Boosie BadAzz - By The River lyrics

For real Ayy, you see how a ni**a livin', ni**a, like ni**a came from nothin', ni**a Give a fu*k 'bout what a ni**a talkin' 'bout, ni**a I'm cutthroat like that, ni**a, I got it out the mud That's on gang (Keise On Da Track) MO-motherfu*kin'-3 Down by the river (That river) That's where I threw my pole (Yeah, that's where I threw that pole) Down by the river (That river) Yeah, that's where I took his soul (Yeah, I took a ni**a soul) You gotta feel us (Feel us) 'Cause this is all we know (Yeah, this the life we chose, we chose) This for my ni**as (My ni**as, my ni**as) That did not make it home (That did not make it home, gang) Traumatized by the block, I gotta think a lot (Yeah) Thug stimulate your mind, I'm on some ventin' sh*t (For real) Dope fiends beggin' for a dollar from me (What?) But all I got is fifty cents for a cigarette (Here) Landlord in my apartment knockin' at the door (What?) Got an eviction, I'm like fu*k, I need to hit a lick (I do) Catch a ni**a lackin', put a jackin' on him (What?) Stick the gun through the window just a lil' bit (Yeah) Big blues in my pocket, fu*k the politics (Yeah) I really got it out the mud on some different sh*t (I did) They really felt what I was sayin' when I was talkin' to 'em Without the radio, Osama made a difference (I did) I rode the wave like Rod from the rags to riches Had to slave, no job, just some baggy britches (Yeah) I get active, I'm a savage, I was baggin' nickels Toe tag him with that ratchet, I get active with it (Grrt) They say rappin' wasn't for me, I ain't lettin' up (Nah) I ain't have no money, she ain't let me fu*k (Ah) Same b*tch after my show wanna take pictures with me (She do) She want my number, told her book me through my manager (Ho) Burner phone when I slide, I'm not an amateur (Nope) Ski'd up, so I ain't worried about no camera I treat the opps like dominos at the table (What?) When it's beef and it's up, I be slammin' 'em (Yeah), that's on gang Down by the river (That river) That's where I threw my pole (Yeah, that's where I threw that pole) Down by the river (That river) Yeah, that's where I took his soul (Yeah, I took a ni**a soul) You gotta feel us (Feel us) 'Cause this is all we know (Yeah, this the life we chose, we chose) This for my ni**as (My ni**as, my ni**as) That did not make it home (That did not make it home) One time for my ni**as in the state yard (Thug life) Two times for my ni**as in the graveyard (Thug life) Three times for the lil' ni**as went shot up everything Lil' ni**a got a brave heart (Thug life) He ain't make it back home, he ain't make it home He felt it was comin', guess he was ready He took a deep breath, said him a prayer And threw up his fours at the paramedics Lil Glenny was deadly, he died too He part of that car that tracked Murder Gang Deep hit your phone with his mask on This life, my lil' ni**as don't last long My uncle, he showed me cocaine in the kitchen (Damn) It should've been math, though I guess I'm an animal born in a cage And you can't get out 'less your bag strong Down by the river (Down by that river) I done did some crimes that I ain't forgettin' Down by the river (Ask around) I got fishing poles on side of fishes You gotta feel us We the real goons, it's a difference Took his soul away Threw the pole away when we handled the business b*tch, where I'm from Down by the river (Hell yeah, ni**a, that river) That's where I threw my pole (Yeah, that's where I threw that pole, 1130 West Garfield sh*t) Down by the river (That river, Baow) Yeah, that's where I took his soul (Yeah, I took a ni**a soul, I took his soul) You gotta feel us (Yeah, feel us) 'Cause this is all we know (Yeah, this the life we chose, this all we know) This for my ni**as (My ni**as, my ni**as, free the real, ni**a) That did not make it home (That did not make it home) Down by the river (What we did?) Took that ni**a's soul (Yah), took that ni**a's soul Down by the river Thug life, ni**a, that's all we know