Why do we have to cross Why are niggas always over somethin'? And what's the They our music as long As they can't see our One, two, one, two, you got it
Runnin' through the trenches, Runnin' the trenches, what? through the trenches It's the Dooke, it's the Patti what? Runnin' the trenches, oh Runnin' through the trenches, it's the Dooke
Runnin' through the trenches, Runnin' the trenches, what? Runnin' the trenches It's the Patti Dooke, the Patti what? through the trenches, oh Runnin' through the trenches, it's the Dooke
the other day I got a starter kit An M is a terrible thing to Caught the face from the backs of the of the mind state I play control to a
Nah, it ain't happenin', nada to it even Robbin' and theivin' is one who infiltrates a Colgate frown And all remember my nasal for I frequencies Well, it started in the of '78
But it's '93 or should I say For my style is much I said, "Come in", in Come on, come out into my
As I macks a man, your bastard style has just been By a with a 'Frigerator Lickin'' What if, about, why would? Never thought the napalm would bust the jeans
Mash it up, the one with the Mega the beat, hide it under sheets, cover this hint Hostin' all but watch out Mr. Jarbage
and the Jet, standin' on the pier I'm as the farmer Cultivatin' without mendin', bendin' Compromising any of my styles to gain a
Listen while you hear it, there's no pink in my I reckon that the and the blues and the rap got me red While the boys from Tommy plant bridge crossin' to a larger Yet they're soon to see I have a brother Luck
A named Dres A groupie named Cassandra bobbin' on the head Of a baby named Chris, I missed a kid who caught wreck when and I when Sammy B's on the set
Runnin' the trenches, what? through the trenches, what? Runnin' the trenches the Patti Dooke, it's the Patti what? Runnin' the trenches, oh through the trenches, it's the Patti's Dooke
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We to change the cover a little bit Because we see the big and white folks buyin' this album
Negroes and white folks this album Everybody's gonna who this group is We felt that the picture wasn't as important As it was we succeed in crossing over
Cross over nuthin' but a double cross you lose our audience We gon' get them back He may even try to our sound
Let no man put Severin' the I never blunder Cashin' all the on the mic I might cherry to the bush, brand Plug
Funk to the against hoods saggin' to woods down under They can't be raised the feminine praise In with no chocolate in the mix
White boy, Roy, cannot it But the first to try and it Dilute it, pollute it, it I see him to the masses And when the leechin' shoot 'em all in they asses
Runnin' the trenches, what? Runnin' the trenches, yeah Runnin' the trenches It's the Dooke, it's the Patti what? Runnin' the trenches, oh through the trenches, it's the Patti's Dooke
It might blow up but it go pop It might blow up but it go pop It might blow up but it go pop It might blow up but it go pop
It might up but it won't go pop It might blow up but it go pop It blow up but it won't go pop It blow up but it won't go pop
I shed light and not skin, I ain't Europe connects at the root of the retina of the third Mums the when ya blind, baby, blind to the fact
Don't the Compton so I don't own a gat But respect is clear crystal Millie got a pistol And she's down with me, wild, of wild child to the old school legitimate soul
Talker of the paragraphs ago Walker of the plenty broken ago Phantom of the phrase, black in many 'Cause I see her runnin' through the into rent my style
I'm not the one to fuck I'm you out I'm just not the one to fuck wit so it
Y'all, y'all know who I am, up, son Peace to my man, And y'all better your trenches we runnin' through 'em
Do it, fluid, mess up my Do it, fluid, up my mind Do it, fluid, up my mind Do it, fluid, mess up my Do it, fluid, mess up my
Tell me How come they cross over to us? I never five niggas on Elvis Presley album cover