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"I was still in the neighborhood. I was still, you know, a part of the hood. And despite all this big shit that was going on around me, I still was the same person. So it couldn't affect me, it never got bigger than me. And I see the same thing in yourself, as far as being connected with all your homies. How you started off, and how it was all about you and your homies. That's what it was about with me, me and my homies. Making sure everybody eats, making sure every body's involved. But as you grow, you lose certain homies. Because it's called closing the gap. This is the gap when we start, and this is the gap as you grow. Notice how you grow, and they dont? So how do you close the gap, you gotta come back down. When you come back down, you lose." - Snoop Dogg
[Verse One]
Seventeen without a care in the world
Was gettin' pussy then
But still aint have no girl
See I was posted on the wall
Thinkin' of plots for the world
Cause domination is a factor
With a lack of referrals
My calm demeanor was surviving at its finest
Last of a generation of segregated
Moments of violence
Why you chillin' with them Ese's
Without no guidance?
No a nigga in the streets
Don't forget your alliance
I knew this Puerto Rican
Reppin' from the steps of a preacher
His family tree was gangbangers
And a room full of teachers
He was fuckin' on this shorty
Who I later called a sister
From the murda, we was P-Twon
I'll paint the picture
That was my nigga
From the fifth grade regardless
And after graduation had a fallout retarded
But I remember Top was in the booth
Screamin' fuck them niggas
We about to take this rap shit
Beyond them niggas
I beg to differ, it was Deja Vu
I had a fallout with dude
Because he didn't want to build with the crew
Even though they were the same cats
Who held me down when we left
As far as he's concerned
They aint a part of the Threat
Now I'm lookin' at them both
Like what's the issue
Got it blasted on my left side
You know we was official
I don't remember birthdays
I barely even miss you
I don't remember birthdays
I barely even miss you
Interlude:
"So you gotta keep going up. That's why closing the gap, gotta be them catching up to you. And if they don't catch up, then you gotta leave them beyond. Because you're getting to the point now where you gotta start cuttin' out, you know what I'm sayin. And it's like, you can't look back when you're cuttin out. Cause if they meant to be there, they gon' be there forever" - Snoop Dogg
[Verse Two]
Twenty-Eight but now a care in the world
And it's been about six years
With me and my girl
Ayo it's been about a lifetime
With me and my twin
And I'm just happy
That he's in my life again
Back to the story
I came for the glory my niggas
I took a couple bitches out the hood
And that's for good, I don't need that
Energy around me
They're strangers in my rear view
I'm hoping that they found peace regardless
Do it for the offering, been a minute
Got lost in all the sauces we were conjuring
Niggas thought they was harder than
The mothafuckin' villain, yo I'm in this
Cut from a cloth you find expensive
Couldn't afford to rent this
And bitches gettin' favors off their pussy
Give it time, Give it time
What I do to rookies
Pardon my type of rhyming
I love when the stars aligning
They thought they was really shining
You basic, I'm more defiant as Poe nigga
Outro:
"But that's what the laws of the game do. It puts you in positions to where, sometimes you have to have these types of situations to see who's really supposed to be there" - Snoop Dogg
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True Masterz, a group I'd consider a modern day Mobb Deep or Onyx, except Megallah (formally JMega The God) does all the flowing over productions by MighGawd. Peep their catalog. VON POE VII
