Lev Berlak - From the Bay lyrics

[Verse 1] The Bay Area, yeah boy that's where I'm from I remember '85, that's when the crack would come A lot of n***as got rich, but most these n***as got stung With years under they built, tryna feel what it felt To be the nig, watch the ice that don't melt; '86 through '88 the game got bigger, we done hit the block Swatting baby ninjas on our way to school Park my sh** around the corner so fly so cool Young n***as, Brooklyn breed emcees, the Bay breed drug dealers You got a youngster that flows, I got a young n***a That push coke plus he got hoes, stay on the road He can't understand life but grab the mic and make the track explode... [Hook] And you know I'm from the Bay Mothaf**in A-R-E-A Yahmean No other place I'd rather be... And you know I tried to flee To another mothaf**in scene Yahmean It wasn't thug enough for me... [Verse 2] On my way to the port to drop my n***a Cormega On Too $hort birthday plus all the Figaz together The boys put us on the weight to hustle out up in the weather Yup, '85 turned out, hit the corner here Then hit me on my burn-out, when you n***as gon learn bout The mothaf**in bay, it's superthug where I stay From Frisco, North Richmond to O-A-K Central, South Richmond and EPA Pittsburg got the coke for a price you must pay Yeah boy, believe what they say Ain't nothing scarier than the Bay, high-speeds every day Adolescents tuck weapons, n***as bleed every day You got to have heart just to visit where I stay And I been everywhere, ain't nothing thugger than me Yo, we live the sh** that you see on TV Word... (hook) [Verse 3] f** 'em, one time, like hitters on the payroll Hits on the streets, the radio don't never play so Don't nobody know who the real n***as is I dedicate this rap to the mothaf**in Figz 3X Krazy Askari-X, The Click Messcalene, JT The Bigga Figga Tha Gamblaz, them my n***as, The Young D Boyz Mac Mall, Neva Legal, Sick Insane, Lil Ric Mr. Brave, The Hoodfellaz, Sincydal San Quinn, Mac Dre, Willie Hen, Too $hort Fatha Dom, Lil Bruce, Mac Shawn, RBL 11/5, Guce, Sandman and P-O-D-E Can't forget G-O-V, and Seagram rest in peace And Rappin' Ron rest in peace too, I got my ear To the streets too, this for the Yay, and they never could Defeat you; The Ghetto Starz, Big Block and Richie Rich 2Pac and 5150 was the sh** So was Digital Underground and Souls of Mischief, Spice-1 Poohman, Dangerous Dame, and Young Cellski C-Bo, Yukmouth and Nutty-B, you out-of-towners Study me, want me to show you how you should be You n***as thugs now but we been that And I'm the proof cause now it's back where it begin at... (Hook)