Intro - Philthy Rich, Yowda

Hey, it’s Lil' D, man

Y’all know man, that East Oakland legend, man, up out of East Oakland, man

AKA Lil Partner, man, you know what I mean

Just did 28 flat in the feds

Thanks to Obama, gave me a clemency

Now I’m out here, man, usin' my influence, man

To bring that unity back to the Bay, man

And I’m here, man, to do this intro for my youngin

The Philthy, Sem City, East Oakland legend

He’s gonna put this album together, man, and represent this town to the fullest,

man

And we need to start supportin' our youngins, man, and get behind 'em, man

Philthy been out here, man, I watched him

When he first start rappin' and he done got better with time

And he consistent and he stay workin'

So long as I’m out here, man, I’ma, I’ma try to support the young dudes, man,

who out here

Makin' it happen and representing the Bay, carryin' the torch

My young homie Philthy is one of them guys, man

Love him or hate him, man

You got to respect the game, man, when you see them young dudes, man

Doin' what they do, man

So I know it’s been a lot of hating goin' on, man

But for me, man, I’ma respect the game, man

If a dude out here doin' what he doin', makin' it happen

I’ma tell him I had to, man

And he ain’t got to be where I’m from or from my block

But if he real and he keepin' it solid

Then he got, he got Lil Partner’s support, man

And that’s what we gotta do out here, man, in this Bay, man

We need a little bit more unity, man, and dudes gotta stop hatin' on each other,

man

'Cause at the end of the day

We all we got out here, man, in this town, man

And long as we move together in unison

They gon' have to respect us, man, and they got to respect us in this music

game, man

'Cause they, they stay stealin' our swi- swag and stealin' our beats, man

And our sounds, man, and gettin' credit for it, man

We gon' make them respect us

Because we gon' continue to put out quality music

And um, we gon', we gon' put this album out with Philthy

East Oakland Legend, we gon' rep this town

And we gon' put some bangers out here, man

And I’ma support my youngster, long as I’m out here, man

Doin' what I’m doin' and movin' 'round out here in this country, man