24 [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