Dope

Lyrics

[Hook: Rafael Casal] Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope), in the city of Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope), in the city of [Verse 1: Rafael Casal] I got my start in the weed game Upgraded to pills Sold them to the kids in the flats and the kids in the hills And ooh, was they buying I was out here gettin' money for that new shit I was about to be driving Couple stacks got me a two-door Saturn coupe It was not cool but the sub made sure my shit knock, fool And my high school girl, she was fine I guess I mean no disrespect, I was not cute (Yo, where the fuck you from, boy?) B-Town, B-Town My moms was a far-out hippie My pops was a damn Hispanic So census box checking got tricky I grew up in another town All my boys are from East Oakland Talk loud, get your head broke in Nah, we're chill, we just jokin' Unless you don't stop I drive 'cause we all hate ho' cops Them fuckin' with the brown boys won't stop Everybody slumped down at the red light Windows up, inside smellin' like a smoke shop I didn't mean to call all cops hoes Some of y'all are just doin' your best But tryin' keepin' peace in the frat of the clan Just seems like such a futile thing to suggest I mean the coke and the pills that I'm sellin' was brought by The same FBI that would give me my arrest Ain't unclear how crack blew up here Nicknamed the city so we can't forget [Hook: Rafael Casal] In the city of Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) in the city of Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) in the city of [Verse 2: Too $hort] Oakland is where I'm from Whatever you want, we'll sell you some It's always been that way Wherever you from, anywhere in the Bay You gotta come to The Town if you wanna get down Spend a little money when you comin' around Get you what you want if you wanna get high Most niggas sellin' dope just wanna get by 'Cause we don't get a lot of choices That's why we talk with guns, not voices They say, "It ain't no fun when you force it," When you see us come, we want some more shit And don't tell me what I act like Out here, everything is half price Except love and drugs is never enough You gotta pay top dollar if you want that stuff As long as there ain't no drought Ain't nobody tryin' to find a way out Fuck your inner-city programs I gotta sell this dope, man [Hook: Rafael Casal] In the city of Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) in the city of Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) Dope (dope) in the city of [Verse 3: Daveed Diggs] "Where you really from though?" They love to pull that card Like nigga, you ain't that hard Like, you never lived yo' bars Like being all up in the media smiling must mean I ain't got scars Like seeing a way out and taking it somehow erases The place I started Before I had a name you might brand your kids with Pushin' cocaine was family business On 77th below 8-1-4 But when they rushed the crib with guns, we had to go And my folks said "you can have the dope game back" 'Cause it wasn't a game when cocaine became crack So I grew up [?] made stacks But surviving the city is dope, despite that And I still got fam on C Street [?] Burners, blammers, that's that [?] Police sirens, tires, skeet skeet Windows rolled down, yak yak, that sound Love this soil, kiss it, this town In my blood and blood on the ground 'Cause it's war out where we be now Some say we built this city on rock Rollin' with the [?] Why you think they call the brains blowing Uncle Darren had to [?] up at the stoplight That's why we all gas, no brakes Long as you move, you got hope Plus we more scared of the cops than the gangstas out here In the city of [Outro: Rafael Casal] Dope