man. No matter where ya at, where ya from. New Orleans, Mississippi Vancouver, London, T. Dot Wherever you at, I don't even care man. We all got the same struggle, the same pain We all keep fightin' baby! You can't hold us down Uh, uh, uh... Love my hood