[Intro]
You keep on to the beat y'all
You keep on to the beat y'all
You keep on to the beat y'all
You keep on to the beat y'all

[Verse 1]
One year ago when everybody was chillin
The brother on the ave began the life of a villain
Dealin, stealin everything he got a hold on
He clocked a lot from the spots that he rode on

Got enough paper to get him a package
His boys came clean with everything they was packed with
The brother was streetwise, a real money maker
He began to roll more dough than a baker

From houses to kilos, he knocked on fast
Cops harassed, 'cause the boys got cash
Everyday hangin on the streets
Listen to Ice Cube 'cause he don't give damn about peace

Much sales he was knockin, females jockin
The small dealers would clock him
For an ounce of somethin good
'Cause he's drug dealer, of the neighborhood

[Chorus]
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
Somebody said you had it goin on

[Verse 2]
Now this young brother had ends to spend
From the game he's in, now it's time to get a Benz
A crazy hype new car, with boilers and rims
'Cause to him he was rollin' like a star

Cocaine white in the night it was a fly sight
On the ave the way he rolled was quite hype
His new beeper number was known
He didn't need a quarter 'cause in his ride, he had a car phone

Tinted windows, the system was done loud
And on the avenue every brother would come proud
Around, 'cause he's the biggest nigga in town
While you play games his deals are goin down

He got a young hooker that's hype
Her skin is light, her pants worn tight
He bought the female everything
From leathers to furs and pretty soon, the Benz was hers

But that's alright he bought another
A Cadillac for his mother, a jeep for his brother
The slummy lives foul but the brother lives good
And he's the drug dealer, of the neighborhood

[Chorus]
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
Somebody said you had it goin on

[Verse 3]
One day he was coolin'
He was counting his papers in front of the school when
Another dealer rode up
Yo your clockin on my turf and I wanna get a cut

The brother just laughed and said fuck you
The other nigga in the car said yo I want a cut too
They didn't know the type of brother they was dealin with
They caught a bullet of piece from the steel he gripped

And sped off and didn't look
The brother don't play to this day he's a sophisticated crook
Runs his own block a big shop with much cash
But how much more can my man's luck last

Yo that's the chance he takes to get paid
A prison in death, the brothers not afraid
'Cause all of his life he's been a crook in the hood
Now he's the drug dealer, of the neighborhood

[Chorus]
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man

[Verse 4]
The neighborhood's not the same as it was in the past
Brothers smokin crack and brothers makin cash
The neighborhood drug dealer is the roll model
Just say no is the government's motto

But that don't work in my neighborhood
'Cause the dealers got a kilo with crack and it's good
And it's about time to get rid of it
So he plans the day, and a place to deliver it

To another brother who needs it
The cash is exchanged no games, and the deal is completed
Somebody yells out freeze, your busted
Sold to a cop nigga shouldn't have been trusted

A dead end he begins 20 years in the pen
'Cause it's a game that you can't win
You gotta thrive to knive and strive to stay alive
'Cause in the ghetto, only the strong survive

To be a big man a young dealer be dreamin
While in the projects the big heads be fiendin
Lookin for somethin good
From the drug dealer, of the neighborhood

[Chorus]
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
He's the neighborhood drug dealer, my man
Somebody said you had it goin on