The Return

[00:22.65] Ayo I never banged, and through it all, never changed my name
[00:26.26] They used to call me Young Blu, before the fame
[00:28.92] Like my cousin Smurf, heard about a OG who used to run the turf
[00:33.50] Then he got merc'd
[00:34.33] Puttin' in work with the Blacks when the Browns was beefin'
[00:38.05] I got my grief in after school with the chicks grievin'
[00:40.75] Like "Blu, thank god that wasn't you", ayo
[00:43.48] One week later, they got my homeboy too, ayo
[00:46.13] Dang, my cousin used to tell me, "Boy watch for them colors.
[00:50.62] Other than that, you be the illest mothafucka"
[00:54.24] So I pushed to the streets, I pushed to the beach
[00:57.00] End up pushin' more raps than I ever pushed trees
[00:59.78] I had beats from the best
[01:01.57] Just to make it known, I was a beast from the West
[01:04.22] Tryna get put on with the Snoops and the Games
[01:07.83] The Cubes and the Pacs
[01:08.72] Next thing you know they bangin' Blu on the block
[01:11.42] My nigga, bang, bang!
[01:14.30] When the times get hard in the streets, niggas bang
[01:16.01] When them right bars sit up on the beat, niggas bang
[01:18.74] When niggas sling cocaine all day to make change
[01:21.48] Niggas bang, niggas bang, niggas bang-bang
[01:25.05] Tryna tell ahk, "Watch where you walk", niggas bang
[01:27.72] When that spark set fire to that heart, niggas bang
[01:30.52] From the rollers to the lames, ain't a damn thing change
[01:34.18] My niggas bang, niggas bang, bang-bang
[01:38.69] Now back up on the block, rap shit locked
[01:41.30] Pocket full of money, no crack in my socks
[01:44.13] Shouts to the homies in jail with no bail
[01:47.66] And props to the homies that blow but don't sell
[01:50.46] They be like "Oh well, more room for the real"
[01:53.19] Popped a fake in the face for actin' like I can't tell
[01:55.82] Yeah it feels off but in the hood, I know it ain't
[01:59.48] Should be smellin' all good, but, I know it stank
[02:02.18] Tell the homie hold the shank while I blow that dank
[02:05.86] Roll the streets with that cannon like we rollin' tanks
[02:09.43] Unh, gold plates ho, I know they gon' hate
[02:12.13] Might as well get the gold plaques, and the platinum chains
[02:15.74] See me when you see me, 'til then, kiss the genie
[02:18.48] Spell G, me, you could never be me, believe me
[02:21.16] Put the CD on smoke, fuck P's and the hoes
[02:24.89] And them niggas talkin' 'bout they shit bang when it don't
[02:29.38] My nigga, bang, bang
[02:30.24] When the sun is here you realize you go fly and tryna see her [?]
[02:34.76] Screaming try as you lose your voice just tryna be her [?]
[02:40.20] No stranger to the game, but you can't seem to relieve her
[02:46.57] You'll see her, when the morning comes
[02:54.68] When the times get hard in the streets, niggas bang
[02:57.41] When them right bars sit up on the beat, niggas bang
[03:00.17] When niggas sling cocaine all day to make change
[03:02.80] Niggas bang, niggas bang, niggas bang-bang
[03:05.55] Tryna tell ahk, "Watch where you walk", niggas bang
[03:08.24] When that spark set fire to that heart, niggas bang
[03:14.55] From the rollers to the lames, ain't a damn thing change
[03:15.47] My niggas bang, niggas bang, bang-bang
[03:18.27] Ayo, next thing you know, I'm in the county
[03:21.84] With a whole bunch of real OG's surroundin' me
[03:25.47] What you do when your name's Blu
[03:28.17] And you run into a Crip, a Cholo, a Piru?
[03:30.88] And everybody wanna know on the coast, what set you claim
[03:34.53] All my life I had that name, but never banged
[03:37.23] I'm from the Bridge, my folk from the 4th
[03:39.98] East side to the dro, and all the way back home, let it be known
[03:43.56] I got love for my block, love for my color
[03:47.12] Love for my streets, and love for my brother
[03:50.87] But a nigga put his hands on me, we catch fades
[03:53.52] Fuck I look like? 30, gettin' jumped in a gang
[03:56.26] And my peeps say, "How you keep peace these days
[03:58.90] If you ain't got a piece by your reach these days?"
[04:02.57] I say, my nigga, when you victim to the system
[04:05.23] It don't matter what you do, they always fuckin' with you
[04:07.96] So just bang, bang
[04:10.76] When the sun is here you realize you go fly and tryna see her [?]
[04:15.21] Screaming try as you lose your voice just tryna be her [?]
[04:21.59] No stranger to the game, but you can't seem to relieve her
[04:27.03] You'll see her, when the morning comes
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