Nature of the Business (Amended LP Version)-Coolio

[ti:Nature Of The Business (Amende] [ar:Coolio] [al:My Soul] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Nature of the Business (Amended LP Version) - Coolio [00:05.49]Singing* It's the roll of the dice [00:08.11]That you can't afford to lose [00:10.92] [00:16.36]It's the nature of the business [00:19.11]It's the smugglers who lose [00:21.03]*rapping* I got a little proposition homey check it out we gonna put it down [00:24.91]Cause you and I go way back and I know you done been around [00:26.42] [00:27.61]These peeps that I know done put me up on some sh*t [00:30.35]Ni**a we could all come up loc we could all make grips [00:33.35]Now I ain't talkin bout no b******t a** flippin z's [00:35.98]I'm talkin Trump type access they comin off a gang of keys [00:38.86]Now what exscuse you got to play [00:40.61]You got a wife and baby on the way [00:42.36]Well that makes it mo better [00:43.48]We gon work this sh*t together [00:44.73]We gonna stack enough loochie to get your girls gift from Gucci [00:46.73]And send your baby to college and ain't no gettin caught [00:48.41] [00:48.97]Cause we gon use the type of knowledge that they never tripped off of befo [00:52.80]They ain't even ready for this hellified sh*t we got in sto (That's right) [00:55.80]And I done used the G to hook up that manpower [00:57.86]Sh*t have the okay to folks taught Pillsbury how to push flour [01:01.11]Now all we gotta do is make sure this sh*t go through partna (Right) [01:04.11]Now call your crew cause we got work to do [01:06.30]*talking* It's a fifty-fifty chance that you can get stuck [01:08.93]And then snake eyes are crafted and we sh*t outta luck [01:11.80]*singing* It's the roll of the dice [01:14.23]That you can't afford to lose [01:16.82]*talking* But if we make this sh*t work the whole crew gon come up [01:20.07]With thousands in the Seiko's Dane's and fat pocketbooks [01:23.07]*singing* It's the nature of the business [01:25.20]It's the smugglers who lose [01:27.51]*rapping* Next level in the game homey it's time to get this sh*t movin [01:30.88]We went up fifty keys on speck and now we got some sh*t to prove it (Right) [01:34.34]We got the contacts in Vegas that's where we go got our troops [01:36.39]They'll be the ones in the casino lines dressed in blue suits [01:39.39]And afta Shorty Vic and Spider done picked up the sh*t [01:42.33]They gon lay low a few days to make the trip look legit (That's right) [01:45.21]But just in case them niggaz get any f**ked up ideas [01:47.58]We gon send Wino and Big Homie to watch our back with the gear (Right) [01:50.53]And then them niggaz gonna take the midnight train to Dallas (Dallas) [01:53.02]We got to hook up them baggage plans to Ras Kass Misses Alice [01:55.21]The cool thing about her is that if she get caught [01:58.33]It's still all in the family so she ain't gonna sell a ni**a out [02:01.34]*talking* [02:01.77]Aight then maybe they should get a U-Haul pack that sh*t in a matress [02:05.04]*rapping* [02:05.17]Nah they best go Greyhound it's still the same as motherf**kin taxes [02:07.96]And all we gotta do is hold our breath about three more days [02:10.03]And cross our fingers and hope nobody get popped along the way [02:12.84]*talking* You can make this quick lick and be set up for life [02:14.90]But if your a** get stuck I hope it ain't your third strike [02:17.87]*singing* It's the roll of the dice [02:20.50]That you can't afford to lose [02:22.75]*talking* And them things you last expect sometimes out there waitin [02:25.93]But I hope you understand if you caught then you ain't got sh*t to say [02:29.18]*singing* It's the nature of the business [02:31.75]It's the smugglers who lose [02:35.37] [02:40.06]It's the roll of the dice [02:42.69]That you can't afford to lose [02:45.37] [02:51.00]It's the nature of the business [02:53.88]It's the smugglers who lose [02:55.88]*talking* Everything is goin according to plan [02:58.19]This sh*t is on its way to the man to the man [03:00.50]Sit next to the goddamned man (Right) [03:02.12]But there's one thing you should know [03:03.69]There's some bustas on the bus talkin loud and drinkin and actin the fool [03:06.56]That sh*t ain't cool (Say what ) [03:08.37]Now I don't want to have to switch this loc [03:10.31]So send some bodies to the next stop to get this under control [03:13.25](They on they way) [03:14.00]But be aware that they all wearin navy uniforms [03:16.06]And they got medals and patches and sh*t they think that say Desert Storm [03:19.31]And they got "Gung Ho" written all over they chest [03:21.50]So tell Lek Ratt D-Dog P S to wear they vest [03:24.64]It's gettin kinda cold out here so I'ma have to be gone [03:27.82]Wait here that Oh I think somethin wrong *gunshots* [03:30.39]What's Up Baby what's goin on man What What the f**k happenin [03:35.76]Aw sh*t my ni**a I'ma have to face sh*t [03:38.14]I think somebody set us up there's feds all over the place [03:41.01]*rapping* That's the name of the game that's the way the game go [03:43.45]Sometimes you rise high and sometimes you sink low [03:46.26]*singing* It's the roll of the dice [03:48.83]That you can't afford to lose [03:51.14]*rapping* If you make it back to the hood then I'll see you around [03:53.64]But if they got somebody watchin then stay your a** outta town [03:57.26]*singing* It's the nature of the business [03:59.96]It's the smugglers who lose [04:02.03] [04:08.09]It's the roll of the dice [04:10.84]That you can't afford to lose [04:13.66] [04:19.22]It's the nature of the business [04:22.09]It's the smugglers who lose [04:25.47] [04:30.22]It's the roll of the dice [04:32.86]That you can't afford to lose