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Anthony David
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The air is still, the heat is rising
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Summer time's on the horizon
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Little girl with a baby crying
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'Cause she's got no food to eat
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And it ain't that nobody's listening
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And it ain't that nobody cared
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It's just that everybody's busy
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Looking out for what is theirs
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I'm a hustler on the corner
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Making very little money
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But down the block on the other corner
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This nigger's down there getting paid
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What's he doing that I ain't doing?
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He got clothes and fancy things
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Big old car and pretty women
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Watch what jealousy and envy brings
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On the backstreet, that's where I live
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On the backstreets, there ain't nothing positive
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Now up the block comes my man, Cee Lo
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Say what's happening, how you feel?
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He don't care about no Five-O (Hawaii Five-O, police).
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'Cause he's known to keep it real
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Peep what's happening down the block, yo
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Hood is down there taking mine
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Cee Lo knows about his business
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So he runs it down one time
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He get keys straight from Miami
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Hooks it up and sells it cheap
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You ain't getting nothing but old from Sammy
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So your prices are too steep
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But I got just the thing you need, son
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If you really wanna win
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Sunlight sparkles on his gold fronts
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As he makes this evil grin
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Take a walk on down to my crib
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And let me show you something new
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Now I got loads of guns and ammo
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That I bought from this white dude
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You could tell that I was down
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That I was just the man to see
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And he fronted me at least a G's (thousand dollars) worth of artillery
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on the backstreet
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That's where I live on the backstreet, yeah
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There ain't nothing positive
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Now in his bedroom, it's amazing
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He got guns of every kind
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He lights a blunt (joint, weed) and we start blazing
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Then I picked the one that shines
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It's an old school Calico
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Semi auto dark as night
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It's just the thing I need
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To make my situation tight
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So he shows me how to load it
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Since I don't know what to do
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Aims toward the wall and it exploded
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Through this poster of Ice Cube
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It brought so much devastation
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That it's obvious to me
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That is just the thing
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To separate your soul from your body
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On the backstreet, that's where I live
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On the backstreet, yeah, there ain't nothing positive
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I went home and started plotting
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For my come up (action, plan) at midnight
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In the darkness catch him slipping
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Take his Re-up money (drug money), his life
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I'll just catch him as he goes out
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To his car to make a run
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Now you can't front when you're confronted
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With the cold steel of a gun
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Midnight comes and I'm moving
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On the creep all dressed in black
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Wearing a ski mask so he won't know
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Who just put him on his back
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So I hid behind the bushes
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At the people's house next door
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3 shots rang out from behind me
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And my blood began to pour, no
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What? What now, boy?
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Told you I was gonna get you, boy
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Thought you'd catch me slipping, didn't you Trick? (a Pimp's mark)
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Do it hurt? Let's go
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Everything happened in one swift action
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Should I just couldn't believe
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Cee Lo told him what was happening
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I been tricked, I been deceived
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And it ain't that nobody heard it
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And it ain't that nobody cared
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It's just that everybody was busy
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Looking out for what was theirs
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Non-contributing citizen
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What they call an N-C-C
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Now I don't really know what that means
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But it's what the cops called me
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They don't care what happens to me
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They don't miss me on the beat
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All they know is that there's one less nigger
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Hanging on the backstreet where I used to live
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On the backstreet, there ain't nothing, nothing
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The choices you make can make or break you
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The choices you make can make or break you
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The choices you make can make or break you
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The choices you make can make or break you
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