Sumthin From Nuthin-Crooked I

[ti:Sumthin From Nuthin] [ar:Crooked I] [al:Apex Predator] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.09]Yeah man I remember back when a ni**a ain't [00:02.69]Had no money for studio time barely [00:05.10]No muhf**kin' beats we made our own beats [00:07.24]And sh*t no producers we be like hahah [00:11.57] [00:12.82]Ni**a would do anything he had to do [00:14.88]To get at this hip-hop sh*t man anything [00:17.38]Know what I'm sayin' Start beating on the mic like this [00:20.70]For the drum you know that's the mic [00:24.43] [00:26.73]Niggas would rap about some sh*t they never even f**kin' had [00:29.65]We wanted that sh*t though [00:30.73] [00:31.99]We be like: "Ridin' on some big wheels [00:34.16]Bank account 6 mil Livin' on the street called life [00:37.32]And I'm on that b**ch heel " [00:39.36] [00:40.09]Even though we ain't have no that sh*t man back then [00:42.65]But we do know though let me get back at it [00:44.95]Hair trigger big steel quick kill wig peeled [00:47.84]Rapping about the struggle so vivid you know the sh*t's real [00:51.07]Empty fridge wasn't even 20 sh*t simply kids [00:54.08]Not a penny to pitch f**k it we pitchin Henny lids [00:57.12]To make the pockets bulge can't divulge sh*t we did [01:00.09] [01:00.64]Risky biz type of sh*t that'll get me 50 bids [01:03.45]Coming of age it wasn't a lick I wasn't down to hit [01:06.51]I think I knew some Nigerians who used to counterfeit [01:09.60]Funny money I think I had like 30 pounds of it [01:12.37]But this is only rap so tell the detectives downtown to quit [01:15.78]Gotta watch how I speak to the beat [01:18.11]Cuz I'm on the streets as we speak [01:19.52]And I won't sleep til we eat [01:21.35]G code of silence all the secrets we keep [01:24.55]Could make a movie about it but nah [01:26.02]We gon' keep it discrete [01:27.77]But I can rap about going from Virgin to Death Row [01:30.65]To Em recognizing one of [01:32.21]The best flows on the West Coast [01:33.79]And even though I'm blessed [01:35.13]The vest still on my chest close [01:36.98]You got the life of this black star [01:38.45]Backwards like I was Def Mos [01:40.63]We really out here nah we really out chyeah [01:45.13] [01:46.14]I'm in the zone ni**a I got a long way to go [01:49.34]But I'd be lying if I said we wasn't on ni**a [01:52.10] [01:53.07]We on ni**a we on ni**a [01:56.23]We on ni**a we on ni**a [01:59.22]We on ni**a we on ni**a [02:01.66] [02:02.28]We on ni**a we on ni**a [02:04.44] [02:05.38]We on ni**a we on ni**a [02:07.52] [02:08.45]We on ni**a we on ni**a [02:10.56] [02:11.50]We on ni**a we on ni**a [02:13.57] [02:14.62]We on ni**a we on ni**a