Yeah Short Dawg in the house
Survivin the game man, it ain't easy when
You out here for uh ten years hanging with the cut-throats
Back stabbers, playa haters y'know what I'm sayin?
But I'm a b**h k**a always was, and always will be
If you ain't in the right state of mind don't play with me
Cause they ain't never ended slavery
You f**in with my freedom, let's keep it real fool
Don't underestimate n***as who'll k** you
Cause everything changed, and everybody got a strap
Don't wanna be attacked keep it on your lap
I'm smobbing in my drop, smiling like Priest
Superfly top down speeding through the streets
k**as on the prowl,and jacking is how
They get paid pull out a gat and break your a** down
n***a show no fear, but you scared as hell
And your partner riding with you is prepared to tell
But you don't know it yet, you havin hella fun
And when the sh** hit the fan and you on the run
You better pray if they catch your homeboy first
Cause if they put him under pressure, he bound to burst
Into a long conversation bout everything you did
No more tusslin, time to do a bid
In the brand new jail that they built for you
Where the smallest little thing you get k**ed over
(survivin the game)
Ain't to bailin out, you mad as hell
Instead of sending you to school, they pay keep you in jail
That cost way more, when you do time
When you creep through the hood and k** your own kind
They building county jails, and penitentiaries
They gettin ready for the motherf**ing 21st century
Computers taking over, money's obsolete
Now they buying all the houses in the ghetto streets
They way we live now, we can't last long
Cause everyday n***as gettin they blast on
Funerals and court dates, plea bargain for your life
You'll be out in twelve years, once a month see your wife
Now how that sound?
You k**ed the black man, now they got you locked down
They let you learn a trade, working years for pennies
And that sh** you building, was making white man plenty
Got the game f**ed up, and you'll never be rich
It's all about respect and they treat you like a b**h
(survivin the game)
I was born with the sk**s of a black man
To survive in the streets and keep stackin
I'm thirty years old, and far from done
I don't care what you think, I ain't forgot where I'm from
East Oakland / and that's where I learned
Everything I know, and when I got my turn
I never came fake on a microphone
I always let em know that the town is home
I wasn't born in Oakland, I was born a mack
Stay true to the game, always stating the facts
b**h you can't stop my mack attack
I know you love this sh**, when I rap like that
You never would get me to change my style
I spent 20 million dollars on a brand new house
I got bills to pay, no time to be fake
Eating top rump don't f** with steak
Don't be jealous of me, cause it's well known
I could slip in a minute after hella songs
Make one fake album and I'm through
I be a broke a** n***a like you
So I just try to stay focused and do my job
Turn that sh** up loud and watch a b**h head bob
Cause I'm the Too S-H-O-R-T
I take a square a** b**h and turn her into a freak
(survivin the game)
Now growing old in the streets ain't no easy task
Losing homeboys every time the season pa**
Gettin phone calls, another soldier dead
Sittin in the car got four in the head
Rush to his mama house the sh** is real
Trying to find out why a n***a got k**ed
I'm about to hurt somebody, give a f** who
Cause you already know what you need to do
k** another black man that's what you figure
Just what we need, another dead n***a
Got your guns you don't want none
You stupid motherf**er where they come from
From the white man, get em like fast food
With an attitude to make a n***a blast you
You little violent motherf**er don't play with me
Cause they ain't never ended slavery f**in with my freedom
(survivin the game)