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