"Please baby, please don't leave"

(R. Prophit)

We represent the slums. alright

Let's get this m**r crunkin from Kentucky to Baghdad

Ya pops was always gone but that didn't make him a bad dad

We still managed to eat, and come to think wattn't half bad

But Doug was always on us bout the things that we never had

Now I was born in Oakland better known as the Coke Town

Done seen too many folk down, some put the soul down

Done heard my momma cryin if I knew what I know now

I'd pro'ly have to greet the party room with the fo' pound

I'm tryna keep my head on straight to keep me from catchin

In case I feel my insides burnin, musta swallowed all twenty-eight

I'm drinkin Milk of Magnesia, but still I ain't feelin straight

Some mo' had murdered my granddad over real-estate

(R. Prophit w/ sample playing in background)

Represent the slums... represent the slums

Represent the slums... aww, aww, aww, aww

Represent the slums... represent the slums

Represent the slums... aww, aww, aww, aww

(Big V)

Bupm it, if I put it out - suck it, if I pull it out

Ohh me, ya better kick it out, or ya livin in a haunted house

Ran what you tried to run, came how you tried to come

Did what you couldn't do, difference between me and you

Slum for a while now, country for a lifetime

Cool is what I choose to be, but that ain't what I used to be

Muddy waters couldn't drown a n**a, bloodhounds on the trail for real

Shakin up this rattle snake, givin niggaz hell for real

Turn a hold the dog deal, mucus and you hearin right

National Geographic ain't, f**n with this wildlife

Hissin; I'm finna strike, rattlin; I'm finna bite

Hell with a blue light, f**n with no rules tonight!

() - 2X

(Scales)

Now once again, you see me layin down the law

These cowards tryna catch me like my hustle got a flaw

B**h I'm Southern bred

That's where you break it down to raw and then you flush the rest

I said you break it down to raw and then you flush the rest

And I ain't playin witcha'll haters since y'all f**d up my order

Got me playin with a gram, coulda been up to a quarter

Now my cousin, called me up and said he finally did it

Graduated from a handheld, to primary digits

Cuz in the slums we don't work we just grind and gamble

Guarunteed I got that s**t, niggaz dyin to sample

Now whattchu know about that work from the states of Georgia

Cook so thick, collard, grits and water (we in the slums!)