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[00:06.90](Let's ride out)
[00:07.66]Ayy, turn me up, son
[00:08.69]Ayy, turn me up, son
[00:10.38]I used to ride around
[00:11.53]Ride around, ride around
[00:15.83]I used to ride around
[00:17.77]Ride around, ride around
[00:22.57]Used to run around the city in D's grandma's Toyota
[00:25.54]Hit the gas station hotboxin', the windows rolled up
[00:28.36]I was 12, D. had to be about three years older
[00:31.11]I wasn't smokin' but caught a wiff of the odour
[00:34.46]Parked it in the mornin', make sure that the fuel was poured up
[00:37.49]Used to share Fubu, throwback jerseys and bump the Chronic
[00:40.97]Two kids in the same city dreamin' way beyond it
[00:43.56]Back then D. was the one headed for greatness
[00:46.44]Back when you had to win Monsters of Rhythm to make it
[00:49.34]And, yeah, he did so
[00:51.01]A trip out to L.A was a prize for the show
[00:53.88]Everything was paid for, just had to make sure that he go
[00:57.45]Yo
[00:58.49]We used to ride around
[00:59.73]Ride around, ride around
[01:03.69]Yo
[01:04.92]Back then my mind was on girls and PS1's
[01:07.36]Get fresh, hit the mall and cop some Air Force 1's
[01:10.85]But back then my nigga David already copped the gun
[01:13.36]Said they was finna rob the spot up the road and make a run
[01:16.03](Run, run, run, run)
[01:17.45]Is you ridin'?
[01:18.73]Is you ridin'?
[01:23.63]Used to ride around, ride around
[01:26.54]Yo
[01:27.01]Let me tell you 'bout my brother Lil D
[01:29.10]We used to ride around the city talkin' 'bout who we gon' be, yeah
[01:32.81]Let me tell you 'bout my brother Lil D
[01:35.23]We used to ride around the city talkin' 'bout we gon' be
[01:38.43]I said, "Nah" and they left
[01:39.99]My instincts saved me a breath
[01:41.19]Them niggas rolled out on a mission like this shit was Grand Theft
[01:44.27]But real life always has a way of humblin'
[01:47.16]You gotta check your company, they say that they down
[01:50.20]But when the cookie gets to crumblin', you know that they're out, yeah
[01:53.14]My nigga D. ended up in penitentiary
[01:56.44]Fast forward time his lil' brother made it independently
[01:59.46]Ironically, dropped his tape and titled it 'Yellow'
[02:02.49]The rest is history, my nigga, hello (Hello)
[02:05.49]Paid him a visit, can't believe I was talkin' through a glass
[02:08.71]He asked me about my father was doin' and I told him that he passed
[02:12.19]Tears in his eyes, he lost track of time
[02:15.17]But hope in his eyes when he got to see my face
[02:17.94]Said he couldn't wait for the time to see some light of day
[02:20.50]Broke it down for me, told me that there is no other way
[02:23.40]He might have to do this shit that got him there in the first place
[02:26.44]'Cause ain't nobody wants to see a felon in the workplace
[02:29.31]Just another nigga, fell victim to peer pressure in the circuits, yeah
[02:34.86]We used to ride around
[02:39.79]Ride around, ride around, yeah
[02:44.67]Yeah, yeah
[02:50.79]Yo
[02:51.45]Let me tell you 'bout my brother Lil D
[02:53.01]We used to ride around the city talkin' 'bout who we gon' be
[02:56.31]Let me tell you 'bout my brother Lil D
[02:59.10]We used to ride around the city talkin' 'bout we could be, damn
[03:38.82]I figured it out, we just modern day slaves
[03:40.53]How my momma feed her family off this minimum wage
[03:43.20]And I could blow 20 racks that I made from being on stage
[03:45.73]In front of strangers
[03:47.56]Shit, that shit the strangest
[03:49.70]Look, O wear my heart on my sleeve-
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