Key: A minor
Verse 1
Cm
The song I sing
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Hanging with the honeys
is the song I sing
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Cm
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Busting my toast off the roof,
drinking 90 proof 'til spring
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things,
check
Verse 2
Cm
We started out making, small time bacon
Two little niggas faking,
talking 'bout flippin' cakes
Fm
For clothing and kick cheddar,
Cm
hoping it gets better
Gm
Cm
We had no knowledge of this shit
we just was with whatever
In front of your building clocking,
thought I was making a killing
Right in front of your children,
eight ball in my side pocket
Fm
They was corrupt too,
Cm
Fm
Cm
Gm
disrespecting the fiends I used to
Cm
Look up to, take it or leave it, fuck you
In different parts of the planet,
Oakland to New York
I'm hollering lifetimes,
Fm
he hollering Life's Too $hort
Cm
Parallel lives and jew els
held high
Gm
To the Range or the Rove,
Cm
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Cm
in exchanged, for your soul
You know how the game goes,
slang to get cheese
And speak in Chinese,
everybody gains the same dough
Fm
Get your shit scarred fucking
with my sick squad
Cm
Gm
From Marcy, to the Bay y'all,
Cm
we get large, biotch
Verse 3
Cm
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Hanging with the honeys is the song I sing
Cm
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Busting my toast off the roof,
drinking 90 proof 'til spring
Cm
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
Verse 4
Cm
So now you own a record label,
I got one too
We on a roll now,
can't nobody stop our crew
Fm
Cm
You can treat us like convicts,
you know we got records
On the shelf and on the charts
Db
the double deckers
Cm
The fat donkey house down the block,
belongs to me
You criticize the way I walk,
Fm
you wanna see my bankbook?
I'm not a crook,
Cm
I flipped the script and changed my ways
Gm
Cm
So I can get paid, everyday
I see the same old shit, I see in the streets
I know you think I'm selling
keys but I only sell beats
Fm
Dope fiend music, it's drug related
Cm
Gm
You can buy it on the corner,
Cm
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Cm
get a radio and play it
It always sounds better when
you turn it up loud
Rap music let these motherfuckers
know what we about
Fm
I know these gay ass record
Cm
Fm
labels keep fucking niggas
Cm
Gm
It's just like in the streets mane,
Cm
how much you get?
Verse 5
Cm
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Hanging with the honeys is the song I sing
Cm
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Busting my toast off the roof,
drinking 90 proof 'til spring
Cm
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
Verse 6
Cm
That's right,
I been a hustler for a long time
Always got the right beats,
never saying wrong rhymes
Fm
I started off with nothing ended
Cm
Fm
up with everything
Cm
Gm
Now I sip Hennessy in first
Cm
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Cm
class on every plane
Ask Jay- Z, he know what I'm saying
Always see me at the bank and
yes I'm going again
Fm
There ain't no dollar amount,
Cm
Fm
that can make me happy
Cm
Gm
Fine women, a big house,
Cm
a truck and a Caddy
Verse 7
Cm
Now peep, how sweet, niggas lives can get
Put beef aside,
the East and Westside connect
Short Dawg, and Jigga with the,
fo'- fo' flow
I got love for y'all motherfuckers
y'all just don't know
I know y'all got a thing for
them rag six- fo's
I like the five speed drops
pop the clutch then go
Fm
If you 're ballin', keep ballin',
if you jealous, stop
Cm
Gm
I want Biggie to rest in peace,
Cm
as well as 'Pac
How real is that?
Verse 8
Cm
On the road to riches and diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Hanging with the honeys is the song I sing
Cm
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
On the road to riches and
Fm
Cm
diamond rings
Real niggas do real things
Fm
Busting my toast off the roof,
drinking 90 proof 'til spring
Gm
Cm
Real niggas do real things
Verse 9
Cm
Bitch! Short Dawg's in the house
Jigga
Much love
Fm
Short Dawg, get your money mane
Gm
All the way from the West coast
Cm
Ha, how real is that
Outro 1
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