Snoop Dogg - Life In The Projects Lyrics
[intro][thurgood of pjs]Yeah, get up, get downThats what p funk say[snoop]Get your money man, its hard out thereIts hard out there, doggWhat, yeah, huhGet yours, get yours, get yoursShootin dice on length with a couple of gsDust off my knees, twist off my cap and breatheJump in the six-four, sittin on dSpit a few caps at my enemiesPlease, freeze, theres a new sheriff in townLivin in the projects, dogg pound poundNo father figure, just gangbang niggaCuz they give it up quicker and they learn to pull a triggerAll role models on tvMost of us aint got a tv, you feel me?Shit, michael jordan dont come throughI bet the nigga get the money when it time to sell his shoeIm telling you, I aint puttin him downCuz I love him to death but I aint ever seen him in my townBut you could see snoop dogg everydayIm boss to the blocks like the projects in the pjsYeah, for those of you who dont knowThis is the land of the scandalous and cut throatsChild support- thats unheard ofNumber one crime in the mother*****er- murderYa heard me? hmm, ima stay downFor the get down, from a puppy to the big doggPut that on the penthouseLife in the projects, bang, bang, pow, powIs how it sounds[chorus]Life in the projectsWhere its hard to get byBut you got it cuz your spots gettin hotterLife in the projectsWhere grass is cheese and cheese is powerLife in the projectsWhere you got to have the will to know howKnow how to do what? surviveLife in the projectsYou got to get yours cuz ima get mineLife in the projects, goodness griefEverybody waitin on the 1st and 15thThe police man is tryin to get atchaCatcha, snatcha, open up your fridgeNuttin lookin back atchaSo you open up your freeza and say god, pleaseI wish we had some more of this government cheeseIm duckin buckshots, see, walkin on my kneesAint no trees, the grass aint greenAnd when I say its all bad, you know what I meanTheres one in every family- what? a fiendAnd a basketball star with no team, no dreamsRemember good times? jj and michael?And all the lil thangs they went through despiteNobody in the projects gave a *****Aint no good, its all badluck, shucks, shoppin poppinBack up on all the scene, from the george down, pjs, cali or projectsAnd the cabrini greens, my niggas get wild on they assWe like to pow-pow on they assHeres a toast to the coast, so take a blast>from the projects to the upper deck, upper classA long way from where I come fromI know where Im at, nigga, I cant forget where I came from[chorus][repeat to fade]Life in the projects[adlibs]YeahI know all them real niggas out there thats livin they life in the projectsThats going through that bullshit, yknowI know how yall niggas feelNigga, doggy dogg for ya painIts like Im livin in the mother*****in projects, tooYknow what Im sayin?They want yall to throw me out my stateSo, *****I might as well move back in the projectsThats where my real niggas at any mother*****in wayI gotta get mine, I gotta get mineLife in the projectsNigga, better get yours cuz ima get mineLife in the projects, feel me?You better get yours cuz ima get mineLife in the projects, yeahYou better get yours cuz ima get mineLife in the projects, yeahWe out, we out