{Intro: Krayzie Bone} Dedicate this to all the n-ggaz on the streets. (Ghetto love) (Ghetto love) N-ggaz in the hood strugglin’ (I can feel that ghetto love) Doin’ what the f-ck they gotta do to make their money. (That ghetto love) And all the thugs, the hustlas, the gangstas, the playas, pimps. (I can feel that ghetto love) (That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) Let’s roll, let’s roll.
{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do)
{Verse 1: Krayzie Bone} I dedicate this to the n-ggaz in the hood (Where they at? Where they at? Where they at?) Keepin’ it real on the street N-ggaz they practice what they preach Stayin’ true until they D-I-E N-ggaz still strong We keep on bailin’ through the stress and all the rest of the sh-t that’s goin’ on Speakin’ of violence, I see You got to keep a pistol Cause if niggas think you're rich, you gon be got, they out to pinch ya Bullsh-t you not Killin’ because of the pump And it drives us to the point of no return Especially when you’re gone off of the sherm You could give a f-ck about a n-gga Flossin’ while you walkin’ He on sixteen switches Ain’t that a b!tch? But that’s life This sh-t ain’t nothin’ nice And he’ll take yours if his ain’t right And I can’t stop ’em or knock ’em But yo I wouldn’t even try though ‘Cause the Bible say, "Hey, either repent or you will die" So (so, so), choose one (just one) Either repent and get saved Or put some food on your table for now
{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) {Verse 2: Krayzie Bone (Niko ad-libs)} I see my sisters out there hustlin’ man (strugglin’ man) Do what it takes but that’s the breaks Rustle up what you can Gotta feed your babies (babies, yeah) Handle yourself your own business Don’t wait on that n-gga to get you nothin’ We been poor long enough And I know you would scheme on somethin’ (somethin, yeah) Take the welfare F-ck it The system givin’ it to you ‘Cause it’s guilt on they conscience Don’t let ’em fool you (don't let 'em fool you, no) Really ain’t doin’ a n-gga any favors So come on and get the paper Before you die This verse is for my ghetto queens Tryin’ to come up and get them better things Particularly cheddar cheese Make that money Work, work, work Whatever your occupation As long as you bringin’ home the bacon Don’t let your enemy lock your mind too And I hope y’all really been payin’ attention ’cause it’s 1999 ooh (Ooh-ooh, yeah) Though people comin’ around We gon’ thug So where the thugs at? Gimme some of that ghetto love
{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) Now if y’all feelin’ me {Verse 3: Krayzie Bone (Niko ad-libs)} Let’s get down and tear the roof off the mother Shoot the muthaf-ckas I’m serious and mean business Ready to pump pump and ride, you with it? Come on, put it out there, pump, pump, pump police They treat us like animals - let's attack 'em like beasts But hold on ‘fore you start fightin’ (hold on, hold on) Let’s brighten up the action scene Pass me the gasoline (no more, no more) I’m really not trippin’ on this rappin’ no more ‘Cause I know it won’t last too much longer When it’s over, then I be a full time souljah (souljah, I told ya) If I make it out of the game with all my sanity Get paid, f-ck the fame, get out quickly, understand me? ‘Cause at the rate I’m goin’, pretty soon they’ll try to ban me For killin’ these muthaf-ckas tryin’ to tamper with my family Now they got me runnin’ from these po-po’s tryin’ to jam me But I told them muthaf-ckas not to try to test my manly And this is my mentality for f-ckin’ with the street life Street life
{Chorus: Krayzie Bone & Niko} Street people (People) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude The street mentality is do what you gotta do (Do what you gotta do) Street people (People) (Street people, yeah) All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude (We're ready for war) The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do (Ooh, ooh) (Do what you gotta do)
