The Code

[00:00.706]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[00:03.170]Bury me before I sell my soul
[00:05.368]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[00:08.326]Bury me before I sell my soul
[00:10.443]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[00:12.749]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[00:15.596]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[00:18.292]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[00:20.446]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[00:23.537]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[00:25.385]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[00:28.215]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[00:30.581]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[00:32.983]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[00:35.642]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[00:37.877]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[00:40.679]I was young, black, and ashy, '42 khakis
[00:43.143]Red rag in my pocket
[00:45.849]Throwin' up Blood to any car that ever pass me
[00:47.015]Gangbang classy
[00:48.090]Gold hand bone, mama said I'm too flashy
[00:50.584]*****s wanna dap me, tell 'em, "Run it," like a track meet
[00:53.283]On my DMX ****, tell my enemies to get at me
[00:55.591]I'm from Compton where the ******* carry ratchets
[00:58.202]And *****s in wheelchairs ain't never heard of Degrassi
[01:00.825]Raw hand, I'm gutter, Dre had to Aftermath me
[01:03.165]Had a flow when I was a rider, Compton like T*****assee
[01:05.818]First album classic, second album classic
[01:08.210]So I skipped the hoodrats and went straight to the Cassies
[01:11.165]N.Y.C., top-down, B.I.G. blastin'
[01:13.762]Nas said I'd be a legend, *****, don't gas me
[01:16.190]Hot in '97, Funk Flex had to ask me:
[01:18.479]"How you make it out that beef with Hov?"
[01:20.195]*****, my passion
[01:21.112]I was in New York the first time I heard "Dear Summer" on Hot 97
[01:24.910]Top of the W Hotel, 54th & Broadway
[01:27.395]Lookin' out my window at Diddy in a Sean John sweatsuit
[01:29.477]I felt ambushed by New York *****s
[01:31.247]It's still West Side though
[01:33.116]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[01:33.279]Bury me before I sell my soul
[01:36.230]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[01:38.197]Bury me before I sell my soul
[01:41.764]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[01:44.382]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[01:46.598]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[01:49.329]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[01:51.580]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[01:54.374]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[01:56.774]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[01:59.880]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[02:01.643]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[02:04.099]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[02:06.832]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[02:09.179]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[02:13.401]See the thing I miss about hip hop the most
[02:14.856]Was the storytelling
[02:16.432]That B.I.G. ****, that Nas ****, that Slick Rick ****
[02:19.527]That Tribe Called Quest
[02:21.280]You know that, that cruisin' the street in my '64, R.I.P. to Eazy
[02:24.965]I ain't got nothin' against new hip hop, I **** with all you *****s
[02:28.382]And remember, *****, I was young too, let's go
[02:32.624]Made it out the hood and some, I'm on my fourth passport
[02:34.627]God gave me all this ****, I ain't have to ask for it
[02:37.152]Gold things on a '97 Honda Passport
[02:39.229]Black ski mask on, runnin' from the task force
[02:41.863]Uzi, had the cash for it, and I had the stash for it
[02:45.066]Foot on the brake, hit the wipers, open the dashboard
[02:47.076]Sold drugs, made straight A's, and I was playin' sports
[02:49.442]Youngin' and fresh, six bricks inside of Jansport
[02:52.059]Fast forward, countin' this money on Aftermath fort
[02:54.560]Bought a new Ferrari, gave my ***** ten stacks
[02:57.017]Told her, "Don't come back here," 'til she got a ass for it
[02:59.747]Told her, "Run through MAC and then Louis to get a bag for it"
[03:02.424]I give you classics when you ask for it
[03:04.960]I Vince Carter-ed everything Just Blaze threw off the backboard
[03:07.505]**** a Grammy, that is not what I come back for
[03:09.810]I came for hip-hop, *****s forgot to lock the back door
[03:12.348]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[03:15.256]Bury me before I sell my soul
[03:17.064]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[03:19.855]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[03:22.241]AK with the stop (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[03:24.948]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (**** 12)
[03:27.338]AK with the stop (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[03:29.914]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[03:32.571]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[03:35.206]Bury me before I sell my soul (Soul)
[03:37.322]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[03:40.108]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[03:42.440]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[03:44.975]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[03:47.421]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[03:49.977]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Woo)
[03:52.495]Ask around Atlanta, Savage known to let it bang-bang (Bang)
[03:55.417]Gang-gang, get a ***** stabbed in the chain gang
[03:57.709]Lieutenant like I'm Dan Wayne, bring the major pain-pain
[04:00.360]Candle-light, falsified, fish fried, gang gang
[04:02.653]All I know is A-B-C-D-E-F-G **** (C)
[04:05.282]When I'm with the chopper, watch a ***** get seasick (Sea)
[04:07.710]Throwin' up the pyramid, like I'm from Egypt (Gang)
[04:10.344]The hunnid round see-through, y'all so see-through (Bop)
[04:13.110]I know real Crips and they say they never see you
[04:15.516]Just like Clifford, I'm the big red Blood, ayy
[04:18.023]Glock .45, get a big red slug
[04:20.515]You ain't Blood, you a *****, you a big red stud (Oh)
[04:23.060]Way before the rap, I trapped it out the coal
[04:25.079]I didn't know how the water whip, I straight dropped the dough (Oh)
[04:28.079]All these guns in the car, I gotta wear a seatbelt
[04:31.004]I ain't got no license, so I gotta wear my seatbelt (Skrrt)
[04:33.078]I do this **** myself, *****, I don't need no help
[04:35.622]Walk up on 'em with that, God help me, he a priest now (Bop)
[04:38.026]AK with the stop (Stop), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[04:40.526]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[04:43.046]Posted on the block, deuce-deuce in my sock
[04:45.605]Feel like Mozzy, I got one up top (Yeah)
[04:48.205]Couple years, real *****s gonna be extinct (Bam)
[04:50.698]*****, I got a MAC-10 under this mink (Hey)
[04:53.166]Pull up, let it blink, *****, I don't think (Oh)
[04:55.760]Your hood Titanic, we gon' make that **** sink (Straight up)
[04:58.527]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[05:02.096]Bury me before I sell my soul
[05:03.814]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[05:07.371]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[05:08.589]AK with the stop (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[05:10.842]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (**** 12)
[05:13.418]AK with the stop (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[05:15.896]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[05:18.652]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[05:21.208]Bury me before I sell my soul (Soul)
[05:23.460]Live by the code, die by the code, never been a ho
[05:26.652]Bury me before I sell my soul ('Fore I sell my soul)
[05:28.538]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[05:30.977]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Cops)
[05:33.788]AK with the stock (Stock), 30 on the Glock (Glock)
[05:36.023]Kill all the opps (Opps), ride on the cops (Woo)