The Foundation - Xzibit

When I look you in your eyes I can see my own

Straight love manifested in flesh and bone

You’s a breath of fresh air in this world of shit

You was born to be a soldier don’t ever forget

Hit back when hit, use force that’s effective

All these bitches and women—son, please be selective

This is California can’t stick your dick in everything

We will survive necessarily by any means

Let no man ever hold you down or suppress you

It’s the 90's—the police just arrest you

Disrespect you, on occasion take life

By the time you come of age they’ll probably blast on sight

It’s a shame they protect them but try to serve us

When your neck is on the line, stand ground then bust

In God we trust but just in case keep it loaded and locked

Ready to rock then shake the spot, the Foundation

You came from a long line of killers and drug dealers

Who forever smoke bud, so it’s probably in your blood

Realize you can only run the streets so long

Then the streets run you into the ground then gone

It’s kinda ruff trying to teach you what’s right from wrong

Same shit different day, it’s the same ol' song

If the time ever comes that I meet my match

Take control of my assets, fuck startin' from scratch

Take care of your mother, keep yourself on track

Just cause niggas get behind you don’t mean they got your back

Beware of the serpent 'cause there’s a time in life

The mothafucker will strike and try to make you loose sight

Don’t be a fake motherfucker tryin' to keep shit real

Fill cassettes with idle threats with no guts to kill

Son if you ever pull heat then use it

If you got a chance to walk away then do it

Total domination takes full concentration

In all situations, a solid foundation (yeah yeah)

You are the foundation, beginning of a new generation

I remember hospital hallway, pacin'

I was anxious as fuck to see your face shine

Only to find that yours looked like mine

So it’s like I’m livin' twice at the exact same time

In this life you can’t press stop then press rewind

Gotta live to the fullest never follow behind.

.no man, have your own plan, expand your mind

Ain’t no paper thin game to raise wannabe thugs

This is nothing but love via sattelite Muggs

Take heed when it’s your turn to bring new life

Make sure it’s the woman you gonna make your wife

Be prepared for the worst, but expect the best

No matter where life takes you come home to the West

Survival takes more than just gats and guns

That’s words to live by from a father to a son

Foundation