50 Ways Lyrics - Dj Quik

DJ Quik 

Why you keep givin me cards I can't keep? 

I throw these two back, you throw me two more, they're so cheap 

I couldn't get the winning hand that I wanted in my sleep 

Cause when the dream get good, I get trampled by sheep 

Nightmares, even when I'm walkin in day 

I'm havin dreams that I'm runnin but there's smoke in the way 

And there's this man in a suit, he take a toke and he say, 

"You have a promise that you made and you broke it today." 

Now which part of this movie here did I just miss? 

Did I really sell my soul to this big red bitch? 

I don't think what you got to offer is really enough 

For cars sex and houses, money and stuff 

I'd rather be broke and own nothin but piece of mind 

and a Benz, and a house, and a nine-deuce-nine 

on top, help me out before I sink the boat 

There's gotta be more than 50 ways to keep afloat 

Cause I feel like I'm suffocatin, I can't breathe 

I wanna go, but I'm too afraid to leave 

Take me with you Mausie, I know you're seein somethin grand 

as you fade away, and you gently release my hand 

And it shook my balance, cause you ain't no more alive 

You think I'd see you, if I chewed this 45? 

Oh I'd be the first person poppin three, droppin me 

to the abyss, but I miss, what's stoppin me? 

I got the pressures of the WORLD on my little back 

My nerves are turnin into jelly and I'm bout to crack 

You think I'm cheatin on my homies, by holdin back? 

No I really protect them all because the truth is wack 

Forever bars and forever scars 

Bein trapped and dyin young makes forever stars 

Tell me why am I so hesitant? 

And the way life's goin, looks like when hell comes, I'ma be a resident 

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DJ Quik 

They tell me Quik, suck it up, I'm supposed to 

But me and Mausberg was closer than most knew 

It ain't dramatized, and it ain't a fuckin act 

when you're traumatized, and it ain't no turnin back 

When you're so connected, and it's hard to keep your focus 

When you're so affected, and it's hard to love again 

When you're so neglected - suck it up, I'm 'posed to 

That ain't easy for somebody you're close to, shit 

See your homey in a coffin is so wicked and vivid 

It's gon' be harder on all of us, cause we gon' relive it 

Over and over, drunk or sober, from October to October 

I steadily feel like I'm gettin knocked over 

And all the money in the world, don't make it better 

And a whole bottle of alcohol, don't make it wetter 

With a blur and a slur I'm still callin ya name 

And on top of this drama you add fame? Wild 

But when you start to bubble then your friends they spite you 

And if you go to church, then hip-hop won't like you 

I feel like a giant on a worldwide stage 

but at the same time trapped in a real tight cage 

With no way out, I play out, then I come back 

Cause there's an unwritten law that says I can't be wack 

So I put on my game face, go back to the same place 

Only to realize that y'all ain't got the same taste 

Even with somethin new, they look at you cold 

And without a hot face, consider you old 

And leavin me stressed and broken-hearted 

How could I be finished with West coast rap? I helped start it! 

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