[Daz whispering] This nigga to give it all to me with the cut *door knocking*
[Kurupt] Get the door
[Daz Dillinger] Yo wassup? What you need? Hmm? Yeah I'm out
Hop in the '6-3 Chevy, countin boutin the heat Scapin thru the streets with my niggas bumpin hellafied beats See us, niggas play for keeps, kill the strong and the weak >From the Eastside of Long Beach, that's 2-1 Street See we, live and die by the gun and the knife And I, high as a kite, corrallin thru the night Haha, stackin hundreds, we kept the drugs and hoes comin (Come on) Young gunnin, tortured, no need to be punished (Yeah) All we have of the system is big cabbage Lifestyles is lavish, livin my life from Dallas It was a challenge, livin my life like a savage To have or to not to have it or nobody can have it Un-touch-able, inde-struct-able Get in my way and we're dustin you As a kid this the type of shit that we dreamed of Money, cars, bitches and drugs I prevail, the crack sales then got in jail Couldn't post bail now my home is livin in a cell Thirty years with no parole as I grow old You won't see me on the streets til I'm 60 years old
Chorus: Daz singing
Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live
[Warren G] It's the A, Team, operation regime Money and dreams got me hooked with schemes >From the Time Square walk to America's best Long Beach is the spot, got a lot of respect Cos I'm a vet, regulate and never hesitate I stay hungry so fill my plate I'm just a young black nigga tryin to flip an end Five year probation, nigga fuck the pen Whattup, Uncle Kev doin eight upstate I heard you're benchin ten plates, knockin out inmates It's just a way of life, nigga shootin the dice Now you hit all craps, now you payin the price Livin the thuggish life
Chorus:
Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live, we live, we live
[Kurupt] G, Dove, we, mob Killin all y'all, that is our job And if you thought it was The Gang then you hit it on the knob Slide and flip like cocoa bricks, takin your 6 and leavin it on the side of the freeway on bricks Schitzomanic, automatic, schizophrenic, six It's just a psychosomatic, original Dogg Pound criminal, ya ever heard of me? Kurupt, Young Gotti, motherfucker D-P Why is life fucked up? Toe-up scrapin from the flo' up to the ceilin, the fo's bust for my children to grow We live to let go, nigga
Chorus/Outro:
Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live
Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live Why oh why, why oh why, why oh why [Snoop] It's only for the money do we live in dangerous lives? [Snoop] It's only for the money It's just the gangsta life we live, we live, we live