Space Age Cornices, ballin' down south, Byzantines in pieces, ballin' with the pants, with the creases, Southside baby, North Coast, we gon' ride baby, let's ballin'.
And we didn't get to ball, we ballin' baby, steady, shot countin' baby, steady ballin' all night long, and we didn't get to ball, we ballin' baby, steady, shot countin' baby, ballin' till the break of dawn, till the break of dawn.
It's 8 o'clock, 5 in the evening and it's time to ball, my limo drive away, so side so there's no time to stall, and I'll be dressed to a crisp bag, it's still shinin',
20 more cabs around my Nick Field,
a lil' bit downy, leavin' the whole club blinded, that's the way it gotta be, bros leachin' and peepin', as I count my currency and jealousy, surrounds me as I ball in the mix, a lot of people say they down since the player got reeked, grippin' wood, grain stirrin', watch the player get loose, I'm comin' through that 4,000, steady hoppin' on juice,
Louser rants and wildin' flashes, tryin' to give me a case, I'm scratchin' out a chromey, vocal raving, grass in they face, I'm livin' late, cause I'm sittin' on top of my throne, drivin' around in fancy cars, I'm livin' in plushed out homes, I'm feelin' all on my own, so catch me in the bendy crowd,
and more figures is for real,
and we gon'
ball it,
we ball it, baby,
steady,
shot callin', baby,
steady callin' all night long,
and we didn't get to ball,
we ball it, baby,
steady,
shot callin', baby,
hold it till the break,
well, no,
now I'm a baller, baller,
young shot caller,
20-inch crawler, yacht on the water,
keepin' my composure and I can't be stopped,
took 11 meals
and then fell,
there's still some stocks and buns,
ballin', it's fun,
it's time to put it out and let my drop hit the sun,
they can't see my guns, all my ones,
you get it?
Wise guy, more figures, 11 digits,
but you probably never seen all these big things,
as I step out on the scene with a pocket full of green,
you know what I mean?
These things happen to me all the time,
niggas mad, cause they can't get up in the ballin' line,
guess the Lord must've knew it,
cause I had it on my mind,
havin' dreams of big heads by the least of thousand times,
put it down in my brown,
now I got everybody singin',
I got all these cats swingin' from the funk,
don't get up, breathe,
cause we ballin',
we ballin', baby,
steady,
shot callin', baby,
steady ballin' all night long,
and we didn't get to ball,
we ballin', baby,
steady,
shot callin', baby,
hold it till the break,
well, no,
till the break,
it's been a long ass wait for my time to ball,
back in 1993,
havin' neighborhood bra,
cats runnin' they mouth,
now what you talkin' about,
uh-uh,
no,
we never,
never did stop,
pippin' the pen,
until it began to bleed on my sheet,
a hundred G's a week,
multiply from the streets,
embezzlement from presidents,
that's how we rode to the peak,
smoke risin' out the belly,
punked in the middle of the street,
how can a hater compete,
with a baller like me,
a shot caller like me,
nigga, you ain't baller like me,
with the ships on the seat,
wood grain on the floors,
diamond crush on the doors,
from the floor,
much more,
big crib with ice out the lids,
a decoration of deals,
all my deals tailor made,
* player made,
cause I live late,
listen up and open your ears,
more figures,
my nigga,
we don't ball for years,
we ballin' baby,
steady,
shot callin' baby,
steady ballin',
all night long,
and we didn't get to ball,
we ballin' baby,
steady,
shot callin' baby,
ballin' to the break,
oh no,
to the break,
oh no,
let's believe a hard hit,
gon' ball to a foul,
hit your stash and dash,
just spend your cash at the mall,
we shine like princess cuts,
the BBS,
got your truth,
sippin' off the breakaway pizza,
on my chest,
I got paper from days,
ballin',
shot callin',
steady,
puttin' it down with fade,
baby,
we blaze like back to back,
as I come through
with candy red paint
on my Cadillac,
and all these haters
can't see us,
they wanna be us,
sippin' codeine
and blowin' trees with us,
down south,
motherfuckers,
with the gold teeth,
I pause my heat
and have a sweat like these,
I'm not tryin' to boast to y'all,
but give a toast to y'all,
ballin' in the mix
like them niggas down south,
from the north
to the east and the west,
a squash,
niplet,
some kiddin'
to rest
and steady ballin',
we ballin', baby,
steady,
shot callin',
baby,
steady ballin'
all night long,
and we be here too long,
we ballin', baby,
steady,
shot callin',
baby,
ballin' to the break of dawn,
ballin' to the break of dawn.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
oh, yeah.
© transcript Emily Beynon