When We Started

Lyrics

[Intro: Nawfside Outlaw] Started Aaaaaah [Chorus: Nawfside Outlaw] It's so plain to see How it used to be When we started (Used to be) Back then back then So why you actin' brand new (Why you actin' brand new) They quick to test you How it used to be When we started How it used to be when we started yeah [Verse 1: Spice] Back in the day, when niggas was keepin' the shit one thousand If he was snitchin' the niggas would hit him up, wasn't no discussion about it If he was gon' be up in that trap gettin' money bring the thumper with ya Gotta protect the block with no hesitation to pull the trigga (Blaow!) Gotta remember when them alphabet boys hit It was simple, spin up the tempo, don't flush shit down the toilet Don't wanna fuck off the plug, better get away or it's murda, murda Get hit with .50 Cal, or some shit that you never heard of Got a bird around the corner, try to fly it out of town Don't wanna drive it, even though my baby mama say she down In a clutch, in the trenches, mothafuckas actin' brand new Niggas be knowin' you be on that boss shit but they really can't stand you (Blaow!) Me and my niggas, we be rollin' up out of the cut Everybody know we gotta have each other's back bustin' no matter what It was so plain to see, how it used be but-a-back in the day Niggas was trippin' used to be ro-uh-rollin' 'round with the K (Blaow!) [Chorus: Nawfside Outlaw] It's so plain to see (It's so plain to see) How it used to be When we started (How it used to be) Back then back then So why you actin' brand new (Why you actin' brand new) They quick to test you How it used to be When we started How it used to be when we started, yeah [Verse 2: SoSanAntone] Sosa You know the story how it goes (goes), you heard the stories out befo' Mama worried at the home, huh, daddy nowhere to be found, huh Got everything from the ground, huh, I was hittin' from the mound, huh Remember jumpin' off the porch, huh, they was nowhere to be found ,huh A lot of shit ain't how it used to, huh, they got the rules turned around The G codes all bended, heh, no G tone in the sound, huh I came up a lil' bit different, close your mouth, just listen Simply mind your own business, huh, well respected in your town, huh I was taught by the O.G.'s, real talk, real O.G.'s Big bros, big homies, kinfolks, ten toes deep We really live what we do, huh, what we doin' just to live We don't do it for the gram, huh, but we started by the gram, huh We don't even need a cam, huh, the shit don't even mean a damn, huh I guess it is what it is, huh, I guess I am who I am, huh Remember stickin' to the script, uh, remember stickin to the plan, huh Nowadays a nigga snitch, huh, and rather stick it to his man, huh I don't even understand, huh [Chorus: Nawfside Outlaw] It's so plain to see (It's so plain to see) How it used to be When we started (How it used to be) Back then back then So why you actin' brand new (Why you actin' brand new) They quick to test you How it used to be When we started How it used to be when we started yeah(Lookin' up) (Hey) [Verse 3: Lil' Yodaa] I gotta emphasize it when I'm talkin' to 'em I was on it like fifteen With a big dream, tryna be in two places at one time like a split screen Yeah, it was so plain to see, how everything came to be Back then ain't nobody really wanna hang with me Until a nigga started slangin' weed, you know I don't rap just to say I can, I just do what I can do the best You wonder why they callin' me the worst You wanna be a rapper don't be scared to invest In the game when there ain't no ref, it's everybody for them self Unless you're gonna make a move, you're gonna collect the dust on the shelf Just keep it up above the [?] I done took so many low blows That which is life in general, a criminal duckin' and dodgin' the po-pos Slowmo is how it felt when I was in the fast lane I was feelin' less of a nigga, tryna get more like my last name past tense Nigga bout the future, waste time, tell her no thanks, propane flow With a coke tank make 'em pass the weight but I'm no [?], got 'em tryin' to ride my wave now But every time I try to talk to 'em they be lookin' at me with Their face down I guess their mad 'cause I've been comin' up And there ain't really nothin' much for them to say now Well hey now [Chorus: Nawfside Outlaw] It's so plain to see (It's so plain to see) How it used to be When we started (How it used to be) Back then back then So why you actin' brand new (Why you actin' brand new) They quick to test you How it used to be When we started How it used to be when we started yeah [Outro: Nawfside Outlaw] Ohh oh oh ah Na na na na daa laaa Ahhhhh