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[Intro]
Dear self, you made me a king
You just took me out of this gla**-cased prison
Took the shackles off, freed me from the past
Dear self, you turned the rain into the sun
You turned the d**h into the life
[Verse 1]
I am a king , I am a king
But these streets never taught me to count these stars
f** a school and a college
Cause these streets only taught me to crack these cars
Swing the sword it's a war
How the sky be the limit, if they're talking mars
Pull the 9, blow they mind
Cause you gotta watch your back up in these wars
I can smell the smoke up in the air
And a whiff of their lies
Paranoia cause the gla** was never clear
So my back full of knifes
Normally this silence is the loudest here
But tonight we gon' ride, ride
f** the game up then i disappear
One time for your mind
[Hook]
The state is a mindset,
Make sure you're like a tree to the folks
Make sure you'll tell a story and you'll change
Make sure you'll bring peace
It's a mindset
States!
[Bridge]
I am a king but these streets never taught me to count these stars
I am a king but these streets never taught me to count these stars
[Outro : Nate Dogg]
Nobody, does it better
Nobody, does it better
They can come closer than close, yeah
Original they never will be
We bumpin' from coast to coast, yeah yeah
We just tryin' make you see
Nobody does it better