[Chorus] They complain about my sagging pants They way I stand in my gangsta stance They don't understand why Why must I be that way?
[Verse 1: Joe Boy] It's like this, it's like that, always on my back None of this, none of that, expecting a yaps to the tap In the same frame of mind, in a different period of time Back in the day, bats and chains were used but now I'm dodging nines So please, ease off them stories you be tellin' me On how you hang then bang, cause man that ain't your history Realize, open your eyes, I know that it tempts to make you cry Terrorized, mother's eyes wondering if I'm going to die But them ?? I gotta go through and it ain't cool Powdering off the homies, lost a man, hope it's only a few Dippin' limos to the funerals in Lord's numerals ?? with my hair, better than my khakis hanging real low, so Retaliation is the aftermath, I got to blast On the laney suckers that left my homies in the bloodbath Incarceration can be a consequence and it don't make sense Being locked down in a cage, serving a life sentence But that's the chance I gotta take You wondering how could I make a decision that'll have my whole life put up at stake? Insane in the brain is what you claim But all along I'm easing pain, and feeling drained From all the drama that I done been through Livin' in the ghetto fool, it's hard to settle through, I try to peddle through The obstacles and how the system tries to can me Explain myself - but why? Y'all don't understand me
[Chorus] They complain about my sagging pants They way I stand in my gangsta stance They don't understand why Why must I be that way? They complain about the life I chose My hairstyle and my G'd up clothes They don't understand why Why must I be that way?
[Verse 2: Gee Dawg] Braids, afros and curls mackin' on women and girls There's a lot of fools out there downgrading my world (Why is that?) I live that love life, I live that high life I live that right life, I live that Compton life Livin' dangerously for the money makin' As a 'ru, life ain't nathin' if it can be taken So, in the mind of a niggero It starts to take what is yours, but y'all don't hear me though And for a factor I'm caught up in the rapture I'm labeled a jacker because my skin is blacker And I'll be what I thought to be Catch you slippin' and I'm takin' cars, money and jewerly Because my conscience don't bother me Inhale the stress in my chest then I'll jack someone else, huh Just the lifestyle, Gee Dawg was a trouble child I think I'm going down but in the meanwhile I'll continue to buck and blast Blast and drop punks until a G like me runs outta luck And then I'm stuck G, maybe six feet deep Than be a smoker I'd rather be shot dead in the streets But until then I'ma slang, get my game on girls I won't change for the next man cause they don't understand
[Chorus] They complain about my sagging pants They way I stand in my gangsta stance They don't understand why Why must I be that way? They complain about the life I chose My hairstyle and my G'd up clothes They don't understand why Why must I be that way? They complain about my pants...