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[ VERSE 1: W.C. ]
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You know what's makin me mad?
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Day after day I'm catchin all of this slack
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Seems you gotta wear a suit, unlesss you wanna jacked
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Cause in the '90s, y'all, these fools got a set of them thangs
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Where if you ain't wearin a three-piece suit, you gotta gangbang
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I walked in a rest', bout to order, and
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People starin like a had manure on my pants
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Grabbin they purse, checkin they wallets in the back
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And thinkin I'ma rob em, cause I'm in all black
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Yo, my Curduroys are cuffed with a crease down the middle
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Snakeskin around my waist, so my pants hang a little
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But I don't deal the package of crack
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So what's the reason for the dirty looks?
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Yo, check my name in your books
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Seem like everytime I slap on my Starter cap
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And step for a breath of fresh air
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I end up fillin up a questionnaire
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'What's your name?' 'Where you're goin?' 'Yo, what gang are you from?'
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They tell me, "Don't get smart", and so I play dumb
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Cause when I tell em where I stay, it doesn't get better
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Live in South Central, they assume you got a jail record
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A stereotypical attitude
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That if you look like me, you gotta run with a crew
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Cause when I step upon the scene everybody's gettin petrol
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No matter what the color (What's up?)
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I'm gettin sweated for my dress code
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(Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps)
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(That's why) (they dress just like) (suckers)
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(Ha?) (suckers) (What?) (suckers)
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[ VERSE 2 ]
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[ W.C. ]
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What is this, a prison? I'm buggin off the way that I'm livin
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Seems everywhere I turn I'm assumin the position
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At school I'm gettin tired of hearin the same old thing
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Here come the rickety security, sweatin me for my earring
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I don't carry a gun, though they consider me a threat
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I guess I got em scared by the way that I dress
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Unlike you I couldn't afford to shop at Macy's or Penny's
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So it's off to the swap meet for a fresh pair of Dickey's
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So what you're tellin me, is now I'm a crook
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Who wrote the book on how a kid in my position's supposed to look?
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[ Coolio ]
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Get me a fade and a pair of tight pants
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I get a chance with the girls who wouldn't give me a glance
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A big funny lookin hat just to cover my naps
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A pair of patten leather shoes might keep me out of scraps
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If I made that turn, it might save me some trouble
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But I gotta watch my back, on the alert for a squabble
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'Don't go here, don't go there,' brothers comin up missin
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Got a pocket full of money, and I'm still getttin dissed
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Cause it's a scam or a phase of my life that I'm goin through
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If you dress like me, you gotta run with a crew
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I'm tickin like a timebomb, ready to explode
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Even in my frontyard (What's up)
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I'm gettin sweated for my dress code
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(Alright, fellas
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No tennis shoes, no hats, no khakis, alright?)
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[ VERSE 3: W.C. ]
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Let's take a trip to the club scene (somebody tell me what's goin on)
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You gotta wear a silk shirt just to dance to a funky song
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Bouncers makin enemies for minimum wage
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But they're the first ones to run when the club gets sprayed
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Don't wanna let me in, because I'm wearin my beeper
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And if you're sportin gold, then you gotta be a dope dealer
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(I paid 17.50 to hear a funky rhyme flow
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And they're sweatin at the do' like I just entered a fashion show)
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Yo, they put a curfew on Westwood, to keep me in my neighborhood
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My hat's to the back, so I must be up to no good
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(I got a jacket on my back for the fact that I rap
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And they heard I was from Compton, so they ran they pennies back)
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Scared of me for what, no, I don't wear tux
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And if I ever got a Grammy, man, I'd bail in some Chuck
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Tailors to show the whole world it's alright to be yourself
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Should I change the way I dress, so I can look like the rest?
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Wearin red, black and green, but they don't know what it means
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Put on a African medaillon, now they're down with the team
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Perpatratin for a click, first they wouldn't, now they switched
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But they ain't gettin rich (Ain't that a bitch?)
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Go strike a G.Q. pose, I got soul in my stroll
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So they ban my video (For what?)
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Cause they didn't like my dress code
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