Xzibit - Back 2 The Way It Was Lyrics
Yeah.. yo.. c'monRide wit me, lemme take you somewhere[Xzibit]My father was a soldier, my mother was a riderI was born wit my fists balled up, I'ma fighterInspired, a real rhyme writerGet past the past the future looks brighterBut, I wanna get it back to the way it wasExchange blows, elbows and it was still loveA better time, better place in spaceCause nothin can erase, shame tat' like my nigga ChaseCause Bigga B will never be replaced, rightAnd I'ma scream it to the whole *****in human raceGet a bar, get a tasteEnforce the muscle to ya hustle and ya did it with graceCause real niggaz don't save face, they make movementsBack to the time when hip-hop was musicWhen N.W.A. got booed at the ApolloBroke "Straight Outta Compton" and the whole world followedCause right now hip-hop is hollowWith no substance, X-Man with the roughnessCause success can suck sometimeAnd many of us the way we act, we even lost our minds[Chorus]You can hold your breath, 'til your blue in the faceBut you can never ever take my placeI stay strong whether right or I'm wrongThrough the struggle I will live on (now sing the song wit me)You can speculate, on every breath I takeBut you can never ever take my placeI stay strong whether right or I'm wrongThrough the struggle I will live on[Xzibit]Back to the day when +Cooley+ was +High+Hustle big like Butch in the Y-B-IWe did it 'n died, the gang still multipliedSock yo windpipe, cut yo air supplyHypnotized, not by the glitz 'n glamourSo ***** them cameras, all I need is clips and hammersThe X-Man said that the first rhyme outWere my fans worth my time? The first line out, soHere we are eight years strong and still movinGroovin with a reputation ya can't ruinI wanna take it back how it used to beFive thousand *****ed up, rockin outta unity[Chorus][Xzibit]Was it the alcohol in you, the money the power the famethat made you actually attempt to try to disgrace my name?Played those games nigga when I was younger in life'Til I seen another man's life cut short with a knifeLose teeth, cause beef, no peace with usYa can't hang, and ya sho' can't eat with usWhen times get tough, the tough get rough and drasticNever been blasted, never been an arrogant bastardBut I coulda been a lawyer, I shoulda been a doctorI never been a actor, I'm nothin but a monsterI move in silence, speak with violenceThink with science, live free and walk with lionsCats around me with gats like Yasser ArafatIt takes a nation of millions to hold me backPounds of cush to push what I'm talkin aboutIt's hard to talk the talk with a gauge in yo mouthIt's hard to walk the walk with ya back blew outDon't let the things that you can't change stress you outCause X take the money and run, and raise a man from a sonAnd change the world with the power of one c'mon[Chorus]
