Dee-1 - 3's Up lyrics

[Intro] 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) [Hook] 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) [Verse 1] 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 s**s, 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 [Hook] [Verse 2]

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 soph*more 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 Can*l 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 [Hook] [Verse 3] 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 k**s 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