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Once Upon A Drive By

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Once Upon A Drive By

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[ INTRO: Ganxta R'dd ]

It was a cold night

All the homies was kickin it in the g-rides

K.O.D. would load in the M-1

O.M.B. had the bass turned up loud

E.K.A. had the Uzi

Roscoe was holdin the A.K.

The phone rang

It was the Godfather

Givin us another issue

We got strapped, packed into the ride and ready to roll

(Roll) (roll) (roll)

And there they all go

I said "[Name], go up to that third block and flip a u-turn

Lyric clips ready? (ready) (ready)"

[ VERSE 1: Ganxta R'dd ]

Hit the gas, put on a ski mask, right when we pass...

(So what you think, R?dd?) smoke that ass

This ain't a game, straight up reality

Made by the streets, done by insanity

Drive-by, yes, it's the season

When the Ganxta kills for no reason

When an MC is slippin on the front porch

Stick em like a pitch fork, this is not New York

This is a concept comin from L.A.

The West Coast comin with the war braids

So you know we're ready, Roscoe, is the hit squad ready?

Yes, they're ready

It's a clip to an Uzi that I insert

And at the show I unload at the concert

Yes, you just got tagged

Rolled to the bodybag is like rollin up a zig-zag

I can go on and on, tellin you war stories

About gangstas dyin for a territory

We claim the stage like the boulevard

It's only for those who are hard

Hardcore, we give you more

Cause the bass is bumpin from the third floor

So you look up and all you see is the T.R.I.B.E.

You have a teardrop tacked to your eye

25 to life, so you better get with it

You ask who did it, the Ganxta R?dd did it

[ CHORUS: The Godfather Rock TE ]

Once upon a drive-by it was me and the Ganxta R?dd

MC's try to sweat the dawg, this is what he did

[ singing ]

Time is tickin, the world's gone bad

You ain't with it, you better step back

Feel the wrath of the Ganxta

R'dd

[ Ganxta R'dd ]

Damn, that's a hard-ass lyric!

[ Godfather singing ]

Time is tickin, the world's gone bad

You ain't with it, you better step back

Feel the wrath of the Ganxta R?dd

[ Ganxta R'dd ]

That's how it is in the streets of L.A.

People gettin killed today

You smile now and later you die

By a drive-by, you only have time to see the bullets fly

On the news it was televised

An Astrovan on Daytons strolled by

You think I lie? O.M.B. supplies the R.I.-

P. to the busters in front of me

Sweat that ass every time he sees me

Cause I hold the mic and stomp

Cuttin your head on a tree stump, watch the crowd I pump

When it's quiet on the set E.K.A. gets upset

fuck that shit, Ganxta R?dd's up next

And this is a death threat

Time after time you forget

That this is a drive-by hit

fuck a Dayton-stealer

Don-L the K.O.D. is the walk-by ladykiller

Then I turn to the R...

Rock, Roscoe, Rob and Rook

And the R?dd, yeah, he's the microphone crook

O is the left hook

Like when Brooklyn comes to L.A., you get took

So analyze the outlook

The old days a drive-by was heavy

Cause it was done by Machinegun Kelly

The new days this game is to live or die

In L.A. once upon a drive-by

[ CHORUS: The Godfather Rock TE ]

Once upon a drive-by it was me and the Ganxta R?dd

MC's try to sweat the dawg, this is what he did

[ singing ]

Time is tickin, the world's gone bad

You ain't with it, you better step back

Feel the wrath of the Ganxta R'dd

[ Ganxta R?dd ]

Damn, that's a hard-ass lyric!

[ Godfather singing ]

Time is tickin, the world's gone bad

You ain't with it, you better step back

Feel the wrath of the Ganxta R?dd

[ *DJ EZ Mike scratches* ]

[ VERSE 3: Ganxta R'dd ]

It can't be stopped, and it's comin like a blindside

Once upon a drive-by came from the westside

Yes, all you can do is wet your lips

Hopin you don't get hit by the next lyric clip

I turn down the bass so I can feel ya

Ganxta R?dd is the microphone killer

You just got smoked cause the gangsta in me is loc'ed

Stop jackin for spokes

Or else you get picked on O. Mobsta Bass bomb

Another gangsta from the funk farm

This one is created

By the R, muthafucka, who stated

That this jam is rated R

That was the last seminar

We witness a murder on the boulevard

Yes, we just been spotted, spotted on the radar

Soldiers sent from the ?????

Cause we're comin in too hard

Too hard (too hard) (too hard)

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