The Method

[00:00.88] (Oh-oh) ay, praise God for real, like, I don't know, I don't know how y'all do it
[00:05.54] But I see them gettin' real mad 'bout how we do it
[00:08.78] Only in (let's go) Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland (ay)
[00:11.25] Daygo (ay), LB (ay), City (ay), we coastin'
[00:13.43] What you know about it? Tell me what you know
[00:15.47] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know (oh-oh-oh)
[00:17.67] L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside (ay)
[00:20.56] Sacramento (ay), Vallejo (ay), the Hillside (ay, ay)
[00:22.67] What you know about it? Tell me what you know
[00:24.47] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know
[00:26.86] If I'm the one, then I gotta be the one
[00:29.07] I'ma rep where I'm from (ay), I'ma step where I'm from, goin' dumb, who is that? (Who is that?)
[00:32.33] Talk 'bout my gang, I'ma show you, 'bout to double down, bruh, I told you (yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
[00:36.09] Westside, I ain't leavin', castin' out these demons out the region (out the region)
[00:39.14] God placed you here for a reason
[00:40.76] I pledge my allegiance, do my lil' step, and I'm smeezin', squabble on the devil, have him leakin' (ay, ay, ay, ay)
[00:45.25] They be cattin' on The Land, must be trippin' (trip)
[00:47.28] Step for the Lord, that don't mean that I'm crippin'
[00:49.24] What's up with these Christians? (What's up?)
[00:50.93] It's the same message, the method is different, let's go show them how we live it (oh)
[00:54.25] Only in Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland (ay)
[00:57.21] Daygo (ay), LB (ay), City (ay), we coastin'
[00:59.79] What you know about it? Tell me what you know
[01:01.37] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
[01:03.73] L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside (yee)
[01:06.73] Sacramento (yee), Vallejo (yee), to Hillside (yee)
[01:09.22] What you know about it? Tell me what you know (let's go)
[01:10.62] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know (uh)
[01:12.89] Out here in the rubble, it's easy to get in trouble
[01:15.61] We just tryna survive and keep from bein' un-alived
[01:18.04] Take a deep dive in the octagon where it's mainey and foolish
[01:20.27] Where you might not be a carpenter, but you gotta keep you a toolie
[01:22.36] Be alert and stay cautious and don't be corny and goofy
[01:24.82] Choose your words wisely and don't be sayin' things that's loosely
[01:27.13] Lord, please forgive these haters for they know not what they do
[01:29.59] Only person that I fear, and I'm afraid of is You
[01:31.79] I got hustle in my bones and my arteries in my spine
[01:34.10] Every day is communion because I drink my own wine
[01:36.64] Earl Stevens is my handle, and I've been poppin' for years
[01:38.97] It's not too many rappers had this type of career
[01:40.86] I keep my ear to the church like Adam Schefter do sports
[01:43.39] When I was eight years old, my mommy and daddy got a divorce
[01:45.52] I asked the Lord to protect me, me and my family and squad
[01:47.98] And the only one I'll ever idolize is God (oh)
[01:50.09] Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland (ay)
[01:52.86] Daygo (ay), LB (ay), City (ay), we coastin'
[01:55.14] Father in the name of Jesus we just pray that You, that You wake up the West, Lord (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
[01:59.33] L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside (yee)
[02:02.15] Sacramento (yee), Vallejo (yee), to Hillside (skrrt)
[02:04.27] They are not like us, but we wanna be like You
[02:08.35] West, West, West, West-West-West-West, mm
[02:11.50] Had to wake up, get this weight up off my chest (yes)
[02:13.68] Cali' streets is when I jumped up out the nest (mm)
[02:15.63] If you, if you breathin', you can't say that you ain't blessed
[02:18.06] Daygo up to Oceanside, Bakersfield up to the Bay
[02:20.40] Stockton up to Sacramento, right back down into L.A.
[02:22.87] Granny took me to the ocean, put me underneath the tide
[02:25.19] When I came up out that water I was dead, now I'm alive
[02:27.31] You should be alive, you should wake up (wake up)
[02:29.47] Earthquakes and fires only made us get our faith up (mm)
[02:31.50] Stayin' up late, I'm prayin' for the whole coast and my own folks
[02:34.35] I got California love, but I want they soul woke
[02:36.84] L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside (come through the Westside)
[02:39.06] Sacramento, Vallejo, to Hillside (come through the Westside)
[02:43.47] Come through (California)
[02:46.08] Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland (ay)
[02:48.15] Daygo (ay), LB, City (ay), we coastin' (ay)
[02:50.27] What you know about it? Tell me what you know
[02:52.37] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
[02:54.78] L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside (yee)
[02:57.23] Sacramento (yee), Vallejo (yee), to Hillside (yee)
[02:59.54] What you know about it? Tell me what you know
[03:01.59] Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know
[03:03.97] Come through the Westside (I'm speedin' away, look)
[03:07.93] Come through the Westside, yeah (let's go)
[03:11.08] E-40 (oh-oh-oh)
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