Play for keeps
Yo, i got twenty-four bars to heal these scars
iand'm an underground cat but still like money and cars
iand'll introduce myself, check it out, ladies and gentlemen
the one and only evidence, servinand' up your medicine
varsity letterman, and'eand' on my coat
every time i touch the paper, itand's murder he wrote
iand'm from a real big city called andquot;watch where you goandquot;
a place you think you know only to find out you donand't
born in la, itand's hard to get star struck
born in la, so i always keep my guard up
born in la, plus deal where i stay
everyday cats like julio g pave the way
my crews thick, all sharp, take a pick
all ready to spit or sit down and write a hit
we learn both from the best on both coasts
couldnand't stress enough for the times, we kill chose
problem here, problem there, got through and'em
label here, label there, politics and bullshit, we rip
the micand's cocked back, a full clip
i donand't preach, i rap, iand'm on stage this ainand't a bull pit
this is it, weand're up and running, torch is lit
prepare for marathons, we donand't sprint
i save my crewand's name for last, injections lethal
itand's laand's finest yand'all, itand's dilated peoples
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And yand'all canand't sleep now
play for keeps
we play for keeps now
yand'all canand't sleep
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Thereand's people you know
thereand's people you donand't
thereand's people involved that shouldnand't be
you gotta keep close
I got that flow for the street
stay ahead of the time, stay behind the beat
itand's not what you know, but what you can prove
everyday they keep chasing me down with little clues
itand's dilated from los angels
you didnand't know friends make better music than strangers
so far, iand've been misunderstood
wherever i fall, i make the category look good
twenty-six years young when i wrote this down
my whole life ahead of me, i was and'lone in my town
things started to change and started to stretch
the farther away i went the closer to home i started to get
my actions cause reactions
some love and hate shit, i donand't ask, it just happens
either or, we came to get it started
before the show find me at the bar drinkinand' bicardi
this is it, the cats worked hard to have things
here to keep the party up, i rap caffeine
i save my crewand's name for last, injections lethal
itand's laand's finest, itand's dilated peoples
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