Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
It was no smut on my rep
 Ebm  Ebm          B
Last time that I checked
        B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm   Db   Db      Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
Legendary self-made progress
B    Db    B        Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
Then the power, and the hoes come next
B    B     B       Ebm
Last time that I checked

[Verse 1: Nipsey Nussle]
        Ebm
I been self-made from the dribble
                          Eb    Db Db B
I was been sayin' I'm a killer
Db          B
Playin' no games with you niggas
                                   F#   Db Db
Pop clutch, switch lanes on you niggas
Ebm                              F#
   I laid down the game for you niggas
                     Ebm                      Eb            Db    Db
Taught you how to charge more than what they pay for you niggas
Ebm
Own the whole thing for you niggas
                                      B  B   Db  Db
Re-invest, double up, then explained for you niggas
    Ebm          G#m
It gotta be love
                   F#
Who run the whole city, it gotta be 'cuz
                                      B       B
This for the pieces I took off the monopoly board
           Ebm     G#m    F#
And ya'll niggas false claims, it gotta be fraud
                                   Eb    B        B        Ebm
Just keep the hood up out of your mouth, and you gotta be charged
I doubled up, tripled up, nigga what
                     Ebm           Db     Db
Banged on the whole game, I ain't give a fuck
Ebm             Ebm
Nobody trippin, had no business, got my digits up
N.C.                                              B    Db  Db
And when I drop, you know I'm 'bout to fuck the whole city up

[Chorus]
                   Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
It was no smut on my rep
 Ebm  Ebm          B
Last time that I checked
        B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm   Db   Db      Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
Legendary self-made progress
B    Db    B        Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
Then the power, and the hoes come next
B    B     B       Ebm
Last time that I checked

[Verse 2: Nipsey Hussle]
       Ebm
And I come through fly, no co-sign
                               Db      Db
I ain't need radio to do mine, I done fine
       Ebm
And I take my time, and take my tribe
                                    F#        Db    Db
Every level that I crossed in this game like state lines
         Ebm
It was visionary, either I'm genius or you niggas scary
                          Ebm        Db     Db
Maybe it's both and this balance I deliver daily
            Ebm
For every nigga in the streets trying to feed the babies
                           B    B      Bbm   Abm
The single mama's workin' hard not to miss a payment
Ebm             G#m    F#
And dirty money get washed on royalty statements
                                  Db    Db
Black owners in this game are powerful races
Ebm
Young niggas in the set that's doing it makeshift
                          Db
Out the garage is how you end up in charge
B    B       Ebm
It's how you end up in penthouses
                     B    B
End up in cars, it's how you
 Ebm
Start off a curb servin', end up a boss
It's how you win the whole thing and lift up a cigar
N.C.                                           B          B
With sweat drippin' down your face cause the mission was hard

[Chorus]
                   Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
It was no smut on my rep
 Ebm  Ebm          B
Last time that I checked
        B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm   Db   Db      Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
Legendary self-made progress
B    Db    B        Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
Then the power, and the hoes come next
B    B     B       Ebm
Last time that I checked

[Verse 3: Y.G.]
                   Ebm
Last time that I checked
I got the front end and the back
We on the way and that's a fact
     Db           Db   B
This real, this ain't rap
 Ebm        B
Where everybody wanna act pro-black (they don't really wanna fuck with us)
                          B        B
The last lie you heard, this ain't that
Ebm
This that, "I done made it out the gutter" shit
                               Ebm           Eb    Db      Db
Nip told you "fuck the middle man", I said "fuck a bitch"
B              Eb    B
Fuck wearin' their clothes, I wear my own shit
N.C.
Ya'll can own ya'll label, I own my own, bitch!
Ebm
Aye Nip, I remember all that game you taught me
                                            B    Db
Don't fuck around and get played by these label owners
Ebm                       B
Talk that shit to these niggas, Adrien Broner
                                 Eb        Db   Db
But secure the win though, don't let that game fold you
Ebm                    Ebm
'Cause when this game over, it's really game over
    Ebm                                     Db   Db
And all they do is play the game till this game over
Ebm
And you be givin' game like a big brother
Mission; never let em take it from us

[Chorus]
 B    Db  Db       Ebm
Last time that I checked
It was 5 chains on my neck
It was no smut on my rep
 Ebm  Ebm          B
Last time that I checked
        B
I was sellin' zones in the set
Make a quarter mill no sweat
Ebm   Db   Db      Ebm
Last time that I checked
I'm the street's voice out west
Legendary self-made progress
B    Db    B        Ebm
Last time that I checked
First get the money then respect
Then the power, and the hoes come next
B    B     B       Ebm
Last time that I checked