E-40, Shawty, oh, Big Snoop California's finest, West Coast I'm doing everything I can to get my buzz on Trying not to feel this pain no more That's why I'm popping these pills and smoking this dro And drinking this Henney straight Trying not to feel this pain no more I came from the bottom of the barrel, to everyday new apparel From a shoe string budget to more j**elry than a pharaoh Up out a place called Vallejo, house smaller than a hut First city in California to go bankrupt Came a long way, let the truth be told Penitentiary chances sweating over the stove Seen them come and go, I'm the last of my crop Don't compare me to nobody unless you're talking 'bout Pac, oh Just trying to survive and stay alive, so many of my people done died Nowadays, you're an O.G. if you live to be 25 My partner in there with his grand-daddy doing 25 Lifting water bags, doing burpees exercise I hand pick my friends 'cause people ain't trustable Feelings like broads, their motives is questionable s**ers sneak diss me and call me up on the phone They say, 40 Water, I just wanna be on I'm doing everything I can to get my buzz on Trying not to feel this pain no more That's why I'm popping these pills and smoking this dro And drinking this Henney straight Trying not to feel this pain no more They say money makes the world go round And since I'm worth twenty mil I wanna see this b**h spin like the rims on a Schwinn Hop on that bike, ride through the neighborhood Compton on smash, them boys get cash, money like Baby do I got a scar over my heart 'cause that's what hating'll do So watch your back like a tattoo artist A coffin don't give a f** about who the hardest You lay where the people who mourn, pray Get your name etched in stones with your born day Small talk over a gla** of Grand Marnier As I sip from the gla**, my mind starts packing this Louis Vuitton bags Take a trip to the past, hear that shot going blast See my brother lying dormant, IV's in his arms Can't you see he got a piss bag? 17 years old and you n***az wonder why I'm so cold I'm doing everything I can to get my buzz on Trying not to feel this pain no more That's why I'm popping these pills and smoking this dro And drinking this Henney straight Trying not to feel this pain no more Let me get a fifth of some brandy, a plate of some candy Cindy, Sandy, Mindy, Mandy Tina, Brandy, Keisha, Angie Man, we can't we all get along Two shots of Patron, I did it till the break of dawn Big fish in a pond, running my triathlon Doggy Dogg keep the bone one of a kind, blow you mind Just like Einstein, born to shine I'm getting mine prime time like 21 Get 'er done, everything in my life, I make it look like fun Everyday of my life, I'm trying get my buzz on 'Cause on some other sh**, I'm keeping it on the under b**h So much pain I overcame, same thang Me, E-40 and Game came from the same gang But you wouldn't understand I'm populating with my weakless translation That's my main man, let me hit that damn thang I'm doing everything I can to get my buzz on Trying not to feel this pain no more That's why I'm popping these pills and smoking this dro And drinking this Henney straight Trying not to feel this pain no more