Thou Wow - E-40, Iamsu!

They wanna see me go back to my old ways

All I need is family, I’ll be okay

I’ve been hustlin' for a while now

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow

When I was young, I wanted to be an amberlamps or a fireman

But I ended up being a product of my environment

These suckas, they wanna put me up in retirement

Immune to candlelight vigils, hella violence

Everything I got, I deserve it but I’m far from being perfect (Perfect)

All the niggas in my assembly, y’all here to serve a purpose (Purpose)

A lotta you haters is bitches, I swear you got a cervix (Cervix)

You’ll be dead before Christmas you threaten me, I’d be hella nervous

I tell my young raccoons stop talking and just listen (Listen)

Read between the lines, the terms and conditions (Conditions)

Don’t be fuckin' off your paper on these felines (Felines)

Some of these pussies got more miles than Delta Airlines, BIATCH!

They wanna see me go back to my old ways (Old ways)

All I need is family, I’ll be okay (Okay)

I’ve been hustlin' for a while now (While now)

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow

If you a hustla, you probably kin to me (Kin to me)

If you a sucka, stay the fuck away from me (Way from me)

Every day I wake up, I’m wakin' up with a smile

Death is unpredictable, it could be any day now (Day now)

Being thorough is all I know and all I practice (Practice)

When I go to Heaven, I wanna meet John the Baptist (John the Baptist)

Drink some Jesus water, chop it up with Moses 'n'em (Moses 'n'em)

Bow down to thy Father and pay respect to Him (Respect to Him)

I was raised in the center of the octagon (Octagon)

The ground, field, the soil, the yellow lines (Yellow lines)

The inner city, less fortunate, underprivileged (Underprivileged)

The junkies and fiends living under bridges, bitch!

They wanna see me go back to my old ways (Old ways)

All I need is family, I’ll be okay (Okay)

I’ve been hustlin' for a while now (While now)

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

(For real) I’ma keep that shit a thou wow

Niggas be too busy pocket-watchin' and countin' other people’s paper

Can’t get no bread (No bread)

They be in and aware of theirself, they be in they own mind

They be in they own head (Own head)

To every reaction there’s a reaction, that I ain’t bullshittin' and I ain’t

rattin'

Everybody I know packin', gangin' and flaggin', bangin' and trappin'

My intellectual intellect make me believe (Believe)

That if you give, you shall receive (You shall receive)

Some of my people out here starvin' and they hungry (Hungry)

Ribs touchin', bony (Bony)

In the name of the game I vow that I shall not

Back down my loved ones and line 'em up, scheme and plot, BIATCH!

They wanna see me go back to my old ways (Old ways)

All I need is family, I’ll be okay (Okay)

I’ve been hustlin' for a while now (While now)

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa (A thou wow)

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow (BIATCH!)

All I need is family, I’ll be okay

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow

I’ma keep that shit a thou wow