Star In Da Hood

I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)

Had to put it on mad dudes, transgress
Had nerve to ask how I put two in his man's chest
Kept bumping his gums and I'm stressed
Every other day I gotta go stab my own flesh
Ain't nothing post-traumatic about it, it's just deep
It's like trying to live out in the suburb of State Street
If I wasn't signed, I'ma get that deal
And if I was hungry, my main goal's to get that meal

Y'all love Black, he spit the real
Since Moe was sniffing off the windowsill
Back then, they used to cake up, then go chill
It's so fine, they mix crack with they endo steel
Saw a lot of old dudes used to work my block
They on Lennox Ave now, selling t-shirts and socks
Pushing everything they own in the shopping cart
So I threw 'em something, 'cause deep down, it hurt my heart
What am I, what am I, what am I, what am I

I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)

Now I receive homage
And I indeed promise
Continue rockin' uptown
Like I'm Rashid Wallace
My team's marvelous
I'm holdin' crazy
Court case layin' shut down
The Golden Lady

Don't matter what court I ball on
It's me I'll call on
I grind like they threw Sean Paul on
It's all good
Now Dre wanna produce me
I turned up the heat
And got 'em sweatin' profusely

It makes sense since Hoss and Prince
To Harlem Queens, d- money, wash, and rinse
Fam, I'ma sit to help myself and gain
Have good health and maintain some wealth and fame
'Cause I only got myself to blame
Fam, if you was locked down in 'Eighty-Nine
Then you felt the pain
A's to N was no party
I did four straight, came home and I ain't tell on nobody
What am I, what am I, what am I, what am I

I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster) (that's right)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
No doubt, no doubt
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)

Y'all really want the man to get on the past-
Skeletons in my closet, sorta like Jurassic
When I was young, I had to gain masters
Since I used to pick pockets for sap, I'm a classic
I came to disarm alarms, grease some palms
Help some dudes bury they moms
Yo, for real, I ain't never frontin' (never)
'Cause all I ever wanted was a little bit of food in my stomach

It's been a while I left that
That's why when I pop in the hood people see me they respect that (what's up Black)
Brothers give me dap (what up man)
If I ain't pitching them cracks
Then I'm back hallway pitching them craps
And family, I don't listen to jack (no)

Nowadays, the federal's got my whole team missing in action
Listen to that
In the hood my name prevailed
Ask some cats to put them on they feet when they can't hold from jail
What am I, what am I, what am I, what am I

I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)

I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a, I'm a, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)
I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star in the hood (I'm gangster)