This ain't another story 'bout hittin' your missus 'Cause I get more money than I get bitches And for years I been runnin' plays, get money a hundred ways And I know a hundred slugs go in the AK I learned to pay homage to the ones before me So when I came through the door, they wouldn't ignore me Steady payin' my dues, blood stains on my shoes And only because I had to spray some wack crews I don't know where to start, don't know where to begin God, forgive me for my sins, I was makin' my ends I was keepin' control, they was sellin' they souls I was on that road, everything that glitters ain't gold See the game's to be sold, not told in kill mode The money still spend no matter how old Gotta know when to hold 'em, gotta know when to fold Gotta know the G code, gotta know when to explode Gotta know how to walk, talk, live like that Gotta know how to give love to get it like that Gotta know how to fall off and bounce right back My name's Esham, you pronounce it like that If you spit the wicket shit, then I taught you how to rap You was dead, I tough your head, then I brought you right back If you come to my hood, I'ma front you a sack When I'm in your hood, my Cadillac be Detroit black Let's keep it all connected, 'round the world, respected And always spit the truth so they don't reject it Man, they said I'm a skeptic, paranoid, I'm a kleptic Murder music on my mind, always countin' my blessin's Never stressin' to the lessons life be dealin' to me Murder's always on my mind, it's just a feelin' to me You tryin' to get this money, you must be willin' to be But you'd rather see me dead, you ain't feelin' a G They be killin' me softly, but nigga, get off me I wake up in the mornin' to that fresh brewed coffee Then I cause a ruckus, I'm a known neck cutter I smother motherfuckers, got that bread and that butter What a tangled web, [?] practice to deceive This practice goes back all the way to Adam and Eve Heavy mental with the pencil nervous coincidental I was pervin' hella swervin' pulled to the curb in the rental Parental advisory advising these suicidalists inside of me I spit the wicket shit for all them motherfuckers who lied to me So take a murder ride with me, don't be surprised to see That I'd die for you, 'cause you would die for me