Now ever since a nigga was a seed Only thing promised to me was the penitentiary Still ballin', ridin' on these niggas cause they lame In a 6-1 Chevy, still heavy in this gang Can you feel me? Blame it on my mama, I'm a thug, nigga I'm up before the sunrise Quicker than a drug dealer, tell me if it's on Nigga, then we first up on bus On these bitch-made niggas to the west side Ain't nobody love me as a broke nigga Finger on the trigger, Lord forgive me if I smoke niggas I let my females trap Look ***in' from the back, I get my currency in stacks California's where we're at, right? Passed by while these niggas wonder why I got shot but didn't die Let em see who's next to try Did I cry? Hell nah, nigga, tears shed Four of my homies in the pen Many peers dead, nigga, still ballin' Till the day I die, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' These niggas wonder why, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' As a meal of prayer, hope the Lord understand When these guns evolve, I become a dangerous man Ain't crazy if the rain's the sand But when these kids go to scram, boy, I don't be playin' With Clyde Taylor, let him ride himself Question is, will you *** niggas ride for real? Bitch nigga, this is G-rated Plus your homeboy won't make you street gang, fool gazin' I'm elevated to the top of this *** Been ***in' around and puttin' me and Tupac on this bitch And you can tell him thug life was the reason for this And I'll ride for any nigga who believe in this *** Still ballin' Till the day I die, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' These niggas wonder why, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' Everybody wanna see us dead Two loaded on the front page Shot to death, bullets to the head Niggas holla out my name and it's in my letter read Mother***ers know I'm comin' So they runnin' to their graves, watch Swoop down, whip my nigga from the back Cause trick don't give a ***, when you cowin' niggas still blast Keep pumpin', ain't worry bout nothin' Plus the story was frontin', so reload and keep dumpin' Still ballin' Till the day I die, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' These niggas wonder why, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' Till the day I die, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' These niggas wonder why, you can bring your crew But we remain true mother***ers, still ballin' Till the day I die, the life still ballin' Mother***ers still ballin'