The Story-Bun B

[ti:The Story] [ar:Bun B] [al:Trill] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.82]The Story - Bun B [00:06.44] [00:12.45]Say this is the realist sh*t I ever wrote or said [00:15.02]Wake up with it everyday [00:16.59]And take it with me to bed [00:18.46]Hurting my heart [00:19.64]And hanging over my head [00:21.33]Bout the realest ni**a these [00:22.81]Texas streets ever bred [00:25.02]C L Butler better known as Chad or Pimp C [00:27.80]The closest homeboy that I ever had [00:30.30]Now when we first met [00:32.11]We wasn't on the same page [00:33.74]From pettiness understandings [00:35.18]That got cleared up with age [00:36.99]Two young boys [00:38.30]Who was ready to mash [00:39.68]Put P A on the map [00:41.11]And maybe make a little cash [00:42.87]Jumped down with Big Tyme [00:44.51]Put down a few songs [00:45.88]Everybody co-signed saying [00:47.57]That we could do no wrong [00:49.56]Then hit the streets [00:50.69]With a big a** bang [00:52.13]Them gangsta a** rhymes [00:53.44]With that country a** twang [00:55.12]Dropped "Tell Me Something Good" [00:56.50]Took off and went live [00:58.03]Sh*t next thing you know [00:59.53]We was signing to Jive [01:01.16]Dropped "Too Hard to Swallow" " [01:03.09]A Pocket Full of Stones" [01:04.36]Put the remix on "Menace" [01:05.63]Sh*t we had it going on [01:07.13]Got love in the streets [01:08.69]And played on the air [01:10.31]But the homey putting us out [01:11.94]Wasn't playing too fair [01:13.44]Had to separate ourself [01:14.81]Bring in a new team [01:16.44]But sometimes the other side [01:18.07]Ain't always what it seems [01:19.63]We dropped "Super Tight" [01:21.00]A album full of killer flows [01:22.69]But then we got caught up [01:24.33]With the drugs and the hoes [01:25.90]We didn't realize what was [01:27.19]Happening on the real [01:28.88]And new management was [01:30.32]Cutting back room deals [01:31.88]Hiding different money [01:33.38]And ever sealing the price [01:34.82]He had us doing all the work [01:36.45]But was keeping the biggest slice [01:37.96]Took a while to catch on [01:39.52]To what homey was doing [01:40.91]But by the time we did [01:42.29]All the paperwork was in ruins [01:43.73]Ni**a kept all the receipts [01:45.45]So we couldn't file taxes [01:47.07]The next thing you know [01:48.51]IRS hitting us with axes [01:50.38]Pimp you owe seven figures [01:51.94]Bun you owe six [01:53.44]Better get your paper together [01:54.89]Get this sh*t fixed [01:56.40]Remixed the management team [01:58.07]And tried it ourself [01:59.44]Cussed out the GM [02:00.70]Almost got put on the shelf [02:02.41]F**k it dropped "Ridin' Dirty" [02:04.07]Instant classic in the South [02:05.63]Reclaimed the southern title [02:07.38]Shut everybody's mouth [02:08.69]Got some clout in the game [02:10.13]Boys calling us the greatest [02:11.58]But meanwhile me and [02:13.34]Pimp is still ducking haters [02:14.84]The old manager calling [02:16.40]And say he fina' sue [02:17.90]And put a padlock on the [02:19.54]Everything we trying to do [02:20.91]Put a call out to the Prince [02:22.60]This ni**a still hating [02:23.91]We got heat for the streets [02:25.36]And we can't keep the people waiting [02:27.10]He made a call to [02:28.41]And folks telling the man [02:30.17]You gotta cut UGK some slack understand [02:32.98]Young Pimp got the plan [02:34.79]Bun got the drawl [02:36.23]Rap-A-Lot had our back [02:37.60]And we just waiting on Jive [02:39.31]We got the big bosses [02:41.06]On the same page [02:42.43]So me and young Pimp went [02:43.96]Hit 'em from center stage [02:45.47]Next thing you know [02:47.04]We got this call from the N Y [02:49.01]It's Jay-Z saying