1-800 (Straight from the Pen)

Lyrics

[Intro] The number you have reached The number you have reached The number you have reached The number you have reached [Verse 1] We used to piss on the floors in the bathroom in elementary I never thought you'd end up in the penitentiary Readin' these letters you're sendin me sippin' Hennessy Watchin' my back for enemies, they wanna see me buried I heard you had to put some work in when you got there Don't wanna rot there, heard niggas plot there So what you doin' 'bout 5 to 10? Collect for Robert Greene from the federal pen Nigga, what you do to get yourself in jail? He said, "I'm fightin' double murder, 25 with an L Can you help me with my lawyer? I'm gettin' kinda broke" Good girl gone bad, niggas got smoked Can't talk too much about it on the phone Po-po would listen, peep game Your ass'd never come home, see Damn, you can't escape the drama Don't be stressin, I'ma give the scrilla to your baby momma I seen your baby boy and he's doin' okay Lil' playa lookin more and more like you every day, yeah You just keep pumpin' that iron and watch your back up on that mainline I make sure that your family doin' fine Comrades since the age of 3, I know my patna'd do the same for me Collect from the pen [Chorus] They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T from the federal penitentiary (The number you have reached) [Verse 2] They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T It's dollar bill Susanville collect for me Said he was glad I'm in the rap game 'Cause in the concrete zoo you live your life like the crap game We used to be two lil' bad ass kids, reminiscin' on the dirt that we did Back in the day we had to stick together, man Gettin' our hustle on in any type of weather, man Takin' turns while we used to keep watch out for the cops Never no squabble, we was compromisin' tradin' knots Said he was seein' all the homies up inside stressin' Havin' suicidal thoughts over life's lessons My peoples tryin' to call and see if I'm at home yet With hella niggas in the back yellin' phone checks (Get off the phone 'fore you get stole on) They sent my patna to the hole again before the conversation even began Collect from the pen [Chorus] 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T, collect from the penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T from the federal penitentiary (The number you have reached) [Verse 3] Hello, you reached the East Bay gangster S-P-I-C-E Well, it's the homie from the federal penitentiary What you been doin', black? You call your momma back? She's stressin' hard as you off where you at I see you sendin' pictures with your yokes on Braided hair with them crazy black Locs on Mad doggin', pen hoggin', throwin' up the hood Be right here smokin' broccoli with me if you could Peep this My lil patna been in jail so long that he ain't even thinkin' 'bout comin' home (Fool) He got the only family that he know besides his momma in the pen with him And all the old school comrades is in with him I didn't have to ask him what he pulled them licks for You get them pictures that I send you off my '64? Yeah, you know the one we always used to ride in The one them suckers tried to run up on the side in We strapped 'em quick as soon as they tried to get in Never forget the dirty work you put in Collect from the pen [Chorus] 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T, collect from the penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T, collect from the penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T, collect from the penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary (The number you have reached) They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T straight from the state penitentiary They dialin' 1-800-C-O-L-L-E-C-T from the federal penitentiary [Outro] The number you have reached, 555-4735, has been disconnected, ya stupid muthafucka