When I Was Seventeen

Lyrics

[Produced by Paris] [Intro] Yeah, inside [Verse 1] Ch-check it out y'all, here we go again, another one from the man Known to run a record wreck and take a stand Check the records, CD's, videos, and cassette And the untouched rep of the Frisco vet We run it down from the front to the back and to the ladies on the side Gettin' funky while we're buildin' your mind Never borin' when tourin', and when I speak and spoke Check the record Paris wrote, each and every track on the positive note Never fadin' and stayin' on course The only sellin' out I'm doin' is sellin' out tours Somethin for your ear, comin' loud and clear It's the voice you fear, if your shit ain't real Keep it comin' one time for your mind on the mic, it's the panther Kickin' over breaks you dance ta And doin' devils dirty lickin' lyrics to break beats While buildin', so the children always know where they at, G [Hook] Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out I want the people in the front to hear me say it loud and say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out I want the people on the side just to go buckwild and say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out And to the people in the middle, give me more than a little to say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out And to the people in the back, you know it's like that [Verse 2] So many things that I seen on tour Took a trip down to Cuba, met Assata Shakur Had dinner with Fidel, talked about hard times And now America's steady tryna destroy minds Can't you see? I ain't like them other emcees I take punks, break fake gangsta wannabe's Bum rush the crowd, kickin' down that sound Take the knowledge of myself and spread it around Yes, yes, y'all, that's the way it is when I run it I make the funky track to keep my people up on it Well-known and prone to break a bone, let's get it on I'm showin' you the facts on wax 'til your mind is grown Act like you know when my show when the pro flow Discover the brother who makes the others look slow And listen to me lift the lyrics live to forty-five's And strive so my people survive and then I say to ya [Hook] Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out I want the people in the front to hear me say it loud and say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out I want the people on the side just to go buckwild and say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out And to the people in the middle, give me more than a little to say Ch-ch-check it out, check it, check it out And to the people in the back, you know it's like that [Outro] Yeah, for the nine-two P-Dog, say what you want to say