Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's on
Where they at, where they at, where they at?
[Verse 2]
I sold tapes every day, me and Freddy B
Been famous since 1983
Give me ten dollars and you straight get blessed
A rap all about called The Special Request
Oakland, you know I go way back
To Cougnuts, fast 'Stangs, and Cadillacs
When homeboys put Vogues on any car
With six by nines smokin' burners
Everybody got addicted to my dope fiend beat
Whole town fucked around and started smokin' D
Every rap I ever made was about this town
I made seven whole albums with no James Brown
And even though I love his music, I just can't stand
The way they used it all up and didn't pay the man
And after two platinum albums, you call me weak
'Cause I don't sell records in the East
[Verse 3]
Now what's funky, I say pussy on an old hoe
I guess y'all fools don't know
Why some good rappers can't sell no tapes
It's not the company's fault, the shit sounds fake
You wanna be in the trunk with the boomin' box
While the young bitches ride on your jock
You can't do it like this, homie, so just pass it
And stop kissin' those
It's like you smoked a whole damn key
You rap so fast, you keep leavin' the beat
I'm from the old school, I love P-Funk
But now rap music is all they want
So when I'm in my car, I play Clinton
And when I'm on the stage, I start pimpin'
And when I hear your shit, I push eject
Then I throw it out the window with the rejects
[Verse 4]
And when the hardcore rappers go soft
I like to watch when they ass fall off
'Cause ain't nothing worth kickin' like a sucker MC
And any other rappers ever talk about me
I don't stop rappin', that's all I can say
And how I dog bitches everyday
But if you can't be a dogg, then you're weak
You be phony like a sideshow freak
Some rappers try to come off positive
Where I'm from, that just ain't how it is
They say rap music is here to stay
But the sucker MCs don't think that way
It took eight long years before I got my break
So I wonder why rappers make fake-ass tapes
You won't get paid like I did, so give up punk
And while you're in the studio, I'm in the trunk
[Verse 5]
You got no choice, so don't flip that coin
This ain't the military, you punks can't join
It ain't pop, it's called underground rap
From Oakland, California and the shit sounds phat
I'm spittin' raps to my motherfucking homies
That's why they listen to the one and only
I used to be broke, but now we all used to be
Got no game for a bitch, all the game is for me
And these bitches can't say shit to me
They never could fuck with $hort, baby
I'm not a tongue-twistin' rapper with a funny style
Don't dress hip hop and dance real wild
But I do sell records like a motherfucker
Even though you must think I'm just another sucker
I find a beat and then never switch
Grab the microphone and then call you a bitch
[Verse 6]
You want rent money, I got pimp money
One thing's for sure, I won't give it to a ho
I throw a bitch in the goddamn trunk
And start slammin' that Oakland funk
$hort Dogg's in the house once again
Tryin' to fade to platinum with Shorty the Pimp
And when I do, I'm goin' straight to the bank
Withdraw some money and buy some dank
You can't relate to my motherfucking homies
That's why they listen to the one and only
I grew up on the funk called P
But these motherfuckers growin' up on me
But if I ego trip and my head is fucked
I take my ass back to where I grew up
And get real boy, it's never too late
Before I do like you and make a weak ass tape
I'm in the trunk
Written by: Stuart Jordan, Todd Shaw