Artist: Crooked I Album: Apex Predator Song: Sumthin From Nuthin Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Crooked I] Yeah man I remember back when a nigga ain't had no money for studio time barely No muh'fuckin beats, we made our own beats and shit No producers, we be like, hahaha, yeah Nigga would do anything he had to do to get at this hip-hop shit man Anything, know'msayin? Start beatin on the mic like this, for the drum, y'know? That's the mic, ha, yeah Niggaz will rap about some shit they never even fuckin had We wanted that shit though, we be like "Ridin on some big wheels, bank account 6 mil' Livin on the street called life, and I'm on that bitch hill" Heh, even though we ain't had none of that shit man back then But we do know though, let me get back at it [Crooked I] Hair trigger, big steel, quick kill, wig peeled Rappin about the struggle so vivid you know the shit's real Empty fridge, wasn't even 20 shared, simply kids Not a penny to pitch, fuck it we pitchin Henny lids To make the pockets bulge, can't divulge shit we did (heh) Risky biz, type of shit that'll get me 50 bids Comin of age, it wasn't a lick I wasn't down to HIT I think I knew some Nigerians who used to counterfeit (yeah) Funny money, I think I had like 30 pounds of it But this is only rap so tell the detectives downtown to quit (yeah) Gotta watch how I speak to the beat Cause I'm on the streets as we speak and I won't sleep 'til we eat G code of silence, all the secrets we keep Could make a movie about it but nah, we gon' keep it discrete (tell 'em) But I can rap about goin from Virgin to Death Row to Em recognizin one of the best flows on the West Coast And even though I'm blessed, the vest still on my chest close You got the life of this +Black Star+ backwards like I was Def Mos (1-2-3!) We really out here Nah, we really out chyeah! OW! (CHYEAH!) I'm in the zone nigga I got a long way to go but I'd be lyin if I said we wasn't on nigga (WE ON!) We on nigga, we on nigga (we on nigga) {*8X*} [Outro: Crooked I] Yeah, that's Crooked on the bassline Crooked on the scratch, hahahaha Makin somethin from nothin It's what we used to do Cause we was hungry And we still are Predator shit!