Straight Gangstaism-Geto Boys

When the fire dies down what the f**k you gonna do Damn it feels good to be a gansta Yeah I take y'all way back Seven years old I'm lookin' up to the ganstas in the hood 'Cause to me and my cousins yeah they represented good Even when we played cops and robbers on the block Nobody wanted to play the cop yeah 'Cause the cop was a p**sy-a** b**ch And if you played the cop ni**a you got your a** kicked I was a curious child I used to hang out by the ballroom and study the gansta style The way they talk the way they walk the way they act The way they wore dat gansta hat Tilted rim layed flat out Now that's the type a sh*t I'm talkin' about yeah Cigarette in one hand drink in the other Leanin' to one side cooler than a motherf**ker With the ganstass nicknames Killin' Boy Pokey Big Joe Go-Deal Lil Lane True muthaf**kin' mack daddies B**ch on the side drivin' the '73 caddy Wid a chrome plated 357 Ready to send a muthaf**ka on a stairway to heaven I was fascinated yeah I let 'em influence me and my momma hate it But she still gave me love 'Cause my momma understood That it was in my blood See I was a psycho And in a few mo' years she wouldn't have to worry about a Michael 'Cause I'll be makin' my own decisions yeah Comin' up fast clockin' cash Straight Ganstaism Yeah Uh On and On and On and On and On Yeah Uh Break it down Uh Like dat Like dat Yeah Now is '93 I got a name fo' myself Made a little dough played the cards I was dealt Didn't go fo' self now I'm a G huh And every muthaf**kin' body know me Niggas in the hood all got love 'Cause they saw me raise up from a muthaf**kin scrub And hoes that I know From way back befo' They used to say no All wanna go to the hotel 'Cause they claim that they intrested And everybody talkin' about the sh*t that they wish they did But I surpassed all that They used to wanna know if I was down now they don't ask all that 'Cause they believin' what they seein' A young ni**a comin' up fast yeah Sittin' back as a youngsta peepin' out ma folks Some were straight G's and some when not smoking d**e I had to cope wid it be a man and stay strong Even though some folks didn't think that I'd live long I watch grandpa shoot dice at the liquo' sto' Gettin' licks in the dough ague and the Big Joe Walkin' out the door wid a gallon of Jack Sellin' straight cess booze 'cause back then there weren't no crack A matter fact to this day I'm doin' sh*t like grandpa in every way I got my hustle on loc I ain't frontin' Jus' a young ni**a in this world tryin' ta have somethin' yeah That's then you find and I know That's how I was raised and that's how I'm a go I dunno will I ever be a cell mate but I do know I'm never goin' straight Gansterism Yeah [toke] really doe [toke] 3-2 in the muthaf**kin' house doe [toke] Down with the mutherf**kin' GB [toke] And y'all gonna hear the original big baby really doe [toke] And the mutherf**kin' 9 to the deuce I know you heard that big baby [toke] yeah [toke] We got Seag in the muthaf**kin' house doe from Oakland [toke] yeah We got Big Mike yeeahuh Fattey Hattey yeeahuh We got Big Chief and LeJay really doe [toke] Say big baby lookit my deed [laugh laugh] You f**kin' b**ch [laugh laugh laugh] really doe Bido in the muthaf**kin' house yeah Ni**a face evil [toke] really doe [toke] They can't fade this soft sh*t doe [toke] Uh the they can't fade it doe I'm outta this beeyatch Z