[00:00:00] Based On A True Story (Edited) - Mack 10 [00:00:02] Written by:Paddy Milner/Randall Breneman/Scott Wiber [00:00:06] Newscaster In the news tonight [00:00:08] Rap star mack 10 releases his second [00:00:10] Solo album titled based on a true story [00:00:13] And according to reliable sources ha [00:00:15] He laughs in the face of the sophomore jinx [00:00:18] After the release of westside connection and mack's [00:00:20] New record gangster rap [00:00:22] Seems to be at an all time high [00:00:24] Either the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat [00:00:27] You either got ends or struggle to make ends meet [00:00:30] You can either turn square or keep the mind of a rebel [00:00:33] Some uppity livin' good some faced with death in the ghetto [00:00:35] I'm a product of the streets so [00:00:37] I vow to never slip [00:00:38] So I trust no one and keep a p coltrane [00:00:40] On my hip [00:00:41] I always paid attention while my og's was teachin' [00:00:44] Rule number one if it's on blast [00:00:45] The first n**ga reachin' [00:00:47] Either death or the pen' sh*t I had to do better [00:00:49] It was a must I moved on and now [00:00:51] I'm all about cheddar [00:00:52] A young entrepreneur I rather slang than bang [00:00:55] Now girls be like you go mack 10 baby do yo thang [00:00:58] So I continue to get down and I keep writin' rhymes [00:01:01] And I parlay every dollar to flip at least a hundred times [00:01:03] So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [00:01:06] And everything I recite's based on a true story [00:01:09] You can feel n**ga [00:01:11] Sorry [00:01:14] It's based on a true story [00:01:16] Sorry [00:01:20] You know it's real n**ga [00:01:22] Sorry [00:01:25] Based on a true story [00:01:27] Sorry [00:01:31] The year 1986 is when it all started [00:01:34] Now eleven years later we still rough and cold hearted [00:01:37] And as the saga continues I ride [00:01:38] The wave like a sea doo [00:01:40] Not to knock hip hop but gangsta rap is what we do [00:01:43] N**gas on they first album [00:01:44] Already sold a mil' [00:01:45] So before you knock our style [00:01:47] At least admit that it's real [00:01:48] It's all sex drugs and violence [00:01:50] So you pretend you ain't checkin' [00:01:51] You mean to tell me people [00:01:52] Really ain't dyin' every second [00:01:54] Now y'all made the rules [00:01:55] N**gas can say what they choose [00:01:57] So if you gone ban gangsta rap [00:01:58] Then you got to ban the news [00:01:59] That means no weather report [00:02:00] No waco and the bad reverand [00:02:02] No channel 4 channel 7 and no film at eleven [00:02:05] With no high school diplomas we became millionaires [00:02:08] Media mad 'cause we winning and we really playin' fair [00:02:11] So keep your game tight and it's all fame and glory [00:02:13] And everything I recite's based on a true story [00:02:16] You 8 grabin [00:02:18] Sorry [00:02:21] It's based on a true story [00:02:23] Sorry [00:02:27] Weaken heaven [00:02:29] Sorry [00:02:32] Based on a true story [00:02:35] Sorry [00:02:39] I crumble green on a magazine [00:02:40] Ready to roll a joint [00:02:42] D**n in this billboard [00:02:43] I'm number one with a hollow point [00:02:44] It was a rough road ahead [00:02:45] But for my kids I gotta pave it [00:02:47] So I twist one shake the w**d out [00:02:49] Close the book up and save it [00:02:50] 'Cause my son li'l mack [00:02:51] Might grow up and have a crew [00:02:53] And he can show all his homies [00:02:54] This what my daddy used to do [00:02:56] See I was raised around gangstas [00:02:57] And grindas since a youth [00:02:58] So the sh*t I rap abouts like 99 truth [00:03:01] With dedicated fans from bebe kids [00:03:03] To bambinos and n**gas that's ceo's [00:03:05] Before they reach they three o's [00:03:07] Maneuver through the corporate world [00:03:08] Makin' moves to take ours [00:03:09] Rolling big German luxury and italian sports cars [00:03:12] So watch what you do 'cause you know we playa hated [00:03:15] And everytime it's a homicide they call it gang related