[00:00.56]I was told not long ago
[00:23.79]Too $hort don't stop that rap
[00:26.53]Now every time I grab the mic
[00:29.14]I rock you just like that
[00:32.07]8 years ago when I started to rap
[00:34.69]I use to sell tapes everywhere
[00:37.23]It was me and my homeboy Freddy B, y'all
[00:40.02]Kickin' it like big players
[00:42.71]Everybody loved my raps like 100 dollar bills
[00:47.88]I rocked house parties on 98th
[00:50.45]Even rocked in the 6-9 vill
[00:53.20]Might find me on the mic at Hot Lips house
[00:55.78]Or at the Eastbay Dragon spot
[00:58.45]All the 85th boys with their hand in the air
[01:01.30]Screamin' Too $hort just don't stop!
[01:03.94]Like Royal Park, like Plymouth Rock
[01:06.41]First street and Sunnyside
[01:09.09]Like Sobrante Park and Brookefield
[01:11.83]East Oakland, yeah, that's right
[01:14.50]5 years ago I continued to rock
[01:17.21]And if you haven't yet heard my name
[01:19.83]It was all in the papers, on the evening news
[01:22.38]I was stone cold in the game
[01:25.13]Around that time a friend of mine
[01:28.02]My homeboy Lionel B hooked me up like this, y'all
[01:32.96]On the stage just rockin' the beat
[01:35.86]Some say I have a dirty mind
[01:38.55]Sometimes that might be true
[01:41.23]But these are just some dirty times
[01:43.72]I ain't trippin' on you
[01:46.40]I ain't trippin', keep on talkin'
[02:00.14]You think i'm smokin' that pipe
[02:02.64]I got money, homeboy
[02:04.01]I even got some of your future wifes
[02:07.61]Well, my story goes like this, man
[02:10.32]I smooth went out on wax
[02:13.13]Singin' Girl, that's Your Life
[02:15.44]Female Funk and Shortrapp
[02:18.34]Silky D worked the beat kicked me cold cash
[02:23.90]I was ridin' the bus one day
[02:26.26]Next day I was on the gas
[02:29.38]Everybody loved Too $hort
[02:31.84]Rollin' down the strip
[02:34.50]Then one day just like that
[02:37.20]Homeboy jumped on my tip
[02:39.71]You started spreadin' rumors, man
[02:42.37]Said you saw me rappin' in jail
[02:44.93]No, I never came down to the flatlands
[02:47.70]I was chillin' with the homies on the hill
[02:50.29]I ain't trippin' but the word went out
[02:53.08]Sir Too $hort was through
[02:55.78]Can't really say where it all began
[02:58.48]So i'ma blamin' it all on you
[03:01.10]Everybody use to say
[03:03.63]Too $hort don't stop that rap!
[03:06.53]Now every time you see my face
[03:09.17]You say i'm smokin' crack
[03:11.88]Oakland, California, I heard it all before
[03:17.17]I'm makin' big bank now, rockin' the crowd
[03:20.08]I ain't trippin' no more
[03:22.46]Now I'm back on top again
[04:08.03]I still don't stop that rap
[04:10.66]Every time I grab the mic
[04:13.06]My bankroll's gettin' fat
[04:15.92]Freaky Tales took care of that
[04:18.48]You know I'm comin' up
[04:21.47]Cause every time you see my face
[04:23.71]I'm rollin' all so tough
[04:26.56]When I made the cut, the-he-he Freaky Tales
[04:29.34]I started picturin' this
[04:31.79]I named my album Born To Mack
[04:34.34]With the cleaniest raps and beats
[04:37.40]Everythin' was kickin' in
[04:39.67]Me and Ran kept cashin' checks
[04:42.57]Next thing I know there you go
[04:45.04]Guess who's on my tip?
[04:47.83]You said I just got out of jail
[04:50.43]Jumped right back on that pipe
[04:53.07]Your sister's boyfriend told you, man
[04:55.88]I'm smokin' every night
[04:58.45]Then you came to my show
[05:00.94]And stood there so damn bold
[05:04.02]You said Too $hort, man, you smoking'
[05:06.41]And i'm standin' here dreamin' gold
[05:09.19]I ain't trippin' no more
[05:11.66]Really ain't worth my time
[05:14.48]So to squashed it off I kicked on back
[05:17.04]And wrote you all the rhyme
[05:19.99]Benzes rollin', Beemers jettin'
[05:22.50]And Caddies keep on dippin'
[05:25.20]You keep on talkin' all that crap
[05:27.76]I ain't trippin'
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