[Verse 1]
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When I look you in your eyes I can see my own
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Straight love manifested in flesh and bone
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You's a breath of fresh air in this world of shit
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You was born to be a soldier don't ever forget
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Hit back when hit
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Use force that's effective
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All these b*tches and women
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Son, please be selective
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This is California can't stick your d*ck in everything
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We will survive necessarily by any means
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Let no man ever hold you down or suppress you
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It's the 90's the police just arrest you,
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Disrespect you on occasion take life
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By the time you come of age they'll probably blast on sight
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It's a shame they protect them but try to serve us
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When your neck is on the line stand ground then bust
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In God we trust but just in case keep it loaded and locked
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Ready to rock
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Then shake the spot
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The foundation
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[Verse 2]
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You came from a long line of killers and drug dealers
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Who forever smoke bud
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So it's probably in your blood
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Realize you can only run the streets so long
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Then the streets run you into the ground then gone
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It's kinda ruff trying to teach you what's right from wrong
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Same shit different day
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It's the same ol' song
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If the time ever comes that I meet my match
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Take control of my assets
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F*ck startin' from scratch
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Take care of your mother
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Keep yourself on track
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Just cause n*ggas get behind you don't mean they got your back
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Beware of the serpent
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Cause there's a time in life the mothaf*cker will strike
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And try to make you loose sight
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Don't be a fake mothaf*cker tryin' to keep shit real
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Fill cassettes with idle threats with no guts to kill
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Son if you ever pull heat
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Then use it
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If you got a chance to walk away
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Then do it
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Total domination takes full concentration in all situations
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A solid foundation
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[Verse 3]
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You are the foundation
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Beginning of a new generation
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I remember hospital hallway pacin'
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I was anxious as f*ck to see your face shine
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Only to find that yours looked like mine
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So it's like I'm livin' twice at the exact same time
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In this life you can't press stop
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Then press rewind
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Gotta live to the fullest never follow behind no man
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Have your own plan, expand your mind
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Ain't no paper thin game to raise wannabe thugs
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This is nothing but love
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Via satellite Muggs
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Take heed when it's your turn to bring new life
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Make sure it's the woman you gonna make your wife
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Be prepared for the worst
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But expect the best
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No matter where life takes you
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Come home to the West
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Survival takes more than just gats and guns
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That's words to live by
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From a father to a son
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Foundation
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The Foundation
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Xzibit |