As a youngsta I've always been around some funk
I'm watchin n***as duck from buck shots of the pump
Bein around this sh** made a n***a violent at times
Servin D the dope was beatin em down if they don't sell mine
Cuz you know that's how the f*ckin game goes
n***as gettin beat with bats gettin stalked with steel
Toes a n***a was no older than thirteen or fourteen
When the bank was on I co*ked a gun from a dope fiend
Little six shot, 38 special
When the bank is on you got to beef strong livin up the ghetto
Me and my n***as walkin around straight gasin
Mug on mean funkin wit n***as all in my cla**ic
Four deep is how n***as roll up in Frisco
And everywhere you go a n***a got to pack a pistol
The beef is back on but I don't really know the reason
Supposed to be a truce but n***as start bangin
So I'm lettin it be known I'm fadin n***as with the chrome-9
Me and my n***as walkin around with Macs and the 45
So how you wanna handle your biz ya b**h made mark
Leave ya dead to the head in Ocean View Park
Cuz when the bank is on n***as comin out the cuts
Wit artillery in their hand ready start to buck
Have them b**h made n***as tryin to make my day
Cuz that's how it is when you're livin in the bay
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Comin up in the bay it's like a mothaf*ckin zoo
The Bay Area ain't no joke
Every n***a do whatever the f*ck he gotta do
The Bay Area ain't no joke
Boom boom boom was the sound that I heard
As I walked to the turf and took my hide cuz I was perved
Thinkin to myself I hope my n***as ain't hit
Cuz you know n***as dyin young over stupid sh**
Ran to the turf to see what happened
Find out my n***as was cappin at some n***as that was gasin in a Cut
Freeze cla**ic come to find out it was them n***as that we was funkin wit
Ain't gonna say no truce to set cuz I be startin sh**
But you know how the story goes livin in the bay
V-Town, Oaktown, Richmond, and E.P.A
Frisco words goin down all the f*ckin time
For all young n***as on the bang when they on the grind
n***as walkin around packed packin nines and carryin Macs
In they nuts or they draws pocket a crack sack
Po's on the turf waitin for some sh** to go down
n***as comin up short f*ckin wit the fogtown
Cuz in Frisco you never can predict
Cuz in the town man the fog is just too thick
And n***as gettin smoked comin up short where I live
Another dead body washed up by the Bay Bridge, n***a
Cuz that's how it is where youngstas livin
Where n***as always takin and they never givin
So you better listen what I gotta say
Cuz that's how it is when you're livin in the bay
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Livin day by day by the bay it's the same thing
n***as smokin dank sellin D and gang bangin
Livin in the illy-ac-town of San Fran-psycho
Where n***as doin drive-bys on motorcycles
Got crooked a** n***as who jack for a livin
But I can't blame a n***a cuz ain't nobody givin
A mothaf*ckin thang so I bang for mine
Even if it means robbin and k**in when you're on the grind
Cuz a n***a gots to have some type of funds
And n***as kicked out the house can't have no moms
And a n***a gotta do anything I can
Even if it means rushin every set wit rocks in my hand
And that right there tells you that life's a b**h
A n***a got three strikes and they swung a pitch
And that's how n***as live day by day
Cuz that's how it is livin up in the bay mane
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