Based On A True Story-Too Short/Mack 10

[ti:Based On A True Story (Edited)] [ar:Mack 10] [al:Based On A True Story] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Based On A True Story (Edited) - Too Short/Mack 10 [00:03.37]Written by：Paddy Milner/Randall Breneman/Scott Wiber [00:06.74]Newscaster In the news tonight [00:07.63] [00:08.18]Rap star mack 10 releases his second [00:10.22]Solo album titled based on a true story [00:12.51] [00:13.02]And according to reliable sources ha [00:15.53]He laughs in the face of the sophomore jinx [00:17.38] [00:18.10]After the release of westside connection and mack's [00:20.57]New record gangster rap [00:22.35]Seems to be at an all time high [00:24.23]Either the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat [00:27.38]You either got ends or struggle to make ends meet [00:30.17]You can either turn square or keep the mind of a rebel [00:33.02]Some uppity livin' good some faced with death in the ghetto [00:35.88]I'm a product of the streets so [00:37.21]I vow to never slip [00:38.67]So I trust no one and keep a p coltrane [00:40.52]On my hip [00:41.52]I always paid attention while my og's was teachin' [00:44.23]Rule number one if it's on blast [00:45.82]The first n**ga reachin' [00:47.18]Either death or the pen' sh*t I had to do better [00:49.76]It was a must I moved on and now [00:51.43]I'm all about cheddar [00:52.58]A young entrepreneur I rather slang than bang [00:55.36]Now girls be like you go mack 10 baby do yo thang [00:58.38]So I continue to get down and I keep writin' rhymes [01:01.01]And I parlay every dollar to flip at least a hundred times [01:03.74]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [01:06.60]And everything I recite's based on a true story [01:09.53]You can feel n**ga [01:10.46] [01:11.21]Sorry [01:14.12]It's based on a true story [01:15.36] [01:16.55]Sorry [01:20.52]You know it's real n**ga [01:21.54] [01:22.30]Sorry [01:25.26]Based on a true story [01:26.37] [01:27.83]Sorry [01:31.91]The year 1986 is when it all started [01:34.68]Now eleven years later we still rough and cold hearted [01:37.45]And as the saga continues I ride [01:38.83]The wave like a sea doo [01:40.33]Not to knock hip hop but gangsta rap is what we do [01:43.16]N**gas on they first album [01:44.38]Already sold a mil' [01:45.85]So before you knock our style [01:47.17]At least admit that it's real [01:48.67]It's all sex drugs and violence [01:50.01]So you pretend you ain't checkin' [01:51.49]You mean to tell me people [01:52.54]Really ain't dyin' every second [01:53.76] [01:54.29]Now y'all made the rules [01:55.50]N**gas can say what they choose [01:57.03]So if you gone ban gangsta rap [01:58.54]Then you got to ban the news [01:59.88]That means no weather report [02:00.88]No waco and the bad reverand [02:02.71]No channel 4 channel 7 and no film at eleven [02:05.62]With no high school diplomas we became millionaires [02:08.32]Media mad 'cause we winning and we really playin' fair [02:11.08]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [02:13.91]And everything I recite's based on a true story [02:16.51]You 8 grabin [02:17.29] [02:18.36]Sorry [02:21.30]It's based on a true story [02:22.49] [02:23.75]Sorry [02:27.82]Weaken heaven [02:28.46] [02:29.39]Sorry [02:32.60]Based on a true story [02:33.86] [02:35.05]Sorry [02:39.21]I crumble green on a magazine [02:40.51]Ready to roll a joint [02:42.00]D**n in this billboard [02:43.06]I'm number one with a hollow point [02:44.62]It was a rough road ahead [02:45.90]But for my kids I gotta pave it [02:47.55]So I twist one shake the w**d out [02:49.27]Close the book up and save it [02:50.52]'Cause my son li'l mack [02:51.76]Might grow up and have a crew [02:53.16]And he can show all his homies [02:54.55]This what my daddy used to do [02:56.06]See I was raised around gangstas [02:57.28]And grindas since a youth [02:58.74]So the sh*t I rap abouts like 99 truth [03:01.65]With dedicated fans from bebe kids [03:03.54]To bambinos and n**gas that's ceo's [03:05.50]Before they reach they three o's [03:07.05]Maneuver through the corporate world [03:08.30]Makin' moves to take ours [03:09.94]Rolling big German luxury and italian sports cars [03:12.83]So watch what you do 'cause you know we playa hated [03:15.61]And everytime it's a homicide they call it gang related [03:18.36]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [03:21.20]And everything I recite's based on a true story [03:23.79]It's so true [03:24.93]As right [03:25.74]Sorry [03:28.64]It's based on a true story [03:29.67] [03:31.00]Sorry [03:34.54]Is naver know you [03:35.59] [03:36.82]Sorry [03:39.41]Based on a true story [03:40.71] [03:42.23]Sorry [03:46.58] [03:47.34]Say mack baby [03:48.46]It's yo pa'tna hort dog man [03:49.89] [03:50.43]You know I got yo back boy [03:51.59] [03:52.65]You know a n**ga like me I just left [03:54.09]The ferrarri dealer man I ain't go lie [03:56.08]I know you ridin' rims [03:57.26] [03:58.72]But the problem is [04:00.16]It's a lot of mothaf**kas [04:01.18]Out there that think we [04:02.13]Rappers man that think we just sit at home [04:04.20]And make this up at our momma's house [04:05.78] [04:06.34]I hate to tell y'all man some of us [04:08.13] [04:08.70]Are real playas [04:09.98]Real ballers biitch