213 - Appreciation lyrics

213 childhood homies way back in the day
Since then it's been 213 the hard way
Rapping on the street corners
Young as can be
All the local groups called us Run-DMC
Me? Warren G, I was Jam Master Jay
Mixed with my big brother Dr dre
Now I got shouts to say
We still want Eazy like Bed-Stuy people
We want Biggie
In memory of 2Pac, Left Eye, Aaliyah
Heaven sent
Say "Hi!" to my mama when you see her
Rest in peace but let's take
It back to the streets
With so much drama in the LBC
It's kind of hard being a G from 21 Street
Times was hard for a superstar
But don't nobody notice who you are
We worked hard and stayed true to the game
Kept faith
Kept God and now you know our name

A big shout out to all my family and friends
When times got hard, you were still be there
You give me inspiration like
Strength from the sun
Feel like destiny's son, yeah

To be a rapper was my dream
And have a lot of money and live like a king
To have a handful of rings
And to make the kind of music
That the whole world sings
Battle rap was the thing
And King Park was the spot
Where all the homeboys hang, bang
Just to go do our thang and form my gang
And took off white a white boy in
A van to get our change
And moms knew what time it was
And loved the way her baby boy came up, Cuz
It's before I was Snoop Dogg on TV
I'm talking about when I was
Like a little bitty BG
Nigga me and Warren Gizzy and
Nate Dizzy and Fatey Baby
Are talking about eighty-threezy
Flip the clock up to '93
And watch me rock the
Clock nonstop constantly
On MTV and BET whatever you want
Hit these niggas with
That motherfucking cheese (G-Funk)
Funk to shake ya trunk nigga
From the bottom bunk
Now I'm moving on up, straight living it up
Well known in the zone
And I'm still homegrown
Like Al B Sure, shit I'm on my own
But there's one thing I'm
Missing and that's family
Cuz without y'all I don't know where I'd be

There's no way I can forget about you
Support for me, your love for me
Your prayers for me when I'm in these streets
And there's no way I can forget to thank ya
For showing me the true meaning
Of unconditional love ooohhh
When I be fucking up you
Always come with love
You say you've had enough
I just wanna thank ya yeah yeah yeah
I just wanna give