All I Need

(All that I) (This world) Let these fools know (You been so good to me) The game's been good to me My fans been good to me The money been good to me All I need though is this shit [Verse 1:] Talkin about I be rappin off track Some of you square suckers be tryina say E-40 wack Do your due dilligence in your research 'fore I pimp my pen If you ain't never lived it and done it, you can't comprehend I'm a fixture, a factor, somethin that you ain't Respect my rank, you got none of that, point blank I'm one of your favorite MC's favorite MC Ask they ass, they know me Bet you they tell you "That boy right there got flows and creativity That's the big homie" I'm authentic and real, I'm far from bein phoney Originality is a must whenever I bust Before I got into the rap game I was hustlin on the hush Rock it up (?) dust, same color as pie crust Penitentiary chances, shackles, chains and handcuffs The first rapper talkin about triple-beam scales Choppers, drought seasons and shit like that I got some real niggas that'll vouch for that Might not know how to freestyle but my rhymes'll paint a picture Fuck bein a lyricist, I'm a fuckin game spitter Pandemonium and chaos the price of bein a boss That come with the package, I'm a savage, slightly throwed off Grew up on $hort and Freddie B, Magic Mike and Calvin T Dolemite and Blowfly, KRS and Ice-T Melle Mel and Spoonie, just to name a few UTFO, Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa, too (You been so good to me) The game's been good to me My fans been good to me The money been good to me G-O-D been good to me You all I need You all I need You all I need You all I need [Verse 2:] I paved the way for indie labels Ask Master P and Birdman what I brought to the table Out the trunk independently Sold hundreds of thousands of records with no video or airplay Me and my uncle St. Charles Suga, D-Shot, Legit, The Click, legends in this shit But hold up, it don't stop there If I got a dollar for every word I made up I'd be a billionaire I'm the past and the present I was sayin shit 20 years ago y'all niggas just now sayin I done seen rappers come and go Get they 15 minutes of fame, then you don't hear about them no mo' Yeah, I done had my ups and downs But the cold part about it is E-40 still around I don't know why these suckers keep sayin I need to get my mumblin ass out the way When I got a passion for rappin, partner, I don't do it just for pay You oughta come to one of my concerts, you oughta come to one of my shows I do my old school and my new school songs and all of them bitches go They don't build 'em like me no mo', I'm a motherfuckin pro A living legend, collection of classics, thought that you should know You can't erase me out of history I'm from the same place as CC (?) Vallejo California, if you blink you might miss it (You been so good to me) The game's been good to me My fans been good to me The money been good to me G-O-D been good to me You all I need You all I need You all I need You all I need [Verse 3:] Third verse, more than half my life Since teenagers, I gotta thank my wife Since we was little young cubs Born in the struggle, broke, livin off of love This is the actual, not a non-theatrical movie I thank God for my sons, Issue and Droop-E Even though they divorced, my mama and my daddy My sister, my brothers, my cousins and my family I love y'all, and my fans when they hated Were down with my futuristic ass way before I made it And all my real ones with some balls Went out funkin, beefin, feudin, niggas made some phone calls Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta - Pow! Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta - Pow! Ratata-tat, put him on his back Bust a sucker head (?) The rap game's been good with me Stuck when me when I didn't even have a penny You lames can say what you like But I been in it for 22, I gotta be doin somethin right That means I'm not a overnight Overnight sensation, didn't happen over night I broke barriers for independence, mayne, I set the tone They probably won't 'preciate me till I'm gone (You been so good to me) The game's been good to me My fans been good to me The money been good to me G-O-D been good to me You all I need You all I need You all I need You all I need (You been so good to me)