(Chorus) x2   These days, you gotta be strapped   I'm already knowin ain't nobody got my back   these days you gotta be down   who said it was easy claiming Dogg Pound      I believe I got good skills   we been makin music since we were kids   thats all I wanna do, for life   keepin it real until the day I die   obstacles get in my way   continue to mash and dont forget to pray   I keep my hand on my steel   because I love my life and I always will   whatever people say to me   I take it in stride I'm thinkin negro please   if you really dont know me   then you best back up, I suggest strongly   they started this DPG   until the day I D-I-E   for my L-I-F and E   no matter where I look thats all I see   and I know...      (Chorus) x2      Many niggaz cling to me   I think its because they see me on BET   'cause everybody knows my name   all the police think I'm serving cane   jealous niggaz call us out   but I dont worry long as I hear their mouths    if ever they decide to kill   you better be prepared because I know I will   I think I can guarantee   you dont wanna be standin next to me   before my final curtain call   I forsake save hen and wont be long   so if we bump hits in the streets   or even at some party   you niggaz really can't see me   my request is that you stop trying   before I let go...      Chorus x2      Daz-   Everyday, the 45 stays I'm jackin for whoever   I bustin takin now bowin down never   gotta watch my back for these coppers   as well as these niggaz that I kick it with   they stick you faster than these bitches will   since I'm pimpin everybody wants my riches   and I can't keep the Don from buying weed actin everytime   I smoke constantly and can't flinch me   from commitin the murders so I chill and puff the herb   who gots my back nobody   little John Gotti's layin niggaz down at the homey's party   all be goin crazy I guess we are bein who we are    really say the nigga gotta be a star   I gots to get mine and if I blast then its my destiny   if I die then it was meant to be intentionally   worry stressin I'm guessin no confession   when the murder take place set yourself protection      Chorus x4 to fade