Flipmode Squad - Do for Self lyrics
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Hey yo!
Yo sham!
Yo sham!!!
-yoyoyo!
Come here niggawassup man?
-whats the dealson?
How you doin man?
-chillin man
What you fuckin with that cat over there for?
-he is my niggason.
Nahahdon't fuck around with that niggayo.
-what you sayingod?
I know that nigga--
-what? I gotta hold it down for my homesson
Lemme talk to ya for a secondmanc'merec'mere
I been through bullshitforced to pull shit at the enemy
If I did it homesit was the end of me
Back in the daysi'ma say like around your age
-what makes you figure that?
YoI used to move the same ways
Carying gunssell a nickle chums to bums
Run away from homerunning through the streets with a chrome
-niggafuck thatyou see I'm livin on my own
-my life is based on the same place and the same zone
-thugs call me the donbut never feel my calm
-at the same time you know it's hard for me to stay on
Yeah I'm feelin yabut at I gotta keep it real with ya
Only when you got doughniggas wanna be with ya
They feel ya outfind out about your whereabouts
Best friends turn enemiesplotting to take you out
-but it's all goodbecuz they show me love in tha hood
-i got this shit lockeddon't worry bout it. lemme cross ya out
Chorus:
Hey yoI walk by myselfi die by myself
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I do for my selfmake moves for my self
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I walk by myselfi die by myself
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
I do for my selfmake moves for my self
Cuz ain't nobody gonna help me but my goddamn self
Verse 2:
You see them cats that you run withthey allways in some dumb shit
I'm tellin you right nowthem cats shouldn't fuck with
-now who the fuck is you? to tell me what to do?
-tryin to start some real shittryin to make me flip on my crew
Go ahead and play hardass! live your life fast
Tryin to warn youseem like these streets got you gassed
-i got a problem right nowand I can't maintain
-i got some big time cat tryin ta split my fame
-yoyou see me in the street and wanna scream my name
-with some caked up voiceyo I made my chioce
-tim and his boys foul plans was to leave me moised
-so I stood upprayin to God that this ain't my last luck
-yo they got me judgedcall tha blue cross cops ran up
*freeze!!!*
-say please don't move too muchI think my man sat me up
-on a fact(? ) shining to much
Left you wet upsame muthafuckas used to friend up
Got you hospitalizedlook how you end up
Hooked up to a respiratorbody all bent up
Your moms callin me at my homecryin on the phone
Why the fuck you didn't listen? wouldn't be in this position
You still breathinga chance to change the way you living
-no more claiming the streetsI got a daughter to raise
-if I would've listened to youI would never have got blaised
-now I'm fucked uplaying in this bed cramped up
-needles in my armthinkin how these cats play tough
-real thoughts in my headoh how I showed 'em love
-fuck itfrom now on gotta keep my shit real calm
-plans to move up outta thereand grab my family to be gone
Chorus
*chorus playin in the background while they talks*
Yo...sham?
-yo..
Wake up nigga
How you doing man
-fucked up right nowson
Didn't you see
I saw you earlier on the daykicked it to ya man
The streets ain't no muthafuckin jokenigga
-yosonsee what they did to my fuckin legson?
I'm tired of that bullshitI'm sorry--
-can't even lift my shit no more.
Got holes up in this shityou holy now?
You believe in tha lord nowdon't yamuthafucka?
-yeah...
When you get outta this bitch
You better know how to walk the path muthafucka.
-you grabbin me to get up outta here?
There's lot of things you can do in the world
You're to young for this bullshit
You hear me?
-i know
-definitely
When you get better you come outmake your mama proud
Make yourself proudyou keep ya head upnigga
-definitely
You understand?
-i understand
What the fuckniggaat the end of the day you's a man.
Act like one
-definitely
