F**k school, ni**a, I`ma be a dope dealer
I`ma be a killa, yep, a urban guerrilla
I`ma stack scrilla, yeah, buy me a villa
Sell a 5-0 to my auntie Priscilla

I don`t give a f**k that she look like Thriller
Hit that s**t one more time and f**k around and kill her
`Cause I got the heart of a Pittsburgh Steeler
Black ni**a draped in gold, with a nine milla

Love money, love jail, love that penitentiary mail
Love the way these ni**az smell, keep comin` back, can`t you tell?
Love to see my mama cry, love to see my babies struggle
Love to see my woman juggle nuts `cause she got to hustle

I don`t give a f**k how my life go
Now I`m a slave man to this caveman without Geico
Everybody wanna call Michael a psycho
But he ain`t never came through the hood with a rifle

Gunnin` ni**az down `cause they don`t got the right clothes
Hit the wrong person `cause we shoot just like hoes
First I was blood thirsty, Mr.-Mr. Controversy
Now I wanna beg for mercy, should have took my ass to Berkeley

If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?
If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?

F**k school ni**a, if I grow a little taller
Everybody tell me I`m gon` do it, I`m gon` be a baller
So f**k that thinkin`, f**k that thank
And f**k them Lincoln`s, I want Franklin`s

Come back through here with my crew
I`m gon` have my own shoe
I`m gon` be that little fool comin` in your living room
Starting point guard ni**a, fresh out of middle school
Either it`s the NBA or it`s the NFL

I don`t know what else I can do to keep my ass up out of jail
I wanna be like Tiger Woods, swing that club, make you sick
(I wanna be like Pacman Jones)
(I wanna be like Michael Vick)
I wanna be like Barry Bonds
(I wanna be like O.J. Simpson)

Leave this field, leave this prison
Tell you motherf**kers where to kiss `em
I wanna be all broke up, movin` all old and slow
I wanna be a alcoholic just like Broadway Joe
I wanna be a sideshow, kinda like Iron Mike
Used to have a few Bentleys, now I just ride a bike

If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?
If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?

F**k school, ni**a, they ain`t tryin` to educate me
All they give a f**k is what I memorized lately
I`m gon` have to teach myself, clock that money, get that wealth
I wanna be like Santa Claus, I don`t wanna be no f**kin` elf

No kid left behind but he get the run-around
Can`t you motherf**kers see that they tryin` to dumb us down?
Don`t trust the government, President is for sale
He don`t give a f**k about a ni**a, just a oil well
Sell crack, go to jail, bust a rap, go to hell

Do I got to sell my soul if I wanna go to Yale?
Go kiss Oprah`s ass if you wanna be Gail
I`d rather have my ass kissed up in Bloomingdale
You can go be a pimp, you can go be a hoe
But you only gon` get paid off what you know
If you don`t know s**t, then you can`t work for me
`Cause you read your first book in the penitentiary

If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?
If you don`t wanna shake that hood mentality
How the f**k we supposed to change our reality?