Geto Boys - Straight Gangstaism Lyrics
...when the fire dies down what the ***** you gonna do?Damn it feels good to be a gansta...Yeah, I take yall way backSeven years old,Im 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 *****-ass *****,And if you played the cop, nigga you got your ass kicked!I was a curious child,I used to hang out by the ballroom and study the gansta styleThe way they talk, the way they walk, the way they act,The way they wore dat gansta hat,Tilted, rim layed flat out,Now thats the type a shit Im talkin about yeah,Cigarette in one hand, drink in the other,Leanin to one side, cooler than a mother*****er,With the ganstass nicknames,Killin boy, pokey, big joe, go-deal, lil lane,True mutha*****in mack daddies,***** on the side, drivin the 73 caddy,Wid a chrome plated .357Ready to send a mutha*****a on a stairway to heaven,I was fascinated, yeahI 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 wouldnt have to worry about a michael,cause Ill be makin my own decisions, yeahComin up fast, clockin cashStraight ganstaismYeah... uh... on and on and on and on and on... yeah... uhBreak it downUhLike datLike datYeahNow is 93I got a name fo myself,Made a little dough, played the cards I was dealt,Didnt go fo self, now Im a g, huhAnd every mutha*****in body know me,Niggas in the hood, all got love,cause they saw me raise up from a mutha*****in scrub,And hoes that I know,From way back befoThey used to say no,All wanna go to the hotel,cause they claim that they intrested,And everybody talkin about the shit that they wish they did,But I surpassed all that,They used to wanna know if I was down, now they dont ask all that,cause they believin what they seeinA young nigga comin up fast, yeahSittin back as a youngsta, peepin out ma folks,Some were straight gs and some when not smoking dope,I had to cope wid it, be a man and stay strong,Even though some folks didnt think that Id live long,I watch grandpa shoot dice at the liquo stoGettin 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 werent no crack,A matter fact, to this day,Im doin shit like grandpa in every way,I got my hustle on loc I aint frontinJus a young nigga in this world tryin ta have somethin yeahThats then you find and I know,Thats how I was raised and thats how Im a go,I dunno will I ever be a cell mate but I do know Im never goin straight...GansterismYeah [toke] really doe [toke] 3-2 in the mutha*****in house doe [toke]Down with the muther*****in gb [toke]And yall gonna hear the original big baby really doe [toke]And the muther*****in 9 to the deuce!I know you heard that big baby [toke] yeah [toke]We got seag in the mutha*****in house doe from oakland [toke] yeahWe got big mike yeeahuh, fattey hattey yeeahuhWe got big chief and lejay, really doe [toke]Say big baby, lookit my deed [laugh laugh]You *****in *****! [laugh laugh laugh] really doeBido in the mutha*****in house, yeahNigga face evil [toke] really doe [toke]They cant fade this soft shit doe [toke]Uh the they cant fade it doeIm outta this beeyatch!Z
