213 Lyrics

Album: The Hard Way

Appreciation Lyrics

[Warren G]

 213

 Childhood homies way back in the day

 since then it's been 213 the hard way

 Rapping on the street corners, young as can be

 All the local groups called us Run-DMC

 Me? Warren G, I was Jam Master Jay

 Mixed with my big brother Dr. Dre

 Now I got shouts to say

 We still want Eazy like bedstyle people, we want Biggie

 In memory of Tupac, Left Eye, Aaliyah

 Heaven sent, say hi to my mama when you see her

 Rest in peace but let's take it back to the streets

 With so much drama in the LBC

 It's kind of hard being a G from 213

 Times was hard for a superstar

 But don't nobody notice who you are

 We worked hard and stayed true to the game

 Kept faith, kept God and now you know our name

 

 [Chorus - Nate Dogg]

 A big shout out to all my family and friends

 When times got hard, you were still be there

 You give me inspiration like strength from the sun

 Feel like destiny's son, yeah

 

 [Snoop Dogg]

 To be a rapper was my dream

 And have a lot of money and live like a king

 To have a handful of rings

 And to make the kind of music that the whole world sings

 Battle rap was the thing

 And King Park was the spot where all the homeboys hang, bang

 Just to go do our thang and form my gang

 And took off white a white boy in a van to get our change

 And moms knew what time it was

 And loved the way her baby boy came up, Cuz

 It's before I was Snoop Dogg on TV

 I'm talking about when I was like a little bitty BG

 Nigga me and Warren Gizzy and Nate Dizzy and Fatey Baby

 are talking about eighty-threezy, flip the clock up to '93

 And watch me rock the clock nonstop constantly

 on MTV and BET whatever you want

 Hit these niggaz with that motherfucking cheese (G-Funk)

 Funk to shake ya trunk nigga from the bottom bunk

 Now I'm moving on up, straight living it up

 Well known in the zone and I'm still homegrown

 Like Al B Sure, shit I'm on my own

 But there's one thing I'm missing and that's family

 Cuz without y'all I don't know where I'd be

 

 [Chorus]

 

 [Nate Dogg]

 There's no way I can forget about you

 Support for me, your love for me

 Your prayers for me when I'm in these streets

 And there's no way I can forget to thank ya

 For showing me the true meaning of unconditional love ooohhh

 When I be fucking up you always come with love

 You say you've had enough

 I just wanna thank ya

 Yeah yeah yeah

 I just wanna give

 

 [Chorus]