My Hood

[Max Minelli talking]<br>Fa show doe<br>Say Hap, I wanna let `em get a feel of my hood, though<br>Know what I`m talkin` bout?<br>Let`s do dat..<br><br>[Background Voice-Sped up sample; sounds like a small child/woman.]<br>Ooh la la la<br>Baby I`m so high<br>I feel like I`m in Paradise<br>Your lovin` caught me by surprise<br>You make me say oooh...<br>aaah..<br>I just wanna be with you<br>Be With just and only you<br>You make me say (Now, now make it Bounce, bounce)<br>[continues throughout song]<br><br>[Max Minelli talking]<br>Yeah. Bounce, bounce. In my hood<br>Yeah. Bounce, bounce. In my hood<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<br>We be fuckin` the game up when we do it like this<br>I love the niggaz in my hood<br>Yeah, yeah. Know Wha`I`m talkin` bout?<br>Wan` take a walk though the hood with me?<br>Come on<br><br>[Verse One]<br>Come take a walk on the wild side, the nigga, foul side<br>They done shot up the corner, now none the children can go outside<br>That`s how they actin`<br>Now holla when you bout some jackin`<br>Boys spillin` them guts and they tryin` to wipe it up with napkins<br>Back in the game it wasn`t quite this tragic<br>Capture the magic, smokin` on somethin` up in traffic<br>I`m a step away from bein` psychopathic, tryin` to fall back<br>Beepin` the weedman, but he ain`t never call back<br>I`m a lifetimer liftin` weights away from being cock strong<br>But don`t let that get ya wrong, I know how to cock comb<br>I can make beef with ya, or make bread with ya<br>Duck a fed with ya<br>Say it with ya<br>Bust a head with ya<br>On the same block pops got the blues on<br>I`m a lil` homie done went to jail, but my shoes on<br>But I been hustlin` since I had Underoos on<br>Reppin` for my hood<br>I`m a fool `till the tombstone, tombstone<br>In my hood<br><br>[Chorus part 1: 2x]<br>Yeah, Yeah. In my hood<br>I love the thugs in my hood<br>I love the broads in my hood<br>I got much love for my hood<br><br>[Chorus part 2]<br>Yeah, Yeah. In my hood<br>Hah? Yeah. In my hood<br>In my hood<br>I got much love for my hood<br>Yeah, Yeah. In my hood<br>Uh, uh. In my hood<br>In my hood<br>I got much love for my hood<br><br>[Verse Two]<br>Say lil` man, let me tell ya what it feel like<br>What bein` real like<br>What grippin` wood wheel like<br>And packin` steel like<br>Then what duckin` the cops like<br>What bleedin` blocks like<br>What ridin` on chops like<br>And bein` out the box like<br>At the stoplight, not a worry in the world<br>Though we all grown up, we still boys and girls<br>I still hold my own<br>I`m well known, on a blow up phone<br>Makin` a deal with the Pope, tryin` to sew up Rome<br>I had to grow up wrong, but it`s safe to say<br>I stayed focused and I came up in a major way<br>Pay attention to what you do and all the thangs you say<br>I ain`t trippin`, I`m just makin` sure everythangs okay<br>Countin` days<br>Think I`m a dog in a two-man cage<br>I`m on a whole nother page<br>Gettin` smarter with age<br>If you want to retaliate, let me be part of the rage<br>We went from watchin` cartoons to countin` war wounds<br>In my hood<br><br>[Chorus p1 2x]<br><br>[Chorus p2 1x]<br><br>[Verse Three]<br>Nowadays<br>Everybody wanna be hard and say they real with that<br>But catch a case and they don`t know how to deal with that<br>Whatever happened to takin` your lick and takin` your trip<br>Scorin` all your work soft, then makin` it flip<br>Now niggaz tellin` on they homeboys, thinkin` they sick<br>You say you real nigga, be it, stop fakin` this shit<br>I got G, for niggaz growin` up on me<br>Smokin` too much weed then throwin` up in the street<br>A million and one ways to use thug in a sentence<br>Talkin` on the blow up phone with five thousand minutes<br>And it`s, nothin` sick about hustlin` hard<br>And a nigga can`t even pay you what you`re chargin`<br>And who would I be, to rap about money, jewelry, and cars<br>And it be grown women ill and children out here starvin`<br>Still lookin` up to God and I`m hopin` he pardon<br>My ways, because I gotta get it on like Marvin<br>In my hood<br><br>[Chorus p1 2x]<br><br>[Chorus p2 1x]<br><br>[Just the voice 4x]<br>Ooh la la la<br>Baby I`m so high<br>I feel like I`m in Paradise<br>Your lovin` caught me by surprise<br>You make me say oooh...<br>aaah...<br>I just wanna be with you<br>With just you and only you<br>You make me say