Slow Ya Roll Lyrics

[Verse 1: Young Buck]
Let me take you back to high school, '94
When at least when a nigga had time to go
Walk to the bus stop, selling rocks on the way
Little bad motherfucker with a pocket full of yay
Fell in love with a shorty that was bad
I would go and skip class just so I could see that ass
But she was too fast, and I was too slow
'Cause she wanted a nigga who already had dough
She found her a man who was like 24
But what she didn't know that he had plenty hoes
She was too young, so now he got a new one
'Cause shorty went and bought her a new gun
See when she catch this nigga she gon' do something
Not fight, but shorty gon' shoot something
But she never got a chance, a change of plans
Shot herself in the back putting the gun in her pants

[Chorus: Young Buck {with Chester Bennington}]
Live life young nigga, quit trying to be grown
You gon' miss momma when she dead and gone
So {slow your roll}, slow down, my nigga
{Slow your roll}, slow down my, nigga
Live life little mama, quit trying to be grown
You gon' miss daddy when he dead and gone
So {slow your roll}, you gotta slow down
{Slow your roll}, you gotta slow down

[Verse 2: Young Buck]
I got a graveyard tatted on my arm
So I'ma just start with my uncle William Hahn
My momma only brother, he served in the Navy
He lost his life because the war made him crazy

My nephew Shannon, 15 years old
When I think how he died I get real cold
'Cause they found him in a field with some crack stones
There was no flesh, it was just bones

I was just home, with my cousin Craig
And then I got a phone call said they found him dead
So what's next, ain't went to Bizz funeral yet
Instead of one casket I need two of them shits
It don't quit, just when you think I'm seeing better days
My auntie just find that she got AIDS
And it's fucked up, 'cause her life don't end
And she locked up, so she dying in the pen', damn

[Chorus: Young Buck {with Chester Bennington}]
Live life young nigga, quit trying to be grown
You gon' miss momma when she dead and gone
So {slow your roll}, slow down, my nigga
{Slow your roll}, slow down my, nigga
Live life little mama, quit trying to be grown
You gon' miss daddy when he dead and gone
So {slow your roll}, you gotta slow down
{Slow your roll}, you gotta slow down

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Young Buck gives us a glimpse into his dark past and tells all who listen to “slow their roll,” or chill out and take it easy before they make a mistake they’ll regret that could cost them embarrassment, a stint (or life) in prison, or death. Buck gives a lot of personal examples to those he knew who should’ve slowed their roll: his drug-dealing nephew, who ended up as a set of bones in a field; his ex-girlfriend, who fell in love with a player, wanted revenge, and ended up accidentally killing herself; his aunt and uncle, etc.

One of Young Buck’s most personal songs. Buck shows he has one of the best flows in the game and that he can talk about more than money, cars, clothes, jewelery, guns, and girls.

Buck gave props to Chester Bennington, lead singer from Linkin Park, for coming into the world of rap and doing his thing on the track. Two genres collide, and one of the most overlooked songs in hip hop is created.

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Release Date
March 27, 2007
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