True Story

[Intro: Aloe Jo'el] Yeah Lemme tell you a true story Yeah, woah [Verse 1] I remember I was at the Mondriano, Sunset Boulevard next to the House of Blues (Blues) The same hotel where Pimp C died and that was all over the news (News) That's when 2Pac hit me up and said "hey, homie, I'm comin' through" (Through) He had just copped the convertible Bentley, it was baby blue (Baby blue) And just a few months after hе took them five shots in the еlevator ('Vator) He was walkin' around with bullet holes in him like the Terminator And when I came down the elevator, comin' outta the hotel He had the top down playin' "Hit 'Em Up" and I was fresh outta jail We hit the Strip with the sun shinin' on us, destined for greatness Even though the spot he just took five and we was both fightin' cases We headed to his mama house that he bought her on Venice Beach And the last thing that we drank was apple juice with some Hennessy Blaow! [Chorus: Aloe Jo'el] Woah Roll up some kush and lemme tell you a story About some things that happened back in the day I'm tryna tell you I spent all my mind Can't let the memories fade away Lemme tell you a true story [x2] True story, true story All pain and, no glory [x2] [Verse 2] I remember signin' Lil' Wayne's autograph before he was Lil' Wayne (Wayne) Even before Ca$h Money Click c-came with the "Blang Blang" (Blang Blang) Slim, M, Baby and Juvy wanted to go and smoke some bud (Bud) Outside and chop some game up and kick it with a boss thug (Thug) We smoked and talked about gettin' money, sipped on some drank And 10 years later they playin' big bank take little bank (Bank) Then I seen Lil' Wayne, he called me by my street name He said "what's happenin', Chico? (Chico?!)" I said "welcome to the rap game" We shook hands and he reminded me of where we met before He said "remember you was up in New Orleans signin' autographs at the store?" (Store) And Juvy passed the blunt to me and you laughed and hit the floor (Floor) Then I took a sip of the Hennessy and I rolled up one more (One more) I said "oh man, that was y'all (y'all)? What's poppin', young player?" (Player) So now y'all the worldwide Cash Money Millionaires Man, I like how y'all do business (business), with guts and the glory (Glory) All them haters won't believe this here but this a true story Blaow! [Chorus: Aloe Jo'el] Woah Roll up some kush and lemme tell you a story About some things that happened back in the day I'm tryna tell you I spent all my mind Can't let the memories fade away Lemme tell you a true story [x2] True story, true story All pain and, no glory [x2] [Verse 3] I remember me and Eazy and Cypress Hill had a show in Fresno ('No) We had a contest to see who gon' pass out after we smoked And me and Eazy always stayed strapped and always kept a vest on And I ain't talkin' Gucci or Coogie, I'm talkin' Teflon (Blaow!) Roll up some kush and let me tell you a story About the peers who are quit bein' the G's before me I told Dre when I was 16, I was gon' keep it lit Seen 'em 10 years later and I had my own platinum hits That's when I had my record release party and Snoop came through (Through) And instead of gettin' one gold album, I got two (Two) 'Cause t-two of my albums went gold at the same time (TIme) And I accepted 'em on stage with Too $hort and Barry Weiss (Weiss) And me and Short Dog and Snoop sm-smoked about a QP (QP) And Snoopy hit the gin and the juice and he passed it to me True story [Chorus: Aloe Jo'el] Woah Roll up some kush and lemme tell you a story About some things that happened back in the day I'm tryna tell you I spent all my mind Can't let the memories fade away Lemme tell you a true story [x2] True story, true story All pain and, no glory [x2] [Outro: 2Pac] I been tryin' to tell y'all, since I got out here, it's all about that Thug Life, and they think Thug Life is a rap group, nuh-uh, no, no, no Thug Life is just some mo' deep shit that you can't sink your feet in From all over the hood, from all over the rap industry, on this Thug Life album, we got my nigga Spice 1