| See this house right here, up on the left side? |
| It’s occupied by a man they call Money Mike. |
| But before he moved in the neighborhood |
| And he’ll tell you himself, that he was up to no good. |
| Now I remember seein' mike in the streets around |
| Didn’t know what he was in but he was deep down. |
| Had them Robin Leech toys when they came out |
| Rims that still spin when the car shut down. |
| Yep, he was livin it up and clever though |
| But he wasn’t clever enough he moves real slow. |
| ‘Cause when he went to re-up on green bags |
| Cats pulled a sucker move and the deal went bad. |
| I suppose Mike do regret that night |
| Two slugs to the spine made him not move right. |
| But Mike lived through said the message was clear. |
| So he left where he was from and then he moved in here. |
| Imma take you on a trip where my crib at Cause I’ve hangin in these parts since way back |
| It ain’t to far from the spot that you in You know the liquor store keep straight there’s my residence. |
| You hear the sound? then respond to that |
| You’re in my neighborhood where the party’s at. |
| So keep the feet movin from side to side |
| And get them hands in to space ‘til they scrape the sky. |
| Wassup Kaneesha! That’s my homey for shozen |
| Stays up at the house where the garage door open. |
| She moved from out west about a year and a half |
| And to see her smile now kinda makes me laugh. |
| The story of her life is like a drama mini series |
| To hear her vocalize it make a brother eyes teary. |
| She was probably 5 or 6 when mom and dad split, |
| Pops moved to pittsburg, hasn’t †seen hersince. |
| Moms passed soon after the liquor took her liver. |
| So she moved in with her auntie and started actin grown. |
| Graduated went to Spellman college |
| And the fact kaneesha was freaky was general knowledge |
| She was looking for love in all the wrong places, |
| Fall in for the thugs with the gold in their faces. |
| Laid with them all in hopes to build on it Gave them here and they kept stepping on it. |
| You would see her in the club showin back and neck |
| On that chemical affection that she called X She was a queen, didn’t believe it Nobody ever told her and I guess she didn’t see it. |
| She wanted change another chance to begin |
| Saw the light and on the way became a virgin again. |
| Used to think she did too much to ever get right |
| She ‘bout to make a lucky man a spectacular wife. |
| And then here lives my man Clayborn |
| Before he transferred in took a ride in the storm. |
| Came from rich roots with everything he could have wanted |
| But for some reason, Clayborn he didn’t want. |
| Top of his class and never played hooky |
| Until one day he ate a bag of gangsta cookies. |
| Messin with them guns for the street sensation |
| Stealin cars, pullin home invasions. |
| He got caught for doin some filthy work |
| Evidence, a shoe print cops found in the dirt. |
| His life rocked, print matched his shox |
| It was enough to send him up in the county cell spot. |
| Now a guest of the state, looking back at his deeds |
| He decided crime life wasn’t fillin his needs. |
| Like Morgan in Shawshank, Clayborn found redemption. |
| Got out the cuffs so that house then he moved in. |