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1st & 10

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1st & 10 Lyrics

[Intro]
Click, click
Click, click
Yeah
Click, click
DTP nigga!

[Verse 1: I-20]
I started with ten mack tens and ten clips and ten pens
Got ten times richer in the span of ten years
Bitch, I'm ten times two on a scale of one to ten
I'll battle ten crews with the strength of ten men

[Verse 2: Fate Wilson]
At nine, I was into crime, sex, and drugs
Pushin' an '89 Box Chevy sittin' on dubs
Nine thugs all ski masks, black suited with gloves
Break the imprinted chest with at least nine slugs

[Verse 3: Ludacris]
Man I ate eight clips with eight tricks, watching eight flicks
You's 8-6 if you ate pussy with fake lips
I figure eight when my mind goes in circles
Did I do that? Or was it Mystikal and Urkel?

[Verse 4: I-20]
On to 7 Ak 47, so what?
I got seven hoes stoppin' by at seven to fuck
Then put seven in your chest seven days a week
And add a foot for good measure you'll be seven feet deep
[Chorus: I-20, Fate Wilson & Ludacris]
It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4
3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door

These DTP niggas come ready for war
So don't start the fucking game if you won't settle the score

[Verse 5: Fate Wilson]
I got six hoes distributing on six blocks
It's blistering from cops tryna stop these rocks from distributing
Six gun shots left, one pint of Vodka before this pimp will hit
It's street justice, now it's six hole in your casket

[Verse 6: Ludacris]
Give me a high five and I'll put that nine lower than your esophagus
Then smack you so hard that you have to come with 2Pacalypse
Five stars, twenty rims, five cars
I'd add more but I had to subtract one from five bars

[Verse 7: I-20]
I got four forty-fours on a rip on the floor
For you niggas talkin' shit, I'm finna show you what for
I did four months in the bing instead of a hearse
Now it's DTP for life, dog for better or worse

[Verse 8: Fate Wilson]
I fuck three best friends, ran on all three the same game
In these streets I'm a murderer, I got three alias names
I'm three times insane, three shots will cave your brain
On 3 fire and ready, cock back and aim
[Chorus: I-20, Fate Wilson & Ludacris]
It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4
3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door

These DTP niggas come ready for war
So don't start the fucking game if you won't settle the score

[Verse 9: Ludacris]
I'm packing two twenty-twos and twice the ammunition
But at Friday the 13th, what's up now superstition?
I'm a two timer with a couple of twins, double jeopardy
With a pair of two deuces in the two seater Benz

[Verse 10: Fate Wilson]
I got one motto get dough 'til you go
I got one main lady the rest of y'all is hoes
I'm numero uno with one more before I go
If you think I ain't the one bitch you too slow

[Verse 11: I-20]
And all you zero ass niggas ain't nothin' to me
Because I chop up O's, move dro', and chop keys
0-6 is my clique along with PC
Pretty Rick, Calil, V-Slim and Shondrez

[Verse 12: Ludacris]
It goes 1 to 10 and 10 to 1
Ludacris, Fate Feeze, and that nigga I-20
It goes 1 to 10 and 10 to 1
Ludacris, Fate Feeze, and that nigga I-20
[Chorus: I-20, Fate Wilson & Ludacris]
It goes 10-9-8-7-6-5-4
3-2-murder 1 lyrics at your door

These DTP niggas come ready for war
So don't start the fucking game if you won't settle the score

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Genius Annotation

On this Back for the First Time cut, Luda & two of his DTP crew members count down from 10 to 1 – each verse is one number. Originally on Ludacris' first independent album Incognegro.

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