{Verse 4: Niko} I gotta give it up to all my thugstas We’re street people Them n-ggaz with an attitude Let’s stop the killin’ We’re strugglin’ just like you to make a livin’ We’re not pretendin’ Don’t y’all remember It ain’t easy tryin’ to stay alive Some people out there smokin’ crack My people workin’ 9 to 5 Just doin’ it right Real strong Hold on (I can feel that ghetto love) ‘Cause it won’t be long before the strugglin’ days is long gone Hold on Be strong {Outro: Krayzie Bone} Somebody better tell ‘em we the T-H-U-G’s Real f-ckin’ souljahs Souljahs Souljahs Souljahs We’re souljahs We the T-H-U-G’s Real f-ckin’ souljahs (I can feel that ghetto love) Souljahs We’re Souljahs (That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) Souljahs We’re souljahs We the T-H-U-G’s Real f-ckin’ souljahs (I can feel that ghetto love) Souljahs We’re souljahs (That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) Souljahs We’re souljahs We the T-H-U-G’s Real f-ckin’ souljahs (I can feel that ghetto love) We’re souljahs Souljahs Souljahs
[00:11.030]{Intro: Krayzie Bone} [00:13.380]Dedicate this to all the n-ggaz on the streets. [00:16.090](Ghetto love) [00:16.670](Ghetto love) [00:16.800]N-ggaz in the hood strugglin’ [00:18.910](I can feel that ghetto love) [00:19.190]Doin’ what the f-ck they gotta do to make their money. [00:20.960](That ghetto love) [00:22.040]And all the thugs, the hustlas, the gangstas, the playas, pimps. [00:24.040](I can feel that ghetto love) [00:25.790](That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) [00:26.650]Let’s roll, let’s roll. [00:27.55] [00:27.600]{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} [00:28.170]Street people (People) [00:29.650]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [00:31.160](We're ready for war) [00:33.150]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [00:36.490](Do what you gotta do) [00:37.940]Street people (People) [00:39.860]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [00:41.400](We're ready for war) [00:43.170]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [00:46.650](Do what you gotta do) [00:46.70] [00:46.750]{Verse 1: Krayzie Bone} [00:46.860]I dedicate this to the n-ggaz in the hood [00:48.790](Where they at? Where they at? Where they at?) [00:48.810]Keepin’ it real on the street [00:50.020]N-ggaz they practice what they preach [00:51.320]Stayin’ true until they D-I-E [00:53.320]N-ggaz still strong [00:54.370]We keep on bailin’ through the stress and all the rest of the sh-t that’s goin’ on [00:57.510]Speakin’ of violence, I see [00:59.350]You got to keep a pistol [01:00.290]Cause if niggas think you're rich, you gon be got, they out to pinch ya [01:02.770]Bullsh-t you not [01:03.730]Killin’ because of the pump [01:04.750]And it drives us to the point of no return [01:07.020]Especially when you’re gone off of the sherm [01:08.810]You could give a f-ck about a n-gga [01:10.700]Flossin’ while you walkin’ [01:11.860]He on sixteen switches [01:12.810]Ain’t that a b!tch? [01:13.530]But that’s life [01:14.480]This sh-t ain’t nothin’ nice [01:15.720]And he’ll take yours if his ain’t right [01:17.940]And I can’t stop ’em or knock ’em [01:19.160]But yo I wouldn’t even try though [01:20.650]‘Cause the Bible say, "Hey, either repent or you will die" [01:23.210]So (so, so), choose one (just one) [01:25.050]Either repent and get saved [01:26.920]Or put some food on your table for now [01:28.61] [01:28.790]{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} [01:29.230]Street people (People) [01:31.050]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [01:32.430](We're ready for war) [01:34.310]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [01:37.500](Do what you gotta do) [01:39.400]Street people (People) [01:41.220]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [01:42.590](We're ready for war) [01:44.450]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [01:47.930](Do what you gotta do) [01:48.680]{Verse 2: Krayzie Bone (Niko ad-libs)} [01:49.370]I see my sisters out there hustlin’ man (strugglin’ man) [01:51.410]Do what it takes but that’s the breaks [01:52.550]Rustle up what you can [01:53.740]Gotta feed your babies (babies, yeah) [01:54.890]Handle yourself your own business [01:55.780]Don’t wait on that n-gga to get you nothin’ [01:57.200]We been poor long enough [01:58.110]And I know you would scheme on somethin’ (somethin, yeah) [01:59.640]Take the welfare [02:00.440]F-ck it [02:01.120]The system givin’ it to you [02:02.030]‘Cause it’s guilt on they conscience [02:03.230]Don’t let ’em fool you (don't let 'em fool you, no) [02:04.200]Really ain’t doin’ a n-gga any favors [02:05.400]So come on and get the paper [02:07.440]Before you die [02:09.160]This