Based On A True Story (Edited)-Mack 10

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Dedrick Rolison/Art Banks [00:05.160]Newscaster: in the news tonight rap star mack 10 releases his secondSolo album titled "based on a true story," [00:12.787]and according to reliable sources ha, [00:15.373]he laughs in the face of the sophomore jinx. [00:17.542]after the release of westside connection and mack's new record, [00:20.964]gangster rap seems to be at an all time high. [00:23.994]Verse 1 [00:24.699]Either the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat [00:26.789]You either got ends or struggle to make ends meet [00:29.427]You can either turn square or keep the mind of a rebel [00:32.431]Some uppity livin' good some faced with death in the ghetto [00:35.200]I'm a product of the streets so I vow to never slip [00:38.074]So I trust no one and keep a p. coltrane on my hip [00:41.182]I always paid attention while my o.g's was teachin' [00:43.821]Rule number one if it's on blast the first nigga reachin' [00:46.825]Either death or the pen' shit I had to do better [00:49.228]It was a must I moved on and now I'm all about cheddar [00:52.023]A young entrepreneur I rather slang than bang [00:54.923]Now girls be like you go mack 10 baby do yo thang [00:57.666]So I continue to get down and I keep writin' rhymes [01:00.644]And I parlay every dollar to flip at least a hundred times [01:03.256]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [01:06.129]And everything I recite's based on a true story [01:08.872]Chorus <"story" sung in background throughout> [01:09.029]You can feel nigga [01:09.264]You know it's real nigga [01:09.421]It's based on a true story [01:25.617]Based on a true story [01:27.315]Verse 2 [01:32.095]The year 1986 is when it all started [01:34.342]Now eleven years later we still rough and cold hearted [01:37.006]And as the saga continues I ride the wave like a sea doo [01:39.775]Not to knock hip hop but gangsta rap is what we do [01:42.596]Niggas on they first album [01:44.111]Already sold a mil' [01:45.548]So before you knock our style [01:46.959]At least admit that it's real [01:48.134]It's all sex drugs and violence [01:49.623]So you pretend you ain't checkin' [01:50.903]You mean to tell me people [01:52.471]Really ain't dyin' every second [01:53.646]Now y'all made the rules Niggas can say what they choose [01:56.676]So if you gone ban gangsta rap [01:57.904]Then you got to ban the news [01:59.262]That means no weather report [02:00.673]No waco and the bad reverand [02:01.744]No channel 4 channel 7 and no film at eleven [02:04.722]With no high school diplomas we became millionaires [02:07.778]Media mad 'cause we winning and we really playin' fair [02:10.547]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [02:13.395]And everything I recite's based on a true story [02:16.294]Chorus [02:39.151]Verse 3 [02:39.543]I crumble green on a magazine [02:40.431]Ready to roll a joint [02:41.502]Damn in this billboard [02:42.809]I'm number one with a hollow point [02:44.141]It was a rough road ahead [02:45.551]But for my kids I gotta pave it [02:47.197]So I twist one shake the weed out [02:48.582]Close the book up and save it [02:49.757]'cause my son li'l mack [02:51.116]Might grow up and have a crew [02:52.657]And he can show all his homies [02:53.963]This what my daddy used to do [02:55.321]See I was raised around gangstas [02:57.019]And grindas since a youth [02:58.090]So the shit I rap abouts like 99% truth [03:01.120]With dedicated fans from bebe kids [03:03.106]To bambinos and niggas that's ceo's [03:05.013]Before they reach they three o's [03:06.632]Maneuver through the corporate world [03:07.860]Makin' moves to take ours [03:09.166]Rolling big german luxury and italian sports cars [03:11.987]So watch what you do 'cause you know we playa hated [03:15.122]And everytime it's a homicide they call it gang related [03:17.682]So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [03:20.477]And everything I recite's based on a true story [03:23.246]Chorus (2x) [03:36.412]Too short talking: say mack baby, it's yo pa'tna short dog man. [03:49.630]You know I got yo back boy. you know a nigga like me I just left [03:53.966]The ferrarri dealer man. I ain't go lie I know you ridin' rims. [03:57.362]But the problem is, it's a lot of mothaf*ckas out there that think we [04:02.822]Rappers man. that think we just sit at home and make this up at [04:04.781]Our momma's house. I hate to tell y'all man some of us are real playas [04:09.065]Real ballers biitch.