y'all niggaz getting fly [02:52.07]He doing "Volume 3" and [02:53.76]Got a track from Timb [02:54.94]And wondered could some [02:56.20]Trill niggaz rock it with him [02:57.83]Sh*t big Bun was all for it [02:59.51]But Pimp wasn't sure [03:00.84]But "Big Pimpin" hit 'em 187-Pure [03:04.21]Number one song on every [03:05.66]Station you turn on [03:06.85]MTV and BET we getting our burn on [03:10.24]Grammy nominated [03:11.67]Can't believe that we made it [03:13.17]And we got a call from [03:14.67]Jive that left us all faded [03:16.11]And it stated that due [03:17.54]To the success of the track [03:19.23]We here at Jive records [03:20.68]Would like to piggy back [03:22.26]Get another beat from Timb [03:23.64]Then get a verse from Jay [03:25.32]Let Hype shoot the video [03:26.89]And we'll be on the way [03:28.45]Sh*t it sounded okay [03:29.76]But me I had to ask [03:31.51]If we don't do Big Pimpin 2 [03:33.14]Would you still put us on blast [03:34.83]A song like that would might [03:36.38]Take a ni**a to the top [03:37.77]But my true fan base [03:39.08]Might think a ni**a flop [03:41.39]They got mad and put niggaz on hold [03:43.82]For damn near a year [03:45.28]Till the buzz got cold [03:46.97]So we said f**k 'em [03:48.47]And went back to the basics [03:50.15]Trying to find ways to get [03:51.72]The f**k up out the matrix [03:53.43]We put "Dirty Money" [03:54.42]Together and it was aces [03:56.05]But that's around the time [03:57.42]That Pimp caught two cases [03:59.54]He got probation [04:00.54]Said f**k you hoes [04:01.92]We finish the album [04:03.07]Got ready to do a couple shows [04:05.25]And then he violated [04:06.56]One month before we dropped [04:08.25]And sh*t just got put [04:09.63]On hold or f**king stopped [04:11.31]Now 30 days done [04:12.76]We back to the nitty gritty [04:14.58]Album got released [04:15.33]Big showdown in Chocolate City [04:17.85]Niggaz with masks on [04:19.22]Vests and all black [04:20.67]It's Christmas 2001 [04:21.98]B**ch we was all that [04:23.92]Strongest on the block [04:25.26]Nobody could budge [04:26.31]And then he violated [04:27.81]Now we right back before the judge [04:29.81]They calling him a nuisance [04:31.32]Put my dog behind a fence [04:32.81]It was January 28th [04:34.08]He ain't been home since [04:35.77]Threw a ni**a through a loop [04:37.45]And caught me in the crosses [04:39.01]Standing cold CEO [04:40.02]Now I'm the f**king boss [04:41.85]Had the devil on my back [04:43.47]Got to drinking and drugging [04:44.97]Had to make a choice [04:46.54]Get back to rapping or thugging [04:48.16]So I walked into my bedroom [04:49.91]Got down on my knees [04:51.22]Put my hands together [04:52.29]And I prayed Lord please [04:54.17]Let me get past this bridge [04:55.75]Over water that's trouble [04:56.95]And get back up on my grind on the double [04:59.71]He said son don't worry [05:01.09]Cause it's not really hard as it seem [05:03.20]And I can turn your nightmares [05:04.96]Back into dreams [05:06.46]You just got to stay true to yourself [05:08.70]And succeed [05:09.58]Then push away from the devil [05:11.20]And get closer to me [05:12.77]And every since that night man [05:14.34]I promise I been on it [05:15.90]Giving that killer flow [05:17.08]To anybody who want it [05:18.71]Pimp the pen like never before [05:20.39]I'm breaking 'em G [05:21.67]Not to mention I got the world [05:23.29]Screaming free Pimp C [05:24.72]So soon as you make parole [05:26.29]And they open the doors [05:27.60]You ain't gotta worry about nothing [05:29.41]The world is yours [05:30.72]Ain't no mo' struggles my ni**a [05:32.67]And no mo' stripe [05:33.90]I kept it real because [05:35.27]To me it's UGK for life