Tito Lopez - Diamonds & Whips lyrics

(Intro) Uh, yea sir I know I’m here, really number one See I had to go Take a journey into our lives man It’s what we do What we did on a daily basis Real n***as talkin And I only hear it Remember here to bust America This is what we overcame, what we overcome baby It’s on the street, ain’t gotta be seen OBN, GPT (Verse) Growing up in the hood I Always tried to be the good guy sponsored links And the prize kept a good eye And I never had dreams but always been a good fly Come for me for a good high But you really said the good die young A strapped n***a without run And I’m just whippin to get it I can whip, I get that Until you hear them n***as, goodbye See, most n***as in the hood lie Oh man, before I was low I was in tone here I’ve never had time for the chokes This only grind, trying to ride on the smokes Folks don’t trip, don’t chatter My OG told me that it don’t matter I need a 6 pack on the yard But I promise when it heat back get it turn up Gonna run that sh** back It’s my life dedication, grandmamma always said be patient Brother it’s all over the streets Never should repeat from under yo education Nowadays these rap n***as’ a joke They in here, but just n***a it’s smoke sh** on the real life gotta get me some water And freshen up for I choke I am the one, he got in front God put me on this earth for a reason I ain’t got no hit records But you look in they eyes, I’m who they believe in Yall don’t believe it Well we all gonna wait here But me, I’m bout to put my foot on these n***as nuts Said they all got the same here Let the church say oh man (Hook) And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that went with hurt through the pain, ah lawd And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that’s part of the game (Verse) Too hood for the n***as that feelin the trap Then I own this sh**, I do it for lookin for rap Mama told me welcome into, I got in this trap Get applauded now he really be lookin for crap You’ve been keen but the streets I’m still in Could’ve been my own, n***a wanna be there, leggo Is it open? Like I turn for Cuban Real n***a too and I pin on juvy Real a** n***as know how I did here Old school rock, never mind my brick fair Big foot 9 even though I get it One whip good, every day I stay chyeah Ye ain’t never heard about Truth, tell me to get it Money over everything, stroll by the city Next time n***a I’m talkin bout the city Never know but I’ll get the other from a steak Never mean that but you don’t know me Yo life real tech n***a, you an OG I been the Truth, n***as try to be like me One word plus n***as try to see it like me Thinkin of the good time I make in this water Probably then most competition get slaughtered Real n***as here, I don’t mean to mess problems Actin real about the big guy in the water I don’t think you could’ve take a lot this time I don’t think you could’ve paid, you’re hard to find Always stuntin, just send me the trip to sayin 2013, trip the town All the n***as cryin, my clothes I’m grindin But you rise on n***as, oh oh I’m downing n***as get by over here, I’m shinin On the way, tell the n***as come find me (Hook) And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that went with hurt through the pain, ah lawd And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that’s part of the game (Verse) Had a dream last night that my life got better Put my name on the contract and I don’t give a cheddar that the haters try to k** me Even 3 figures, told em work it through the nights when I shine Big Jaamel, yea but my friends call me Nico Critics that stick with the government Please get the f** out my face and I like these hoes Worried bout the n***as, I’ll f** with that In the day I was born, ending up chasin the hoes Thinkin it’s room for dough Now I’m here with the Chi girls, s**in out my pocket Out from a Playboy, oh Got my n***a Rody on the way, he ain’t nothing but a man But I’m guessing much more, all lovers mix I need a sugar with the bu*terfly legs And I’m angry about my soul More than f**ed up and that’s OD ‘Cuz getting it here to play it my way Just regular, with a bit of a k**er Then I got up on the drink With a pimp to find my support from a big folk, even a gun folk Even my atlids and my sh** Compton And the last night is for rehearse Yea, somebody put it down and treat it in this verse Cuz stunt we, I don’t got time for the dumb sh** All the dumb b**hes so don’t rush to me about dumb sh** And don’t be sweatin me for this dumb b**h But for me you ain’t comin, I know you’re jealous You don’t sense it in me, I’m illest And you can get the f** on Go right on it, that n***a s**ed on GPT (Hook) And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that went with hurt through the pain, ah lawd And even though yall see diamonds & whips We’re just some boys in the hood and we all be grinding the chips And even though yall see fortune & fame We’re just some regular n***as that’s part of the game