Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mac Dre
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mac Dre
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Most of my brodies is ex cons and parolees
Drink Heem and ODs
Roll twomps and goldies
Get made from Goldie, 'cause Goldie the made man
Don't fuck with blade man
Go hard like caveman
Ay, man, I don't think you understand though
I stalk the streets with a Cold Commando
A thug and a vandal, a walkin' scandal
Drink like ten fishes, smoke like candles
Pistol grip handle on the riot 12 gauge
Keep the rollers off me and out the jail cage
Got a twelve page letter from my folks in the rallies
He got caught up in a riot and they shipped him outta Cali
Omaha, Texas, Leavenworth, Kansas
They got us spread out, I don't know where my mans is
But it's like this, I don't complain
'Cause I knew about the game when I hopped in the thang
[Verse 2]
Lord, can You hear me?
Too many **** dyin'
Livin' C.U.T.T.H.O.A.T., but they tryin'
Lord, You gots to help me
I know sometimes they're wrong
Keep my **** strong (Yo, check this out, Dre, listen)
[Verse 3]
I been walkin' the line, piercin' the wire
Steppin' with my chin up
Woke, or sleep, my lids never shut
Protected, but rapists stay PCed up
Escorted by badges and handcuffs
Billy clubs and face shields to storm your cell
Search your locker, thirty days in lock up
From reminiscin' with my celly
Pretendin' we daydreamin' or flyin', we high
Eternal freedom, but we paid the price for livin' this life
We cry inside, but only cold stares for the naked eye
A young boy with mafia ties, so while inside
The bricks, the fences, got every tear stitched up
With coke and black pinheads twisted in zigzags
Watchin' time pass, 'cause I ain't got nothing but time
Writin' invisible lines on lined paper
But bein' secluded made my rhymes greater
So I stick to my music, song after song
I might make a hit over the phone
Hello?
[Verse 4]
Lord, can You hear me?
Too many **** dyin'
Livin' C.U.T.T.H.O.A.T., but they tryin'
Lord, You gots to help me (They tryin', Lord)
I know sometimes they're wrong
Keep my **** strong (Yo)
[Verse 5]
'92, '93, hit a lick, split a key
Flossin' on chips, and spit a clip, the game was fun to me
It didn't take me long to see it wouldn't last though
How else can my cash grow?
Without the J team and task force comin' to ask for me
I'm movin' too fast, homie
I wish you would've got over the gate
And I escaped with the cash, homie
But I'll bust my gun to avoid the pen
We was young lights when we went in
But changed from boys to men, be home at ten
Do that, come home, that ain't no place for a playa
Can't make no money, ain't no bitches in there, but life ain't fair
But your world don't stop, you gotta keep-keep on
We pueblo no matter what street we on, the streets we roam
That's why I ain't wrote you in a minute
But I'll see you when I see you
If not, then when they lock the rider in it
Tough love, one thug
Issue a slug to that snitch ****
I'ma finish where we left off, I'ma get rich, ****
[Verse 6]
Lord, can You hear me? (I'ma get rich, ****)
Too many **** dyin'
Livin' C.U.T.T.H.O.A.T., but they tryin'
Lord, You gots to help me (They tryin', Lord)
I know sometimes they're wrong
Keep my **** strong (Keep 'em strong)
Written by: Mac Dre