I pledge allegiance to the streets, that's where I growed up
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
Yeah, I'm the nigga with the feather in my hat
So little botty boy better say your prayers
Packed a shank up in my socks when I started kindergarten
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
From nappy head, greasy face, eatin' watermelon
And then I get a slap of dap when I'm slangin' quarter keys
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
And make my money 'cuz my daddy never showed up
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
And nothin' wrong, you don't belong, you left me standing alone
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
But I ain't got no sense, that's what I got them thinkin'
They were my idols when I was a kid
I've been a player since the age of two
Finger waves and snake skins, shit, I got all that
Do how them hoe sellers do
But fuck it, I'm on my own, I'm in my zone
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
If it is one of my own, I'm lettin' the trigger be
I got the hookers on the go and playa rhymes that I fuck with
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
See born and raised as a pimp, that's what I claim to be
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
A lawyer or a doctor but I felt like comin' harder
So all the real niggaz step up like the playas that's in back of me
Growin' up a little G, my mama thought I'd grow to be
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
All Heavenly Father, why do you even bother watchin' over me
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
Yes, it's been like that since way back in 1975
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
Lord, tryin' to hustle must be somethin' that was heaven sent
Just tryin' to make it, then of age, come through, take it
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
But you ain't know I'm the one dippin' and dodgin' bullets
I put in work and did the dirt, that's how I payed my dues
So Dolemite, Dolemite not shit, I studied the Mack and Rudy Ray Moore
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
This ain't no secret garden, so you fly when niggaz flee
Uh, 1 2 3, that's how it be
'Cuz I be takin' the rough side of the mountain
'Cuz I got love for any nigga who got love for me
The price you pay when you behind it steady tryin' to pull it
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
I buy amps that pops my trunk swift
Always claimin' true to what I do and then fuck what I see
If you cross my path, I'll leave you drainin' like a fountain
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
I think about payback, strap myself and keep on dankin'
That's when I learned to walk, grab my crotch, talk
I wonder how you would react if you was in my shoes
You better learn some street sense before somebody lay ya
At Magic City, shakin' titties just to pay the rent
I ain't forgot about y'all women who be workin' niggaz butt naked
To drug dealer, armed robber, now, to big felon
Been taught to hustle with muscle and even try to strive
