The Method

Aye, praise God for real, like I don't know, I don't know how y'all do it

But I see them getting real mad about how we do it

Only in Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland

Daygo, LB, City, we coastin'

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside

Sacramento, Vallejo, the Hillside

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

If I'm the one, then I gotta be the one, I'm a rep where I'm from

I'm a step where I'm from, goin' dumb, who is that?

Talk about my gang, I'ma show you

'Bout to double down, bruh, I told you, Westside, I ain't leavin'

Casting out these demons out the region

God placed you here for a reason

I pledge my allegiance

Do my lil' step and I'm smeezin'

Squabble on the devil, have him leakin'

They be cattin' on the Land, must be trippin'

Step for the Lord, that don't mean that I'm crippin'

What's up with these Christians?

It's the same message, the method is different

Let's go show them how we live it

Only in Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland

Daygo, LB, City, we coastin'

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside

Sacramento, Vallejo, the Hillside

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

Out here in the rubble, it's easy to get in trouble

We just tryna survive and keep from bein' unalived

Take a deep dive in the octagon where it's Mainey & Foolish

Where you might not be a carpenter, but you gotta keep you a toolie

Be alert and stay cautious and don't be corny and goofy

Choose your words wisely and don't be sayin' things that's loosely

Lord, please forgive these haters, for they know not what they do

Only person that I fear and I'm afraid of is You

I got hustle in my bones and my arteries and my spine

Every day is communion because I drink my own wine

Earl Stevens is my handle, and I've been poppin' for years

It's not too many rappers had this type of career

I keep my ear to the turf like Adam Schefter do sports

When I was eight years old, my mommy and daddy got a divorce

I asked the Lord to protect me, me and my family and squad

And only one I'll ever idolize is God

Scripture

Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland

Daygo, LB, City, we coastin'

L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside

Sacramento, Vallejo, the Hillside

West, West, West, West, West, West, West

Had to wake up, get this weight up off my chest

Cali streets is when I jumped up out the nest

If you, if you breathin', you can't say that you ain't blessed

Daygo up to Oceanside, Bakersfield up to the Bay

Stockton up to Sacramento, right back down into L.A.

Granny took me to the ocean, put me underneath the tide

When I came up out that water, I was dead, now I'm alive

You should be alive, you should wake up

Earthquakes and fires only made us get our faith up

Stayin' up late, I'm prayin' for the whole coast and my own folks

I got California love, but I want they soul woke

L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside

Come through the Westside

Sacramento, Vallejo, to Hillside

Come through the Westside

Come through

Compton, Stockton, Richmond, Oakland

Daygo, LB, City, we coastin'

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

L.A., Valley, Eastside, Westside

Sacramento, Vallejo, the Hillside

What you know about it? Tell me what you know

Tell me what you know about it, tell me what you know

Come through the Westside

Come through the Westside, yeah

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