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[00:01.05]Ebonics
[00:01.33]Yo, pay attention
[00:02.12]And listen real closely how I break this slang shit down
[00:04.34]Check it, my weed smoke is my lye
[00:06.30]A ki of coke is a pie
[00:07.70]When I'm lifted, I'm high
[00:09.11]With new clothes on, I'm fly
[00:10.82]Cars is whips and sneakers is kicks
[00:12.73]Money is chips, movies is flicks
[00:14.79]Also, cribs is homes, jacks is pay phones
[00:17.38]Cocaine is nose candy, cigarettes is bones
[00:19.67]A radio is a box, a razor blade is a ox
[00:23.05]Fat diamonds is rocks and jakes is cop
[00:25.60]And if you got rubbed, you got stuck
[00:27.43]You got shot, you got bucked
[00:29.14]And if you got double-crossed, you got fucked
[00:30.96]Your bankroll is your poke, a choke hold is a yoke
[00:33.69]A kite is a note, a con is a okey doke
[00:35.88]And if you got punched that mean you got snuffed
[00:38.11]To clean is to buff, a bull scare is a strong bluff
[00:40.50]I know you like the way I'm freakin' it
[00:42.86]I talk with slang and I'ma never stop speakin' it
[00:45.34]Chorus: repeat (2X)
[00:47.09]Speak with criminal slang -Nas
[00:48.39]That's just the way that I talk, yo
[00:49.73]Vocabulary spills, I'm ill -Nas
[00:51.40]Yo, yo
[00:57.26]A burglary is a jook, a woof's a crook
[00:58.69]Mobb Deep already explained the meanin' of shook
[01:00.97]If you caught a felony, you caught a F
[01:03.19]If you got killed, you got left
[01:04.94]If you got the dragon, you got bad breath
[01:06.81]If you 730, that mean you crazy
[01:08.91]Hit me on the hip means page me
[01:11.09]Angel dust is sherm, if you got AIDS, you got the germ
[01:14.61]If a chick gave you a disease, then you got burned
[01:17.23]Max mean to relax, guns and pistols is gats
[01:19.10]Condoms is hats, critters is cracks
[01:21.83]The food you eat is your grub
[01:23.75]A victim's a mark
[01:25.00]A sweat box is a small club, your tick is your heart
[01:27.12]Your apartment is your pad
[01:28.52]Your old man is your dad
[01:30.45]The studio is the lab and heated is mad
[01:32.62]I know you like the way I'm freakin' it
[01:34.66]I talk with slang and I'ma never stop speakin' it
[01:37.10]Chorus (2X)
[01:48.59]The iron horse is the train and champaign is bubbly
[01:50.65]A deuce is a honey that's ugly
[01:52.08]If your girl is fine, she's a dime
[01:54.49]A suit is a fine, jewelry is shine
[01:56.55]If you in love, that mean you blind
[01:58.34]Genuine is real, a face card is a hundred dollar bill
[02:01.54]A very hard, long stare is a grill
[02:03.34]If you sneakin' to go see a girl, that mean you creepin'
[02:05.94]Smilin' is cheesin', bleedin' is leakin'
[02:08.48]Beggin is bummin, if you nuttin you comin
[02:11.04]Takin' orders is sunnin', an ounce of coke is a onion
[02:13.92]A hotel's a telly, a cell phone's a celly
[02:16.37]Jealous is jelly, your food box is your belly
[02:18.82]To guerrilla mean to use physical force
[02:20.92]You took a L, you took a loss
[02:22.74]To show off mean floss, uh
[02:24.56]I know you like the way I'm freakin' it
[02:26.68]I talk with slang and I'ma never stop speakin' it
[02:28.79]Chorus (2X)
[02:39.88]Yeah, yeah
[02:40.93]One love to my big brother, Big Lee
[02:43.72]Holdin' it down
[02:45.08]Yeah, Flamboyant for life
[02:47.38]Yeah yeah, Flamboyant for life
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