Why They Sell Dope

Take two (uh)

Look at it this way, my girlfriend's stomach is plump

The truth about Smooth will be spoken in three months

Am I a man or a mouse?

Well, I ain't shit, 'cause I still live in my mother's house

My girlfriend ain't worried, 'cause shit, her parents gon' take care

But that ain't shy, when we was fucking, it wasn't there

So I'm gon' go get me a job

But will I work for the government or for the mob?

See, the mob job's to hurt and kill folk

But the government is doing the same fucking thing

So they real close

But which one is gonna pay me the most?

Working for white folks or selling dope?

Fuck it, I'm no longer stuck

'Cause man, I'd rather run in front my Benz

Instead of chase behind a garbage truck

I'll take a left turn on Pavey Street

So my kid could have some Jordans on her little baby feet

My family lives life in luxury

I'd paid the sheriff a little, so now, them boys won't fuck with me

Don't tell me this can't happen, 'cause it happens every day

While they say crime don't pay

'Cause that's what they feed to the public

That old "nigga supposed to plant cotton" ass subject

Tell us you gon' stop drugs, but you don't wanna

'Cause half of your green shit comes from drug runners

Half of my partners are capping and strapping, and packing

I'm only making big bucks at concerts rapping

After it's over, barely can speak

And the pay I make that day, they quadruple in less than a week

Think about it, they're getting paid doing nothing

Just don't smoke yourself, or you'll get broke quicker than Teddy Ruxpin (uh)

When you don't smoke, truck got ground effects

Leather interior (uh) you out of the projects

Shit, I could deal with that, tired of being broke

So fuck it, this is what tells the young man to sell dope

Yeah, see, this is the problem

It all boils down to -, is it a black thing, or it is yourself thing?

What I'm saying is drugs is a form of survival to some people

The only way one can survive

They say you're killing your own people

And you are killing your own people, but the question is

Who are you worried about letting survive

Your motherfucking self or your race? (Check it out)