verse is for my ghetto queens [02:10.970]Tryin’ to come up and get them better things [02:12.840]Particularly cheddar cheese [02:14.000]Make that money [02:15.180]Work, work, work [02:15.780]Whatever your occupation [02:17.570]As long as you bringin’ home the bacon [02:19.720]Don’t let your enemy lock your mind too [02:21.740]And I hope y’all really been payin’ attention ’cause it’s 1999 ooh (Ooh-ooh, yeah) [02:25.100]Though people comin’ around [02:25.920]We gon’ thug [02:26.820]So where the thugs at? [02:28.040]Gimme some of that ghetto love [02:29.75] [02:30.000]{Chorus: Krayzie Bone} [02:30.590]Street people (People) [02:32.310]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [02:33.710](We're ready for war) [02:35.530]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [02:38.670](Do what you gotta do) [02:40.570]Street people (People) [02:42.460]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [02:44.020](We're ready for war) [02:45.790]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [02:49.250](Do what you gotta do) [02:49.910]Now if y’all feelin’ me [02:49.930]{Verse 3: Krayzie Bone (Niko ad-libs)} [02:50.640]Let’s get down and tear the roof off the mother [02:52.470]Shoot the muthaf-ckas [02:53.570]I’m serious and mean business [02:55.320]Ready to pump pump and ride, you with it? [02:56.580]Come on, put it out there, pump, pump, pump police [02:58.470]They treat us like animals - let's attack 'em like beasts [03:00.960]But hold on ‘fore you start fightin’ (hold on, hold on) [03:02.860]Let’s brighten up the action scene [03:04.380]Pass me the gasoline [03:05.940](no more, no more) I’m really not trippin’ on this rappin’ no more [03:07.650]‘Cause I know it won’t last too much longer [03:09.520]When it’s over, then I be a full time souljah (souljah, I told ya) [03:11.840]If I make it out of the game with all my sanity [03:13.690]Get paid, f-ck the fame, get out quickly, understand me? [03:16.460]‘Cause at the rate I’m goin’, pretty soon they’ll try to ban me [03:18.980]For killin’ these muthaf-ckas tryin’ to tamper with my family [03:21.550]Now they got me runnin’ from these po-po’s tryin’ to jam me [03:23.890]But I told them muthaf-ckas not to try to test my manly [03:26.530]And this is my mentality for f-ckin’ with the street life [03:30.410]Street life [03:31.35] [03:31.650]{Chorus: Krayzie Bone & Niko} [03:31.870]Street people (People) [03:33.560]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [03:36.760]The street mentality is do what you gotta do [03:39.980](Do what you gotta do) [03:41.950]Street people (People) [03:43.590](Street people, yeah) [03:43.650]All my people be them n-ggaz with an attitude [03:45.070](We're ready for war) [03:46.840]The street mentality: it's do what you gotta do [03:48.620](Ooh, ooh) [03:50.500](Do what you gotta do) [03:50.90] [03:50.910]{Verse 4: Niko} [03:51.180]I gotta give it up to all my thugstas [03:52.930]We’re street people [03:54.500]Them n-ggaz with an attitude [03:56.140]Let’s stop the killin’ [03:57.100]We’re strugglin’ just like you to make a livin’ [03:58.860]We’re not pretendin’ [04:00.010]Don’t y’all remember [04:01.000]It ain’t easy tryin’ to stay alive [04:03.380]Some people out there smokin’ crack [04:04.660]My people workin’ 9 to 5 [04:05.880]Just doin’ it right [04:07.010]Real strong [04:07.820]Hold on [04:08.640](I can feel that ghetto love) [04:08.710]‘Cause it won’t be long before the strugglin’ days is long gone [04:11.220]Hold on [04:11.780]Be strong [04:12.000]{Outro: Krayzie Bone} [04:12.040]Somebody better tell ‘em we the T-H-U-G’s [04:12.850]Real f-ckin’ souljahs [04:14.650]Souljahs [04:15.320]Souljahs [04:15.980]Souljahs [04:16.270]We’re souljahs [04:16.830]We the T-H-U-G’s [04:18.020]Real f-ckin’ souljahs [04:18.830](I can feel that ghetto love) [04:19.760]Souljahs [04:20.100]We’re Souljahs [04:20.770](That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) [04:20.920]Souljahs [04:21.310]We’re souljahs [04:22.040]We the T-H-U-G’s [04:23.020]Real f-ckin’ souljahs [04:23.820](I can feel that ghetto love) [04:24.820]Souljahs [04:25.180]We’re souljahs [04:25.870](That ghetto, ghetto, ghetto) [04:26.060]Souljahs [04:26.520]We’re souljahs [04:27.050]We the T-H-U-G’s [04:28.220]Real f-ckin’ souljahs [04:29.370](I can feel that ghetto love) [04:30.230]We’re souljahs [04:30.270]Souljahs [04:31.120]Souljahs
