Coolio: Is this me

Yeah 1996Coolio with the flowRated R superstarLV that's rightMossberg Smith & WessonForty-five let me tell you how I learned my lessonHouse party in the hood at some niggas I don't knowBut I had to go they had a house full of hosI stepped into that party with my nigga high off that headThe hos is looking good so we try to make a friend for nightLet's get it right let's get it straightBut now these punkass niggas in the party want to play a hateI'd bust a cap to save a rat so what's up with thatIt's 1996 so these bustas get no kinda of doubtLike American Express here we go againI never leave home without it so don't even think about itJust let me leave and I won't have to make you bleedBut if you make an offensive move then I'm gonna have to show a grooveBack up off let's keep it softDon't make me have to show you who these 16 bosses beThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideWay back in the days we dudes don't forget a nameNow everybody wants the fame but things change ain't the sameAll these sucker set-trippin killin for no reasonThat's why I never leave the house without my ninaI love my baby carry my baby whereever I goFor these suckers get in a twist they say I beat their pimpinStop wishin you was in my shoesAnd learn to be yourself stop acting like somebody elseIt's ninety-six and most of the homeys thinking of six feetThe six I found out if you wear partners where the friends goEvery week you don't see me I gotta put at workI guess the shit don't stop till my gaskets dropStop hating my life and get your ownBe true to this game or this game will do you coldEverywhere I go I got my backI hate to do my all black but I must stay strappedThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideNo no oooo I can't escape this lifeI been trying to live in piece but these fools won't ceaseThey insist with their bullshit so I got a full clipChitty-chitty bang-bang doin it's a new thingOne shot from a Jake .38 can make your brain acheI'm the kinda nigga that don't believe in frontin'But if you run up on me trippin you best believe I'm dumpin'I got bills to pay and kids to raiseAnd a whole generation of lost niggas to saveSo I ain't got time for that yip yapIf you start some static I'm gonna have to blow your mind backBelieve that nigga daisy if you do it's trueFuck with Coo you get done that's how we do it to itDon't start no shit and it won't be none sonBut if you do I'm going for my gunLike Doc Holliday a nigga ain't scarySo if you want to trip then I'll be your huckleberryThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideThis really ain't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideThis really ani't me no moreThese streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped insideThis really really really ain't meBut the streets won't let me goI can't escape this lifeThat they got me trapped inside