The Way Life Used To Be

[Hook] Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right [Verse 1] Take it back to the afros and the naturals Cape cutter picks we slips into the back roads I'm O.G. my nigga for real though Straight up off that east side top of the hill yo I'm looking at the overview Thinking bout '86 damn I was overdue Walking in the hood making mix tapes trying to walk up out the hood While I'm chucking at the hood nigga talk about the hood That I came from it raised me real Crip crazy What up, oops a daisy Demon or a heathen, scheming while I'm dreaming Screaming to get even, seeing is believing And don't you forget that Get it to you get back hit that kick back Three flies one a way Reminisce about the things that my grandmama use to say Stay in your own lane stay on your own and quit trying to be grown Day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right [Hook] Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right [Verse 2] I like them girls from Ladera Heights or the girls on Hills I take a trip up the World On Wheels and get in a fight Make it back to my ride Pop shots at some suckers disrespecting the side My big homie my cuzzo schoolyard bozo Slid me away just to get me away I'm just a Long Beach nigga outside of my hood I'm banging riding but doing it good When I get locked down there ain't hiding and wondering As soon as I hit the County I'm up in 48 hundred With the dealers the killers the realest The best from the west and the beast from the east Yeah I'm acting a fool I'm getting my degree from gladiator school I chose this life cause I knows this life Sell a little crack and my flows is tight I'm clear on my choice and what's cold is I can still hear my grandma's voice She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right [Hook] Reflections of the way life used to be Reminisce It's all right [Verse 3] If you get caught then you don't walk cause you don't talk And these was the rules squeeze on these fools I came up in a different era homie Where the G's is the G's and the little wannabe's really want it Wanna be like cause the C life make you wanna G like Now who you wanna be like Snoop That fool on the TV screen Or the homie on the corner getting major cream In the Cadillac beating like Battlecat A nigga with money don't know how to act Smoke til your eyes get cataracts All money nonsense yeah none of that Quarter sack run it back Hold him back lock him up bag him up front him that If a trick jump the track do you want your money back Lil bitch was a bunny rat Watch for the funny hat Cause it's gonna come And my granny said it's no fun She say day turn to night and play turn to fight Yeah I guess my granny was right [Hook] Reflections of the way life used to be It's all right