Talib Kweli - How We Do It lyrics

"Are you ready ladies? All right let's hear your tone on bridge, sing!" {*women harmonizing*} [Talib Kweli] Crossin the bridge.. Brooklyn invented gully, gold fronts, low hoodies Young girls develop fully, run up on you snatch your goodies When we say run it that's a stick-up n***a, give it up! We live it up, f** with the flyest say we never switch it up We get it crunk in Brooklyn the biggest borough Whether you enter the Radcliffs Boys & Girls, Tek or Murrow{?}, n***as is thorough Jamaicans and Haitians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans Sorta speakin a mix of English imported from all the regions Yo Hi-Tek, tell them how they do in Cincinnati Tell the people how they do in Cincinnati Yo, how do they do it in the 'Natti? Tell my people how they do it in the 'Natti [Hook: Talib Kweli] They say the West coast (brought the funk) East coast (started it) Dirty South (got it crunk) The Midwest, the heart of it [Hi-Tek] + (Slim Thug) Hi-Tek, y'all already known what it is Cincinnati where them pigs quick to chase you off a bridge Drivin down Lanterns, pit n***as in ghetto holes It's the home of Marge Schott, Larry Flint, and Deveroes This ghetto sh** I drive past it every day I'm quick to throw them 26's on the cla**ic Chevrolet Yeah, definitely the wrong n***as to step to Cause this is where, Harriet Tubman was tryin to get to She had a shocker beside her, it was a long one Don't ever try to come at us wrong son, you wrong one Yeah let, young Tone come and get his hustle on And represent the 'Nati I bet you they gon', love this song We legendary musically from the Isleys to Boosie Used to come through with my hoopty and scoopin chicks up at U.C But Slim Thug, tell them how they do it down in H-Town (that's right) Tell them n***as how they do it in the Dirty South (Dirty South) Yeah, how do they do it down in H-Town? (ha, Texas mayne) They wanna know, how they do it in the Dirty South (hol' up) [Hook] [Slim Thug] + (Snoop Dogg) Geah, it's Slim Thugga From the land of the candy cars, playas sippin purple bars Where you ain't gotta sign a deal to be a superstar We +Underground Kingz+ gettin independent change Down here we swang and bang, lane to lane on them thangs We call 'em eighty-fo's, got them diamonds on our toes We sip drank by the paint so we stay throwed And play our music slow, ride red and ride blue Them blue riders bang Watts, reds bang Screw And on the North we do the braids, South do the fades Them Nawf-side boys thugs, South playa made Geah - the hustle's paid cause they get the blow for the low We by the border, Mexico right next do' And our women fine, yellow with the big behind H-Town a goldmine for n***as if they got grind (Snoop Dogg!) How they do it out in Cali? (West West y'all, West West y'all) Let 'em know how they do it out in Cali (West West West y'all) Show them boys how they do it down in Cali (West West West West y'all) They wanna know how you do it down in Cali [Hook] [Snoop Dogg] Gangbang, boogie-oogie, slippin got him for his cookies Cause you thought he was a rookie, but he was a G Little did you know he had a heater that's a ratta-tatta n***as gon' respect us Bigg D, cause see Motherf**ers act like they don't know about Cali We got the best weed slingin out the alleys We leave ya stretched out, chest out, vest out D.P.G.C., West out, DoggHouse! [Hook] [Outro: Snoop Dogg] Geah, from the West West To the big H-Town, all the way to the 'Natti Hi-Tek, Snoop Dogg, Slim Thug, Talib Kweli Haha, yeah, that's how we do it y'all What's the name of that fish spot in the 'Natti I like goin to? You know what's happenin Yeah, Alabama's; that the name of it? Get me some nephew, that three-piece dinner Yeah, and tell Boosie I'm back Hahaha, that's how we do it in the 'Natti Yea yea, that's how we do it in the 'Natti Uh, that's how we do it in the 'Natti Yea yea, yea yea, Tek-Zilla I'm out!