3's Up

作曲 : David Augustine

One love, keep it real it all times, sometimes too real

And when you see them 3's up

Man, you already know

Already know what that means yeah, yeah

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

I live it more than I talk it, walk it more than I bark it

Standing for something real so I made myself a target

Yelling I HOPE THEY HEAR ME, well, I think they heard us

From those who flip burgers to the white collar rich burglars

I got a purpose, it got the enemy nervous

But God gave me the stage, it's a must that I flourish

Giving 'em courage even when they discouraged

Me no feed 'em lies, feed 'em brain food get 'em nourished

It tastes so good, this go from my hood to yo' hood

I'm up to greatness I'm up to no good

I coulda been rich, but that's another story

I'm tryna do it in a way to bring my mother glory and bring my father honor

They call me Jeffrey Dahmer, eating wack rappers alive, I'm the hip hop piranha

And when I say wack, I don't mean your rhymes wack

I mean your content sucks, I can't co sign that

Look at these mean mugs

Man everytime I come around everybody got these mean mugs

I be like What's up with these mean mugs

They be like Dee, why smile Man, you know how long it's been since I seen love

10% of people live the life they dreamed of

The other 90 make the best with what they got

I don't focus on the not the negative or the no

I just focus on the top, I gotta get it

Let's go

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

Yo, see what I taught him in 6th grade, it set in by the 7th

He applied it by 8th so he was mature as a freshman

Then sophomore year he kinda got off track

His family problems had me thinking 'bout adopting that cat

But I didn't cuz I was going through some things of my own

I was inconsistent and we lost touch before long

Look, then two years later man I tell you no lie

I was walking on Canal when I ran into my guy

The teardrops under his eyes brought teardrops to my eyes

The teardrops under his eyes brought teardrops to my eyes, look

I took my hands and tried to wipe 'em away

He said Nah big brother, them there here to stay

Hey, what you expect when you neglect an adolescent

That's already a wreck from Compton to Tibet

We got the tender lives of these youngsters in our hands

And I know that I done dropped the ball before, man

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent

Be real, be righteous, be relevant 3x

Yo, I'm finna pour out my heart on the third verse please

My homie got a disease that'll make most people freeze

Or fall to they knees, you knows how it be's

What kills most people he handles with ease

And when it comes to spiritual matters, we real different

We argue for hours, in the end we still feel different

See, I believe in God and he don't so we don't see eye to eye

But we won't be blinded by the evil

That try to divide the people whose minds collide for peace so

We try to find equal ground to stand on

See God is love and love is God

So the love I show my man might guide him to God

Who woulda thought

I'd rather be a walking testimony than a talking phony homie

But I'll holla at you in the next song

Cuz right now, I'm too deep in the zone