(I was raised in the hood)...East side Long Beach to be exact...(I was raised in the hood)...Where the grass is greener and the Crips are much mean...ck, I was raised in the hood)...ver turn my back on the hood...(I was raised in the hood)...you can take me out the hood...But you can't take the hood up outta me, y...Raised by the gangstas, the generals, the thieves, the twins..., I was thuggin' in the beach when I lit my first...In the same city when I got my first piece of coochie... cause I'm going to the top...Rap or the rock, them hoes say...slamming Chevy's up the block...ow I ride two door, the Porsche looking mea...lla far from broke, the forty won't choke p...I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood)...I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood)...I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood)...I was raised in the hood (the hood, the hood, the hood)...Raised by the monsters the criminals...The G's, it was prettier than niggas on the east...Ride with the realest , I've been...It's 200 bitches in the function...iggas we patrolling the hood and the city...Heart of the set, Homie I'm a ve...I threw up the two O...lla far from broke, the forty won't choke p...les them dealers on the block...tier them niggas in the spot...The hood raised me, gan...The people talking the rumors...like I won't get in the streets 'cause...e I don't come from the W, I'm a beast bro...though, dickies for the dulo...lla far from broke, the forty won't choke p...our neighborhood in the air

The maturation of Jay-Z, Z ...30's the new twenty, nigga ...Then by the songs end, I probab...I did all that by the age of twenty-one ...oung enough to know the right car to buy ...I don't got the bright watch, I got the right watch ...I don't buy out the bar, I bought the night spot ...I got the right stock ...30's the new twenty, nigga ...I use to cruise the used car lot, put chrome on the truck ...I use to play the block like that (li...30's the new twenty, nigga, ...To the next one (young) ...I'm a bully with the bucks ...Don't let the patten leather shoe...I got the fully in the tux ...R and B when we get the call he's ...30's the new twenty, nigga ...Your chick shop in the mall ...k is like what type of purse is that? ...I'm from the era where niggas do...You from the era where snitchin' is the shit ...I'm afraid of the future (why?) ...Y'all respect the one who got shot ...I respect the shooter ...30's the new twenty, nigga

s take a walk threw the deepest part of the hood...He must of never been to the corner, and spent the half an hour...d enough to walk to the store you can buy l...ce game at any time of the night...Where cats die in the blue sky in the sunlight...When the fact is he's really...The cats that used to be kids when you ran the halls, is the drug lords...His broad the same chick that liked you from the 4th floor...er older brother he the neighborhood bully...Where the old ladies be up in...11 everytime you in the yard tryin to be hi...People waitin for the mail to get they ch...Long beach come on...f you see a girl on the block be sure if yo...rls be dressin like the much older...at one chick walkin the block tryin to get ...Is in the same class as ya sister and still in the 10th grade...a neighbor, down at the corner Bodega...Buyin the malt liqour in exch...n buy ya clothes on the block, imagine that... cats got a big bag of stuff that he just ...It's the same old routine, b... cab if you live on the right block...But the driver, got a bigger one, up under the seat...y to take a walk in the street

s take a walk threw the deepest part of the hood ...He must of never been to the corner, and spent the half an hour ...d enough to walk to the store you can buy l...ce game at any time of the night ...Where cats die in the blue sky in the sunlight ...When the fact is he's really...The cats that used to be kids when you ran the halls, is the drug lords ...His broad the same chick that liked you from the 4th floor ...er older brother he the neighborhood bully ...Where the old ladies be up in...11 everytime you in the yard tryin to be hi...People waitin for the mail to get they ch...Long beach come on ...f you see a girl on the block be sure if yo...rls be dressin like the much older ...at one chick walkin the block tryin to get ...Is in the same class as ya sister and still in the 10th grade ...a neighbor, down at the corner Bodega ...Buyin the malt liqour in exch...n buy ya clothes on the block, imagine that... cats got a big bag of stuff that he just ...It's the same old routine, b... cab if you live on the right block ...But the driver, got a bigger one, up under the seat ...y to take a walk in the street