Kingpin It's Boldface James Chemist 227 Yeah Nigga, just give me a reason They say it never rains in Southern California But when you from a state where it's always snowin' You tend to not believe the things that people tell you Shit that I done seen, please, believe they gon' fail you In your time of dire needs, street dreams they gon' sell you Take you to a place where can't nobody gon' help you Or run to your rescue, I give respect where it's due You, you only gon' do what I let you Nigga don't let me catch you with this Drew Bledsoe And I look at you reaching for a gun you can't get to Beat you to the stash, it don't matter what he grab When I flash, you can have drum on your pistol or A pack of machines stuffed full of SCUD missiles With extended magazines, niggas gon' get they issue By any means, shit, we more than official Put you out of your misery, have a morgue in it with you Who do you believe in? (Me or them?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (So think again) And I done been deceived So it's a lot of things that don't sit right with me so be easy (Cool, my dude) Who do you believe in? (Them or me?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (When you me) And by the looks of things, this shit ain't what it seems Nigga, just give me a reason Bullets holes in my mama whip, seven chrome in my mama couch Watchin' the way I'm walkin' before they run in my mama house Baby bro with the problems, I promise he'll never talk it out Grammar school I drew on the lines, was born to chalk 'em out 5-0s from the G-Unit in the raid van, but I seen through it Got a deuce-five in the Skate House, that was tenth grade back in '09 Got a four-five soon as Nitty died, on the North side banging sixty-five I don't give passes, back-back and shit-bag, I'm shit-drastic Piss-poor so I skip classes, still got on them Jays though No problem, nigga, I'll pop a nigga to get the shit that he paid for Brown bandana sittin' on my face, I'm a Yannc, ho Got a black bitch from Bompton down to spank hoes Never hit the court room stand with that Drake flow Tryna get that Drake dough, living where he started at Eight ain't got no hammer, just blam 'em, ain't gotta cock it back Boy Who do you believe in? (Me or them?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (So think again) And I done been deceived So it's a lot of things that don't sit right with me so be easy (Cool, my dude) Who do you believe in? (Them or me?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (When you me) And by the looks of things, this shit ain't what it seems Nigga, just give me a reason After the first time, it's pretty much a piece of cake So if you ain't 'bout this life, you probably can't relate to it If you were silver-spoon-fed back in '88 I had to eat with my hands out of paper plates Made my great escape, Satan's greatest trick Was convincin' the world that he didn't exist So meet the man, not the myth The devil in the flesh, Hell block, Drug Zone 76 Detroit, Michigan, we the new Bangladesh The source and the fear, I need a new weigh connect (Trey-six) To give 'em to me for the two-way, if best And, of course, that depends on if you make it back In [?] have you ever perhaps Been in a trap so hot that you couldn't relax? Sweatin' bullets, hundred shots in a TEC Got a crook in my neck and it ain't no lookin' back Who do you believe in? (Me or them?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (So think again) And I done been deceived So it's a lot of things that don't sit right with me so be easy (Cool, my dude) Who do you believe in? (Them or me?) 'Cause looks can be deceivin' (When you me) And by the looks of things, this shit ain't what it seems Nigga, just give me a reason