Appreciation Lyrics - The Hard Way - 213

213 

Childhood homies way back in the day 

Since then it's been 213 the hard way 

Rappin' on the street corners, young as can be 

All the local groups called us Run-DMC 

Me? Warren G, I was Jam Master Jay 

Mixed with my big brother Dr. Dre 

Now I got shouts to say 

We still want Eazy like bed style people, we want Biggie 

In memory of Tupac, Left Eye, Aliyah 

Heaven sent, say hi to my mama when you see her 

Rest in peace but let's take it back to the streets 

With so much drama in the LBC 

It's kind of hard being a G from 213 

Times was hard for a superstar 

But don't nobody notice who you are 

We worked hard and stayed true to the game 

Kept faith, kept God and now you know our name 

A big shout out to all my family and friends 

When times got hard, you were still be there 

You give me inspiration like strength from the sun 

Feel like destiny's son, yeah 

To be a rapper was my dream 

And to have a lot of money and live like a king 

To have a handful of rings 

And to make the kind of music that the whole world sings 

Battle rap was the thing 

And King Park was the spot where all the homeboys hang, bang 

Just to go do our thang and form my gang 

And took off white a white boy in a van to get our change 

And moms knew what time it was 

And loved the way her baby boy came up 

'Cause it's before I was Snoop Dogg on TV 

I'm talking about when I was like a little bitty BG 

Nigga me and Warren Gizzy and Nate Dizzy and Fatey Baby 

Are talking about eighty-threezy, flip the clock up to '93 

And watch me rock the clock nonstop constantly 

On MTV and BET whatever you want 

Hit these niggaz with that motherfucking cheese 

Funk to shake ya trunk nigga from the bottom bunk 

Now I'm moving on up, straight living it up 

Well known in the zone and I'm still homegrown 

Like Al B Sure, shit I'm on my own 

But there's one thing I'm missing and that's family 

'Cause without y'all I don't know where I'd be 

A big shout out to all my family and friends 

When times got hard, you were still be there 

You give me inspiration like strength from the sun 

Feel like destiny's son, yeah 

There's no way I can forget about you 

Support for me, your love for me 

Your prayers for me when I'm in these streets 

And there's no way I can forget to thank ya 

For showing me the true meaning of unconditional love, ooh 

When I be fucking up you always come with love 

You say, you've had enough, I just wanna thank ya 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I just wanna give 

A big shout out to all my family and friends 

When times got hard, you were still be there 

You give me inspiration like strength from the sun 

Feel like destiny's son, yeah