Raised In Da Hood

(I was raised in the hood) East side Long Beach to be exact (I was raised in the hood) Where the grass is greener and the Crips are much meaner (We got ya, back, I was raised in the hood) I'll never turn my back on the hood (I was raised in the hood) Yeah you can take me out the hood But you can't take the hood up outta me, you dig Raised by the gangstas, the generals, the thieves, the twins Yet I'm stealing niggas, please what you know bout that I do it every time, told em 1800 had em mixing it with lime (oh wee) My life is like a movie, I was thuggin' in the beach when I lit my first doobie In the same city when I got my first piece of coochie Where I sold my first dime, and I held my first uzi Bitch, choose me, cause I'm going to the top Rap or the rock, them hoes say I'm on bitch Whenever will it stop I was poppin' like it's on, slamming Chevy's up the block East up, what it do though Now I ride two door, the Porsche looking mean have to up it too Hella far from broke, the forty won't choke plus a niggas still elope Only 'cause [Chorus] I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) We got ya back I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood) We got ya back Raised by the monsters the criminals The G's, it was prettier than niggas on the east What you know 'bout that Snoopy in his prime, I'm a boss I catch a nigga slippin' like moss Ride with the realest , I've been on it since a young and It's 200 bitches in the function Looking cool, you know it bitch I'm rollin' And I ain't worried 'bout them niggas we patrolling the hood and the city Rollin on that illy Two millys, two Bugatti's, call 'em Rozay and Diddy Heart of the set, Homie I'm a vet Lil' nigga, keep ya clothes, ask around, I'm a rep, east up, what it do though Hoes spillin' Nuvo, Doggy on his tip I threw up the two O Hella far from broke, the forty won't choke plus a niggas still elope Only 'cause [Chorus] Raised by them hustles them dealers on the block It was prettier them niggas in the spot What you know bout that? Perped up fully The hood raised me, gang-banging made me a bully, ya dig Burnt out and any party we at, you know it's turned out The people talking the rumors Now what you heard about? How I spend 100 thou gettin' perped out, blowin' I'm strapped up, I keep a pistol for these suckers tryna act up They know I'm famous like I won't get in the streets 'cause Like I don't come from the W, I'm a beast bro What it do though, dickies for the dulo Homie, you know skinny niggas sumo Hella far from broke, the forty won't choke plus a niggas still elope Homie 'cause [Chorus] Baby dub, Baby, dub Good looking girl Yeah everybody neighborhood Put your neighborhood in the air Throw it up one time