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[** feat. Devin the Dude:]
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[Chorus: ~Devin The Dude~]
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Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy*
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You were either hustlin or strugglin
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Make it or break it, would take all different pieces
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And we'll make somethin of nothin
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[Verse 1: ~Devin The Dude~]
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Lookin back at the times when we had to grind
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When it came to freestylin we was glad to rhyme
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When it was hard to make a dime, let alone get a dollar
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Had to get your hustle on, knew not to ask your mama for it
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When you got it you couldn't blow it
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So I saved what I had in the bag, then I would go get
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Radio batteries, I'd buy the cassettes
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LPs, 4-tracks, wires and (?)
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And we was down for hours, we was known around town
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Come through with the crew and break the cardboard down
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Heh... glide (?)
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Then the whole thing started with the Odd Squad parties
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Met E-40 at the Rap-A-Lot office
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Him and Bela cool niggas with the Click that stay drunk
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We was gettin Houstin high, they already had the Bay crunk
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Straight up old school, wasn't no ProTools
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Jack you for your jacket, and they'll jack you for yo shoes
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Back then you had friends who had your back
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You only had three choices - sports, rap or crack
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And ah, it's a blessing to still be part of the game
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And I wouldn't change one thing
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[Chorus: Devin The Dude (E-40)]
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Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy
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(It wasn't easy, mane)
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Were either hustlin or strugglin
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(Workin, hustlin and strugglin)
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Make it or break it, would take all different pieces
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(All of the pieces)
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And we'll make somethin of nothin
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(That's right, mane, we'd make somethin of nothin, mane)
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[E-40]
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Make somethin out of nothin
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Hey Devin
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This 40, mane
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Let me gas it right quick, bro
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Let it tell it from my perspective, you smell me?
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Look here
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I just wanna spit a few bars
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Listen up, family
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Listen
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[VERSE 2: E-40]
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Lookin back before YouTube and social networks was founded
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A&R's'd go to the hood to find artists with talent
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Recording engineers was low-key lightweight crooks
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Not all of 'em but some of 'em'd take all day to fly hooks
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That's how they did it back then, based on a hourly rate
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The longer they make, the mo' money they make
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All we wanted to do was rap, young and enthusiastic
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Hopin that one day our tapes would be in stores shrinkwrapped and packaged
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We used to beg the promoters to do us a favor
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Let us perform for free, pimpin, mane, the money gon' come later
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We knew the money was gon' come later
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We was just tryina get our name out there
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And it ended up workin, mane, for real though
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Rehearse and practise, practise and rehearse
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Me and Too $hort, Bun and Pimp C wouldn't charge each other to spit a verse
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We all knew what we was worth, future legends up in the game
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RIP Pimp C, way ahead of his time
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Everybody wanna be that guy, everybody wanna be that dude
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But everybody don't wanna pay dues like 40 and Devin The Dude
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Two good dudes, old school but new school
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Meet 'em in person, you gon' say, "Them some cool fools"
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Good music still around, just gotta know where to find it
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The seasoned entrepreneur independently grindin
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20 plus 3 years deep in this music
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People always be askin me, "40, how the fuck is you still doin it?"
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[CHORUS: Devin The Dude (E-40)]
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Lookin back when the days wasn't so easy
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(It wasn't easy, mane)
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Were either hustlin or strugglin
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(Workin, hustlin and strugglin)
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Make it or break it, would take all different pieces
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(All of the pieces)
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And we'll make somethin of nothin
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(That's right, mane, we'd make somethin of nothin, mane)
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