Appreciation - 213.mp3

[00:08.99]213
[00:19.09]Childhood homies way back in the day
[00:21.18]since then it's been 213 the hard way
[00:23.92]Rapping on the street corners, young as can be
[00:26.11]All the local groups called us Run-DMC
[00:28.82]Me? Warren G, I was Jam Master Jay
[00:31.47]Mixed with my big brother Dr. Dre
[00:33.72]Now I got shouts to say
[00:35.17]We still want Eazy like bedstyle people, we want Biggie
[00:38.80]In memory of Tupac, Left Eye, Aaliyah
[00:42.12]Heaven sent, say hi to my mama when you see her
[00:43.82]Rest in peace but let's take it back to the streets
[00:45.91]With so much drama in the LBC
[00:48.21]It's kind of hard being a G from 213
[00:50.91]Times was hard for a superstar
[00:53.45]But don't nobody notice who you are
[00:55.80]We worked hard and stayed true to the game
[00:58.35]Kept faith, kept God and now you know our name
[01:00.70]A big shout out to all my family and friends
[01:04.77]When times got hard, you were still be there
[01:10.32]You give me inspiration like strength from the sun
[01:17.31]Feel like destiny's son, yeah
[01:20.32]To be a rapper was my dream
[01:22.77]And have a lot of money and live like a king
[01:25.78]To have a handful of rings
[01:27.46]And to make the kind of music that the whole world sings
[01:30.71]Battle rap was the thing
[01:32.56]And King Park was the spot where all the homeboys hang, bang
[01:35.64]Just to go do our thang and form my gang
[01:38.29]And took off white a white boy in a van to get our change
[01:41.01]And moms knew what time it was
[01:42.75]And loved the way her baby boy came up, Cuz
[01:45.00]It's before I was Snoop Dogg on TV
[01:47.41]I'm talking about when I was like a little bitty BG
[01:49.84]**** me and Warren Gizzy and Nate Dizzy and Fatey Baby
[01:53.34]are talking about eighty-threezy, flip the clock up to '93
[01:56.53]And watch me rock the clock nonstop constantly
[01:59.42]on MTV and BET whatever you want
[02:02.34]Hit these mother****ers with that mother****ing cheese (G-Funk
[02:04.88]Funk to shake ya trunk b*****s from the bottom bunk
[02:07.22]Now I'm moving on up, straight living it up
[02:09.82]Well known in the zone and I'm still homegrown
[02:12.47]Like Al B Sure, b*****s I'm on my own
[02:14.71]But there's one thing I'm missing and that's family
[02:17.26]Cuz without y'all I don't know where I'd be
[02:20.46]A big shout out to all my family and friends
[02:24.86]When times got hard, you were still be there
[02:29.96]You give me inspiration like strength from the sun
[02:37.29]Feel like destiny's son, yeah
[02:41.53]There's no way I can forget about you
[02:45.02]Support for me, your love for me
[02:47.47]Your prayers for me when I'm in these streets
[02:50.51]And there's no way I can forget to thank ya
[02:54.82]For showing me the true meaning of unconditional love ooohhh
[03:03.30]When I be ****ing up you always come with love
[03:07.90]You say you've had enough
[03:09.80]I just wanna thank ya
[03:13.81]Yeah yeah yeah
[03:18.63]I just wanna give
[03:20.50]A big shout out to all my family and friends
[03:24.94]When times got hard, you were still be there
[03:30.20]You give me inspiration like strength from the sun
[03:37.38]Feel like destiny's son, yeah