LOC= (slang) man, buddy, mate (a way of addressing your friends from the band) TRIP= to consume drugs to get a hallucinatory experience. When someone is killed, the police draws a white line around the corps with chalk to mark the exact place and position of the body before removing it. HOMIES= (slang, originally “homeboy/homegirl”) Close friends. YOU BETTER= (coll.) You’d better = You had better = You should. ME BE TREATED= I am treated (they treat me)Ī PUNK= Someone who is worthless, not important. I AIN’T NEVER CROSSED A MAN= I have never met/known a man. You ain’t no better than me = You aren’t better than me I ain’t bin to London never = I have never been to London. Read under the MEANING tab to learn more about this)īLASTING= (slang) To blast is to have a wild time, partying and all that.ĪIN’T= (slang) The negative form of the verb to be or have in the present:

That’s why I know my life is out of luck, fool!ĪS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH= As I live in this dangerous and sad place (this metaphor was composed by King David 3000 years ago. If they can’t understand it, how can they reach me? Power and the money, money and the power,Įverybody’s running, but half of them ain’t looking I’m twenty-three now, but will I live to see twenty-four? I’m living life do or die, what can I say? I’m a lok’d out gangsta, set tripping bangerĪnd my homies are down so don’t arouse my anger.įool, death ain’t nothing but a heart beat away,

Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye. I’m an educated fool with money on my mind Too much television watching, got me chasing dreams. I can’t live a normal life, I was raised by the streets. Look at the situation, they got me facing, Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk,Īs they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke,įool, I’m the kinda G the little homies wanna be like, You better watch how you’re talking, and where you’re walking, Me be treated like a punk, you know that’s unheard of, That even my momma thinks that my mind has gone.īut I ain’t never crossed a man that didn’t deserve it. ‘Cause I’ve been blasting and laughing so long You wanna tell me what this is all about?Īs I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,

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