[00:00.50]I grew up on the crime side
[00:02.14]the New York Times side
[00:03.59]Staying alive was no jive
[00:05.66]Had secondhands, mom's bounced on old man.
[00:09.28]So then we moved to Shaolin land
[00:11.74]A young youth,
[00:12.96] yo, rocking the gold tooth,
[00:14.58] 'Lo goose
[00:15.51]Only way I be gettin' the G off was drug loot
[00:18.50]And let's start it like this son
[00:20.73]Rolling with this one and that one
[00:27.35]Buzzing with my Killa Beez
[00:28.64]Chronic had my eyes chinky like Compton was the Philippines
[00:31.53]Junior prom, red suit, Tasha in that limousine
[00:34.57]Tryna suck the head off my dick like a guillotine
[00:37.59]Came in her mouth, then gave her some Listerine
[00:41.11]Put a condom on and let her grind it like a centipede
[00:43.93](Cash rules everything around me)
[00:46.68]Before Dre found me, before my city crowned me
[00:49.26]Bummy lil nigga, pussy niggas used to clown me
[00:52.39]Had to wear my brother's clothes, them shits used to drown me
[00:55.69]6 years passed now I'm banging in the county
[00:58.98]Niggas that used to talk shit won't even come around me
[01:01.88]Reciting Method Man while my celly just sit there
[01:04.98]Niggas know I been on the Wu before Ric Flair
[01:09.23]Came home through the hood, GX shining
[01:12.07]Now these bitches think I'm Lex Diamonds
[01:14.20]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang
[01:20.46]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang
[01:28.18](Cash rules everything around me)
[01:33.95](Cash rules everything around me)
[01:39.81]I grew up on Wu-Tang, dope had my shoe game Liu Kang
[01:43.49]Jordan 12's sick as hell, Michael Jordan flu game
[01:46.51]Glass jar, Pyrex, obsessed with the blue flame
[01:49.51]Lexus coupe, rubbing on them titties boy, 2 Chainz
[01:53.14]Top of the food chain, niggas wanna kill me
[01:55.77]'Cause I turned into the plug, I'm where the chronic and the pills be
[01:59.21]RZA with the rings, Ol' Dirty with the stainless
[02:01.95]Five .38 revolvers, thirty-six chambers
[02:05.36]Killah like Ghostface, as the Rollie rotate
[02:08.13]Daytons on the S-Class equipped with the floor safe
[02:11.69]And we had the stash spots with them red and blue tops
[02:14.67]Chronic in the GLAAD lock, the dope spot padlocked
[02:17.93]In the living room bagging shit up watching Matlock
[02:21.00]Black Glock, crack rock bundled in my black socks
[02:24.32]And my mama working late, skinny nigga serving weight
[02:27.09]Let the chronic circulate the Purple Tape
[02:29.60]I grew up on Wu-Tang
[02:35.57]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang
[02:42.56](Cash rules everything around me)
[02:48.85](Cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dollar, dollar bill y'all)