Based On A True Story Lyrics - Singles - Mack 10

Newscaster: In the news tonight rap star Mack 10 releases his second 

solo album titled "Based On A True Story," and according to reliable 

sources Ha, he laughs in the face of the sophomore jinx. After the 

release of Westside Connection and Mack's new record, gangster rap 

seems to be at an all time high. 

Verse 1 

Either the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat 

you either got ends or struggle to make ends meet 

You can either turn square or keep the mind of a rebel 

some uppity livin' good some faced with death in the ghetto 

I'm a product of the streets so I vow to never slip 

so I trust no one and keep a P. Coltrane on my hip 

I always paid attention while my O.G's was teachin' 

Rule number one if it's on blast the first nigga reachin' 

either death or the pen' shit I had to do better 

It was a must I moved on and now I'm all about cheddar 

a young entrepreneur I rather slang than bang 

now girls be like you go Mack 10 baby do yo thang 

So I continue to get down and I keep writin' rhymes 

and I parlay every dollar to flip at least a hundred times 

So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory 

and everything I recite's Based On A True Story 

Chorus 

You can feel nigga 

It's based on a true story 

You know it's real nigga 

Based on a true story 

Verse 2 

The year 1986 is when it all started 

now eleven years later we still rough and cold hearted 

and as the saga continues I ride the wave like a Sea Doo 

not to knock hip hop but gangsta rap is what we do 

Niggas on they first album 

already sold a mil' 

So before you knock our style 

at least admit that it's real 

It's all sex drugs and violence 

so you pretend you ain't checkin' 

You mean to tell me people 

really ain't dyin' every second 

Now y'all made the rules 

niggas can say what they choose 

So if you gone ban Gangsta rap 

then you got to ban the news 

That means no weather report 

no Waco and the bad reverand 

No channel 4 channel 7 and no film at eleven 

With no high school diplomas we became millionaires 

media mad 'cause we winning and we really playin' fair 

So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory 

and everything I recite's Based On A True Story 

Chorus 

Verse 3 

I crumble green on a magazine 

ready to roll a joint 

damn in this billboard 

I'm number one with a hollow point 

It was a rough road ahead 

but for my kids I gotta pave it 

so I twist one shake the weed out 

close the book up and save it 

'Cause my son li'l Mack 

might grow up and have a crew 

and he can show all his homies 

this what my daddy used to do 

See I was raised around gangstas 

and grindas since a youth 

so the shit I rap abouts like 99% truth 

With dedicated fans from bebe kids 

to bambinos and niggas that's CEO's 

before they reach they three O's 

Maneuver through the corporate world 

makin' moves to take ours 

Rolling big German luxury and Italian sports cars 

so watch what you do 'cause you know we playa hated 

and everytime it's a homicide they call it gang related 

So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory 

and everything I recite's Based On A True Story 

Chorus (2X) 

Too $hort talking: Say Mack baby, it's yo pa'tna $hort dog man. 

You know I got yo back boy. You know a nigga like me I just left 

the Ferrarri dealer man. I ain't go lie I know you ridin' rims. 

But the problem is, it's a lot of mothafuckas out there that think we 

rappers man. That think we just sit at home and make this up at 

our momma's house. I hate to tell y'all man some of us are real playas 

real ballers biitch.