I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      I work the graveyard shift 'cause I'm dead on my feet y'all   Really want to quit but the kids got to eat y'all   See money can't buy you power but it can pay the water bill on time   So them kids can take a shower      And I swear to God if they keep on raising these gas prices   I'm a sell this Chevy and go buy me a bike   I'm a king but my crown in a lay way   And I'm just a day away from giving up      I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      See I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      Credit card company called said my bill is overdue   Told them I couldn't afford to pay them and rent too   They told me they were gonna sue me   I said, "If you didn't want me to use it   Then you shouldn't have gave it to me"      And what's up with these people blowing up buildings   And nothing really gangsta about blowing up children   Would cry but my eyes in a lay way   And I just a day away from giving up      See I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      See I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      Foreign places, court cases, seems they always on my line   I don't trip, I just dip pop the top on my '69   Fleetwood Cadillac mirror with my boys on back   Chandelier so superior Louis Vuitton oatmeal interior      Bossy Boss, mink seats, what it cost   Speak yo peace, can't you see ain't no big deal?   Have a seat lil' homie and enjoy your meal   Close the door and don't drop crumbs on my flo'   Here we go, soul food, so cool and I got this      I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      See I got this old school, the color of soul food   Candied yam racing strips, pipes potato white   Cornbread interior trimmed in collard greens   Air freshener smell like chicken and pork and beans      Lyfe, Big Snoop, Soul Food, oh I got this greenery   'Cause we need some vegetables too   Gotta have you vegetables   That's what it is old school, soul food, old school, soul food