What's up, nephew? Here's some advice from your big homies Let me give you some game Straight from the OGs Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Let me lace you up (Yeah, yeah) You should let me lace you up What up youngin? I see you gunnin' Got 'em runnin', nephew, don't give a fuck about a curfew He'll murk you and hurt you 'Cause to him, you know, life is not a virtue Talk fast as he walk past Roll his eyes, don't give a fuck about your advice What you want? 'Cause he gotta go Bring your ass over here, nigga, and listen to the O I'm just tryin' to lace you So they won't come investigate you But if I can't make a breakthrough I'll come to your funeral and try to awake you What's up, nephew? Here's some advice from your big homies Let me give you some game Straight from the OGs Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Let me lace you up (Yeah, yeah) You should let me lace you up (Ooh) It's game involved I was spittin' game when you was in your daddy's balls I'm buttoned up, I'm polished and I'm crispy Shut the fuck up and listen to me After I give you this game, you can rewind (You can rewind) I was your age, you ain't never been mine I was raised in the cage, in the middle of the octagon (Octagon) When we'd squab it out and chunk 'em, fuck a gun (Fuck a gun) It was a time in my life when I was young and dumb (Young and dumb) Turned my life around when I had my first son When I was growin' up, we hustled for the change (For the change) Wasn't big on snatchin' chains, and we was wrong for selling 'caine What's up, nephew? Here's some advice from your big homies Let me give you some game Straight from the OGs Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Let me lace you up (Yeah, yeah) You should let me lace you up I used to be the same way that you is Until my homie took me 'round to a get-down, sit down Listen for a second, check it for the record Put the needle on the wax, that's whole new perspective Selected with my objective 'Cause I'ma keep you protected, every step that you step with I'm callin' plays like Leftwich It ain't how you came, it's how much game you left with My lessons effective, see, 'cause your life is invested And how you get tested, domestic, trust this Your big homeboy done faced up New shoes nephews, I keep you laced up What's up, nephew? Here's some advice from your big homies Let me give you some game Straight from the OGs Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Can I lace you up? (Yeah, yeah) Let me lace you up (Yeah, yeah) You should let me lace you up You in a trap, let me tell you what it is It's a trap, lil' homies on the block Selling crack, tryna get some racks But when they get you in that system boy, ain't no comin' back And when you lookin' at the big picture It's them folks always tryna get niggas Even if you pimpin' or you scammin' They wanna lock the door on you and slam it (Slam it) So they can work you like a slave, then lock you in a cage You ain't gettin' paid, why you workin' every day? (Why you workin' every day?) You tryna get some time reduced? That's some bullshit nigga, I ain't lyin' to you (I ain't lyin' to you)