Ant Banks - That's Why lyrics

[Intro:] Yeah we gettin real on this album y'all. You know I'm hearin all these Rumors out here bout, they ran $hort Dogg up outta East Oakland. n***a Moved to Atlanta, ain't got no mo love in the town. I got much love in Oakland y'all, you know what I'm sayin, I been doin this sh** fo years So I'm a tell it to you juss like it happened.... b*tch [Verse 1:] I don't stop rappin Ever since the very first day I grabbed the microphone, made a funky a** tape I had sixteen hoes s**in ten toes Game from the "O" An any real pimp knows The only love hoes get is what they paid fo Gimme my scratch What the f** I'm a stay fo? I gotta make moves b**h Stack some G's From the ho stroll To my fax machine I got money comin in from everywhere From New York To L.A., To the mutha f**in Bay It's true I'm the man G I'm underground 106 can't ban me All on the air sayin they don't f** wit me no mo I go back wit rap like K-P-O-O From the very first time I grabbed the mic n***as smokin burner Ready to fight I don't promote violence I'm from Oakland where the real kick it You might get k**ed n***a Or make a mill ticket Move down south cuz the town is wild Now the radio jocks wanna clown my style I raised too many rappers you support Ask 'em who they grew up on.... TOO $HORT f** all that black ball sh** it won't last KMEL y'all can kiss my a** [Hook: 2x] That's why the town got rid 'o $hort [Verse 2:] It all started back when C & H Went to T & B tryin to playa hate I flipped a brand new Lexus 93 Joda Balls called me up said ya lyin to me He said I heard you an Ran got the cash an split it If I don't get my cut You mutha f**az gonna get it It was thirteen G's all mine Didn't give Teddy Gram one dime Now listen real close cuz it might be Hard to follow Chris told Ted it was fifty thousand dollaz sh** sound petty An it is But that's how it goes when you in show biz n***as fallin out Should be makin millions Instead of studios We seein lawyers in buildings Then we stop speakin sh** got funky I don't give a f** Mutha f**a get my money I ain't never been a ho you can't pimp me I do all the work while you pimp me I tried to buy him out But right about then They let the lions out n***as start eatin that sh** up You shoulda never listened I'm always on this money makin mission Sold a car an a truck in Oakland fo that Lex Jock loaned me five an I was rollin that b**h [Interlude:] Don't believe everythang you hear n***a [Verse 3:] I went to the freak-nik sh** turned me out Came back fo jack the rapper Bought me a house That was August '93 time to dip I hade warrants in the town an I was hot as sh** Everytime I got stopped n***a went to jail Treat me bad cuz I was hangin wit criminals I wanted to buy me a house in the Oakland hills Nice lil sumpthin fo a half a mill That's was right around the time Chris hooked Dru Down The Luniz came through an them tricks got clowned Rappin Ron tore 'em up on the freestyle tip An n***as ain't ran nobody outta sh** Then they put it on the town sh** got real When you was in the fourth grade I had a record deal You got one hit record now you ballin You make one fake album you'll be fallin An that sh** don't apply to me Present or past You can meet me at the mall an get my autograph Or you can flash back If you can do all that Me Fred Benz An Freddy Craps Smokin burner upstairs in hot lips house It's been fifteen years an I ain't played out They playin Too $hort steppin on a Chevy pedal Back in the days KMEL played heavy metal [Hook: 2x] [verse 4:] n***as shootin at the studio late at night Seen a Charokee Started shootin at Spice At the E-40 picnic out in the park n***as gather round fo some sh** to start They had bullets wit my name But we never got to me See me s**a mutha f**a Shootin at the street It was me Boo, Howard, an Jock A full clip One in the chamber an it blockin T.B., Still tryin to be my pimp I could lose my life Or give my money to him I'd rather die before you use me I tried to buy him out The n***a sued me [Outro:] An that's where it stands right now y'all. Fo the mutha f**az that Don't know, like the Notorious say, "If you don't know, now you know." b*atch!!