Key: E
Introduction:
Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
Ebm B
Last time that I checked
B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm Db Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
B Db B Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
B Ebm
Last time that I checked
verse 1: Nipsey Nussle
Ebm
I been self-made from the dribble
Eb Db B
I was been sayin' I'm a killer
Db B
Playin' no games with you niggas
F# Db
Pop clutch, switch lanes on you niggas
Ebm F#
I laid down the game for you niggas
Ebm Eb Db
Taught you how to charge more than what they pay for you niggas
Ebm
Own the whole thing for you niggas
B Db
Re-invest, double up, then explained for you niggas
Ebm G#m
It gotta be love
F#
Who run the whole city, it gotta be 'cuz
B
This for the pieces I took off the monopoly board
Ebm G#m F#
And ya'll niggas false claims, it gotta be fraud
Eb B Ebm
Just keep the hood up out of your mouth, and you gotta be charged
I doubled up, tripled up, nigga what
Ebm Db
Banged on the whole game, I ain't give a fuck
Ebm
Nobody trippin, had no business, got my digits up
B Db
And when I drop, you know I'm 'bout to fuck the whole city up
Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
Ebm B
Last time that I checked
B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm Db Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
B Db B Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
B Ebm
Last time that I checked
verse 2: Nipsey Hussle
Ebm
And I come through fly, no co-sign
Db
I ain't need radio to do mine, I done fine
Ebm
And I take my time, and take my tribe
F# Db
Every level that I crossed in this game like state lines
Ebm
It was visionary, either I'm genius or you niggas scary
Ebm Db
Maybe it's both and this balance I deliver daily
Ebm
For every nigga in the streets trying to feed the babies
B Bbm Abm
The single mama's workin' hard not to miss a payment
Ebm G#m F#
And dirty money get washed on royalty statements
Db
Black owners in this game are powerful races
Ebm
Young niggas in the set that's doing it makeshift
Db
Out the garage is how you end up in charge
B Ebm
It's how you end up in penthouses
B
End up in cars, it's how you
Ebm
Start off a curb servin', end up a boss
It's how you win the whole thing and lift up a cigar
B
With sweat drippin' down your face cause the mission was hard
Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
Ebm B
Last time that I checked
B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm Db Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
B Db B Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
B Ebm
Last time that I checked
verse 3: Y.G.
Ebm
Last time that I checked
I got the front end and the back
Db B
This real, this ain't rap
Ebm B
Where everybody wanna act pro-black (they don't really wanna fuck with us)
B
The last lie you heard, this ain't that
Ebm
This that, "I done made it out the gutter" shit
Ebm Eb Db
Nip told you "fuck the middle man", I said "fuck a bitch"
B Eb B
Fuck wearin' their clothes, I wear my own shit
N.C.
Ebm
Aye Nip, I remember all that game you taught me
B Db
Don't fuck around and get played by these label owners
Ebm B
Talk that shit to these niggas, Adrien Broner
Eb Db
But secure the win though, don't let that game fold you
Ebm
'Cause when this game over, it's really game over
Ebm Db
And all they do is play the game till this game over
Ebm
And you be givin' game like a big brother
Mission never let em take it from us
B Db Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
Ebm B
Last time that I checked
B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm Db Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
B Db B Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
B Ebm
Last time that I checked