[Makaveli verse one] Huh, increase the doses, bustin whoever closest Thug livin, hell or prison, never losin my focus I'm makin money moves mandatory End of discussion my past records tell a story Picture niggaz we rushin and still bustin til the cops come runnin, duck in abandoned buildings Ditchin my gun, oh what a muthafuckin feelin I live the lifestyles of drug dealers, But now legitly So I laugh til I'm cryin, when the law come get me No baby momma drama, nigga miss me, Why plant seeds in a dirty bitch, waitin to trick me Not the life for me Livin carefree, til I'm buried - and if they dare me I'm bustin on niggaz until they scurry, I'm clearly a man of military means and my artillery Watchin over me through every murder scene From adolescence, to my early teens, though we was gonna die Sellin dope to all the fiends, at times I wanna cry And still, we try to change the past, in vain Never knowin if this game'll last, feelin ashamed Cocaine the product of the devil, am I sellin my soul? Got tired of small time livin, niggaz tellin me no I got MINE, FUCK THEM OTHER SUCKERS, that's the mentality Jealous-ass bustaz, make it hell for us!
[Makaveli chorus] This is how we ride Westside Not knowin if we'll live or die Westside Catch me rollin with my motherfuckin guns on the side Westside In case of drama, I'm the first to break wild Westside Do we all die Westside This is how we ride Westside Not knowin if we'll live or die Westside Catch me rollin with my motherfuckin guns on the side Westside In case of drama, I'm the first to break wild Westside until they all die
[Makaveli Verse two] No insanity plea from me, I rock the beef til I burn Censor me and bar your kids from the lessons I learned And in turn I'm hostile guess you could call me anti-social Niggaz shakin like they caught the holy ghost when I approach em Try to politic, before I smoke em, like Sun Tzu Niggaz do unto these snitches, before it's done to you And if the cops come arrest me in the evening best believe they runnin for my dogs in the mornin And if I die by a slug, the death of a true thug Tell me will my niggaz mourn me? Gettin blowed out High, watch me murder the bird, before he testify Strikes, walkin close to my third, I live a trouble life And if you dream be a part of my team From Long Beach to Queens, drug dealers to ex-fiends Keep yo' eyes on the prize, nigga watch for bustaz Either heaven or jail, it's still hell 4 a hustler!
[Makaveli chorus]
This is how we ride Westside Not knowin if we'll live or die Westside Catch me rollin with my motherfuckin guns on the side Westside In case of drama, I'm the first to break wild Westside Do we all die Westside This is how we ride Westside Not knowin if we'll live or die Westside Catch me rollin with my motherfuckin guns on the side Westside In case of drama, I'm the first to break wild Westside until they all die, Outlaw!, baby!