Tell It Like It Is

[Verse 1] Describe the lifestyle Gangsta mental Pants sagging so low, they might fall down Niggas used to sell nicks, now they sell bricks And if you don't know, I'ma tell you like it is Describe the lifestyle Gangsta mental Pants sagging so low, they might fall down Niggas used to sell nicks, now they sell bricks And if you don't know, I'ma tell you like it is Half the people in the slums, mama on crack Daddy behind bars, everybody strapped I'm in the hood, so yeah, I'm getting hood rich And if you don't know, I'ma tell you like it is [Verse 2] Eyes on the prize, mind on some other shit Look my wife in the eyes, and think about another bitch My relentlous aproach, my persistent swag I look like Santa when I toat that bag And it must be a banana clip, how they sag Talking 'bout them [?] my amigos You call me Tedo, on the d low It's D.T.P., ho [Verse 3] They call me foolish, I sold to my folks Even put it on the ruler, I sold it to them short Slept in my short pants, tenis shoes close Mini tool close, used a dinner fork to cook coke We took a trip for weeks, we took a freak a piece We got a sweeter piece, and geeking on a swisher sweet We in the streets, [?] taste defeat If I fall off, I come back, probably take a week I produce when I rap, it's like I make a beat See what I make in a week, make your bitch weak I know some rich niggas, that act real cheap Put the ryms on the Chevy, now it's 6 feet Pull out the E.X.T., and ride 6 deep From nothing to something, we street And they thought they was stopping our progress When they came through, and knocked down apartments