Short Dog's In The House - TOO $HORT "Moving up " "East Oakland yeah that's right" "Moving up " "East Oakland yeah that's right" "Moving up " "East Oakland yeah that's right" "Moving up " "East Oakland yeah that's right" Oakland California West Coast life You either play the game or you smoke the pipe I became a rapper at the age 14 No gold ropes no diamond rings But look at me now 10 years later Ask any MC if I rap greater See I'm known in Fresno even the big O From San Diego to Sacramento They'll tell you yes wherever you go And I bet my life won't one say no Ain't nothing like a Too $hort fan I ain't tripping you can play it again Don't fight the feeling life is me I rock shows in Nashville Tennessee It wasn't "Hee Haw " so don't laugh At the good ol' boys getting autographs In Cinncinatti I know you heard I got fined for the "Cusswords" It's true baby so so unique Might slap your man or just thump your freak I come to your town I'm not under I want your name and your telephone number You think I'm faking but I'll call We only got one night to do it all I know baby it's such a pity Tomorrow night we hit another city Cold macking in the game is all we do Me and the boys called "The Dangerous Crew" I used to be local til I signed with Jive Too $hort then went nationwide I went to Georgia with the Too $hort sound I went down like Bobby Brown I said a rap and they took me to jail Pulled out my bank and made bail This is my story it could not wait It all started out in the Golden State California where I was born and raised I used to play the drum in my younger days I just hit that beat any way I can Smooth high-stepping in the marching band I turned in my drum and I started to rap Now beats I make make my bank so fat It's Too $hort on the mic tonight Pennsylvania can you see the light From Chicago to Indiana From Mississippi to Alabama Louisiana even Texas Females call me sexist But don't they love it you know me Freak nasty in a room trying to blow me Like engine engine number 9 Homies run a train standing in line If that train jumps off the track Then my brother you will catch the clap From Colorado to Arizona All the way back home to California In Chatanooga they know the tip Short Dog in the house I'm that flip Getting clip or playing pool I can't help it I'm so damn cool Call me "Dog" or leave me alone I'm riding in a Caddilac Fleetwood Chrome With Too Clean behind the wheel I'm riding shotgun rapping for real Total boss in the back give me superside They like to roll 'em fat cause you know we ride To the beat y'all and it don't stop It goes on cause I don't stop rapping Now you know nothing but the Dog in me You make love to me and I still act stingy Oh should I pay you You must be tripping I didn't buy you and I sure ain't renting I said "I love you" cause you gave me head I didn't love you when we got out the bed If I could love you you know I would But what you giving ain't all that good A little southern hospitality You'd better try to get away from me I love money and I just can't fake it I go to Magic City and the girls dance naked I'm somewhat of a hero by the way I rap But I'm living like an Oaktown mack I'm in the house y'all I'm like peeser y'all Rat heads get nothing but cheese y'all Or get slapped put up your dukes I kick you in your ass with my Nike boots Some rappers try to be just like Too $hort Can hang with the Dog you'd better stay on the porch In Minnesota Virginia Beach Wisconson I got freaks Atlanta Little Rock Louisville it don't stop Kansas City Missouri I rock the house in East St Louis Detroit it's like Oakland It's a black thing and I'm a black man To all my brothers in the U S A