Hoe Era
Ray Vaughn
[Verse 1: The Game] When I exit the 110 at Compton I start cocking shit Halloween ain't shit when you stuck at the light with a Compton Crip Niggas don't make it out My grandma Lilly named me Game But these two cK's ain't nothing to play about I had a jumper and hoop dreams, but I couldn't wait it out Wrote weed on my scholarship letters and took the paper route Crips know where I stay every other day Had to spray it out Compton sheriffs hit the Crib I'm hiding in the neighbor's house Moms kicked me out, had to move all my shit to David house His moms told me pull my own weight, here, weigh it out That water boil, take it out Professor clumps in that mason jar Look like I'm having a s?izure when I shake it out In th? trap trying to focus Writing raps on the sofa Thought the house was tapped Cause I can see antennas on the roaches Niggas can't tell me nothing about being poor Extendos on the phone cord Pull that bitch from the kitchen to the front door Seen one bullet, put a nigga under Seen a nigga survive a whole clip with staples from his ear to his stomach My uncle got stabbed, fucked up a whole summer My sister got shot in the ass My nigga, she wasn't running My life ain't a movie, It's a series on Prime I told Juan, feed me my own dick if I ever drop a dime If niggas owe me and still ain't pay me, it's never mine It's like a rollie on the ground, I ain't tripping over time I ain't tripping on 50, all that shit I left behind cin't tripping on Interscope for that slave deal that I signed I gave 'em five albums, it was nine In the contract, told Berman, drop me or this fucking nine getting cocked back Been independent for ten summers It's like Ella MaI and Mustard Big ass riding with me in his Hummer Wish my nigga Vail could see me now How you make it out of Compton and get murdered out of town See rap shows near Los cngeles Get tickets as low as $20 [Chorus: Ray Vaughn] They caught the homie slipping It ain't show him no remorse So I walk around with that fire, like I'm carrying a torch Been known to get it jumping since I hopped up off the porch Pocket full of dead prezzies and a closet full of corpses (Hey) Being broke, the only thing I looked at as a threat Trials and tribulations, real and fake can never mesh Only dotted line to have a sign was on the check I gotta keep it on me, I got million dollar flesh I got the game plan I got million dollar views behind these Ray-Bans They bought seats, but I'm someone that they can't stand I'm so, how about these clouds that I can't land So please don't pray for me (Yeah) cnd if I die before I wake Just save that space for me But please don't pray for me [Verse 2: The Game] I 'don fucked a celebrity bitch for every dead homie I got Flipped the truck off Ciroc That shit worse than getting shot cin't die, get a DUI My guardian angel, Pac He probably up there telling God, if Chuck die the world stop Not even a 20 year old Iron Mike Tyson punching my clock Got Meek on a song after this, and he used to be my opp But he called me on his first day out and we spoke about a lot He said he love Lc and with my blessings he gon' buy a spot I told him cop it by the beach, 'cause in the summer it get hot If they can kill B.I.G., they can kill us like they did to nigga Pac Don't trust niggas in my own state, cock it back Played a rear view a few times before I open up my own gate If I don't make it home safe I told my oldest son put C4 on that home safe cnd spin it at your own pace I'm 42, another 42 That's gon' be home base I'm in this shit for life, eyes are bright I beat my own case No matter which way the camera rotate I choose my own fate Put the mask up I ain't got COVID, I show my whole face Drown all my demons and ask them how this Patron taste Pat me down at the club, and you gone feel that shit is on waste It's on soon as Soulja Boy tell him to look the wrong way 50 round drums, slugs click in like a phone case I put that on Dre cin't nobody gon' push me I ain't scared of no nigga that was a baby when he came put the pussy I bang, and I ain't never said I was T. Rogers or Tookie But I shoot up a library before I let the feds book me cnd this goes for every nigga trapping from Columbia to Brooklyn Put a brick in that boy face The cartel can watch him cook it Dig my daddy out the grave csk that nigga where he took him Cleveland National Forest I hit targets without looking So if I ever run in the pool, nigga I'ma finish the job He did 25 for taking them Barclays and killing Rob [Chorus: Ray Vaughn] They caught the homie slipping It ain't show him no remorse So I walk around with that fire, like I'm carrying a torch Been known to get it jumping since I hopped up off the porch Pocket full of dead prezzies and a closet full of corpses (Hey) Being broke, the only thing I looked at as a threat Trials and tribulations, real and fake can never mesh Only dotted line to have a sign was on the check I gotta keep it on me, I got million dollar flesh I got the game plan I got million dollar views behind these Ray-Bans They bought seats, but I'm someone that they can't stand I'm so, how about these clouds that I can't land So please don't pray for me (Yeah) cnd if I die before I wake Just save that space for me But please don't pray for me No, no, no