N Da Closet Lyrics - It Takes A Thief - Coolio

5:30 in the morning and I haven't been to sleep 

A pair of raggedly ass Pro Wings on my feet 

Ten dollars in my pocket and now I'm on the creep 

To the double up spot 'cos the shit is comin' cheap 

It's 1984 and the rocks is all fat 

Southern California L.A. is where it's at 

I'm smokin' like a motherfuckin' choo choo train 

Big cocaine inside my brain aah 

But nobody knows that I'm on the hype 

Use to be in cream well now I hit the pipe 

Face sucked in, yellow tooth grin 

No bitches, no friends, no ends to spend 

I'm stuck like a rat in a sticky ass trap 

And I sold everything but my motherfuckin' gat 

I got a habit like a rabbit and I wanna stop it 

But I can't 'cos I'm locked n da closet 

Oh make me wanna holler, right into my life 

Oh make me wanna holler, right into my life 

Oh make me wanna holler, right into my life 

Listen homey 

No rehabilitation, no wantin' to talk to 

Doin' crimes on every fuckin' place I can walk to 

I still get props in the hood when I stroll by 

'Cos niggas don't know that I'm smokin' like Popeye 

Mama's in the kitchen cookin' rice 

Daddy's in the pen doin' life 

Sister gotta husband, she's a wife 

And I'm in the backyard hittin' the pipe 

It's been three or four months since I started usin' 

It's a uphill battle and now I know I'm losin' 

I go to the spots where my face ain't familiar 

And I cook here jack 'cos I don't know these niggas 

I'm livin' like a peasant and it ain't pleasant 

I think I need to change my direction 

I got the five dollar piece now I'm all in the carpet 

In the dark 'cos I'm locked n da closet 

Someone's knockin' at the door, somebody's ringin' a bell 

Somebody's locked n da closet, somebody's goin' to hell 

Do me a favor, open the door and let 'em have it 

Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

One year done passed and now I'm lookin' dusty 

Disgusted because my own mama don't trust me 

My sister's on the trip 'cos she knows I'm on the hit 

And I can't take this shit 

There's a rumor goin' round that I'm puffin heavily 

And my neighbors is lookin' at me crazy, G 

I guess they figured out that I broke in they house 

And stole all they shit while they was out 

My sister told my aunt and my aunt told Pam 

And Pam let it slip to that bitch Roxanne 

Roxanne told Bill and Bill told Duke 

Now the whole hood knows that I play the flute 

But before I lost my respect 

I didda lick your dumb ass on a jet, shit 

Now I'm back to life, yeah I'm back to reality 

Ain't no side effects or technicalities 

There's one thing about it when your life is fucked 

At the bottom the only way to go is up, aah 

No more cocaine bitches 

I kick the door off the motherfuckin' hinges, I'm out the closet 

Someone's knockin' at the door, somebody's ringin' a bell 

Somebody's locked n da closet, somebody's goin' to hell 

Do me a favor, open the door and let 'em have it 

And let 'em have it 

Someone's knockin' at the door, somebody's ringin' a bell 

Somebody's locked n da closet, somebody's goin' to hell 

Do me a favor, open the door and let 'em have it 

Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah