Survivin` the Game

<br>Yeah Short Dawg in the house<br>Survivin the game man, it ain`t easy when<br>you out here for uh ten years hanging with the cut-throats<br>back stabbers, playa haters y`know what I`m sayin?<br>but I`m a bitch killa always was, and always will be <br><br>If you ain`t in the right state of mind don`t play with me<br>Cause they ain`t never ended slavery<br>You fuckin with my freedom, let`s keep it real fool<br>Don`t underestimate niggaz who`ll kill you<br>Cause everything changed, and everybody got a strap<br>Don`t wanna be attacked keep it on your lap<br>I`m smobbing in my drop, smiling like Priest<br>Superfly top down speeding through the streets<br>killas on the prowl,and jacking is how<br>They get paid pull out a gat and break your ass down<br>Nigga show no fear, but you scared as hell<br>And your partner riding with you is prepared to tell<br>but you don`t know it yet, you havin hella fun<br>and when the shit hit the fan and you on the run<br>you better pray if they catch your homeboy first<br>Cause if they put him under pressure, he bound to burst<br>into a long conversation bout everything you did<br>No more tusslin, time to do a bid<br>in the brand new jail that they built for you<br>where the smallest little thing you get killed over<br><br>(survivin the game) <br><br>Ain`t to bailin out, you mad as hell<br>Instead of send you to school, they keep you in jail<br>that cost way more, when you do time<br>When you creep through the hood and kill your own kind<br>they building county jails, and penitentiaries<br>They gettin ready for the motherfucking 21st century<br>computers taking over, money`s obsolete<br>Now they buying all the houses in the ghetto streets<br>they way we live now, we can`t last long<br>Cause everyday niggaz gettin they blast on<br>funerals and court dates, plea bargain for your life<br>you`ll be out in twelve years, once a month see your wife<br>Now how that sound?<br>You killed the black man, now they got you locked down<br>they let you learn a trade, working years for pennies<br>And that shit you building, was making white man plenty<br>got the game fucked up, and you`ll never be rich<br>It`s all about respect and they treat you like a bitch<br><br>(survivin the game) <br><br>I was born with the skills of a black man<br>to survive in the streets and keep stackin<br>I`m thirty years old, and far from done<br>I don`t care what you think, I ain`t forgot where I`m from<br>east Oakland / and that`s where I learned<br>everything I know, and when I got my turn<br>I never came fake on a microphone<br>I always let em know that the town is home<br>I wasn`t born in Oakland, I was born a mack<br>Stay true to the game, always stating the facts<br>Bitch you can`t stop my mack attack<br>I know you love this shit, when I rap like that<br>you never would get me to change my style<br>I spent 20 million dollars on a brand new house<br>I got bills to pay, no time to be fake<br>Eating top rump don`t fuck with steak<br>don`t be jealous of me, cause it`s well known<br>I could slip in a minute after hella songs<br>make one fake album and I`m through<br>I be a broke ass nigga like you<br>so I just try to stay focused and do my job<br>Turn that shit up loud and watch a bitch head bob<br>Cause I`m the Too S-H-O-R-T<br>I take a square ass bitch and turn her into a freak<br><br>(survivin the game) <br><br>Now growing old in the streets aint no easy task<br>Losing homeboys every time the season pass<br>Gettin phone calls, another soldier dead<br>Sittin in the car got four in the head<br>Rush to his mama house the shit is real<br>Trying to find out why a nigga got killed<br>I`m about to hurt somebody, give a fuck who<br>Cause you already know what you need to do<br>kill another black man that`s what you figure<br>Just what we need, another dead nigga<br>got your guns you don`t want none<br>You stupid motherfucker where they come from<br>from the white man, get em like fast food<br>With an attitude to make a nigga blast you<br>You little violent motherfucker don`t play with me<br>Cause they ain`t never ended slavery fuckin with my freedom<br><br>(survivin the game)