[Intro: WC & Nate Dogg] Yea Turn the music up a little bit Dah-dah-daaah Uh, yea Lah-dah-daaah A little bit louder Right there Dah-dah-daaah In the name of the streets
[Verse 1: WC] Click, click, boo-ya, Dub kicked the frame in (uh-huh) Nigga, let the games begin As I stand in, tossed the tall can on a campus Out the land of the scandalous, takin' penitentiary chances Sick wit' it, off the ric wit' it Blue beanie knitted; freshly acquitted Grind-grimey, the big body and the big body Wit' lyrics and 'draulics hotter than the Mojave Sellin', global bailin', career felon Escalade, 3-braid beard wearin' Fuck it, I thug for free and thug to eat Niggas call me hog head 'cause I love the cheese Gangstas, hustlas, pimps, if ya follow me Let me see ya put them hands up like a robbery I solemnly swear to stay down and slang the C I spit in the name of the streets
[Chorus: Nate Dogg] I'm gonna roll (I'm gonna roll) I'm gon' stay fly (I'm gonna stay fly) I'm gonna bust (I'm gonna bust) Hold my hood up high (Throw my hood up high) In the name of the streets I'm gonna roll (I'm gonna roll) I'm gon' rich ride (I'm goin' rich ride) I'm gonna ball (I'm gonna ball) Hold my hood up high In the name of the streets
[Verse 2: WC] This is for them G niazz Dub-S and my East niazz Both side street niazz This is for them DJ's coast to coast movin' this Spin-ni-nin them turntables, that bomb Peruvian Smashous, best trappers for cash and Dumpin' blunt ashes outta them S-Classes This is for them riders, ridin' for them M's Ghetto ass niazz on them big shiny rims (uh huh) Thrashin' ya, back at ya, bringin' it massive I drop it on ya drastic, another hood classic Dump the "Ghetto Heisman," seeing more cabbage A street nia livin' on CEO status Unlock the rack, Def Jam, cock it back Recess is over, I want my spot back Who's the next out the city to blow, coming at 'em In a Pea coat and Stacy Adams, you're lookin' at 'em
[Chorus: Nate Dogg] I'm gonna roll (I'm gonna roll) I'm gon' stay fly (I'm gonna stay fly) I'm gonna bust (I'm gonna bust) Hold my hood up high (Throw my hood up high) In the name of the streets I'm gonna roll (I'm gonna roll) I'm gon' rich ride (I'm goin' rich ride) I'm gonna ball (I'm gonna ball) Hold my hood up high In the name of the streets
[Bridge: Nate Dogg] I told a woman I don't love her but she wants to go I told another that I want her but she wants to ho I ain't a hater, I'm a player so I fucked 'em both In the name of the streets
[Outro: WC & Nate Dogg] Dah-dah-daaah (Yeah) Lah-dah-daaah (Dub-C) Dah-dah-daaah (The "Ghetto Heisman") In the name of the streets Swangin' through a hood near you Dah-dah-daaah Lah-dah-daaah Dah-dah-daaah In the name of the streets
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The Streets is the first single from WC’s second studio album “Ghetto Heisman”, featuring Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg, and is produced by Scott Storch.
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