[Intro: AZ]

Peace to all the playas

Those that got they paper up and

Peddled pass the oppression

From bein trapped in them poverty stricken

Urban, over-populated projects

[Chorus: Keffa & AZ]

What happens to you don't make you a real nigga (Did what you did for the dollars)

How you deal with it dictates a real nigga

Real, you don't even know how that feels, nigga (Sanity over sucka shit)

Tryna keep it real when no one keeps it real with ya (Salute to the real ones)

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Rе— Real niggas (Real niggas)

Re— Rе-Re— Re— they keep it real with ya

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Re— Real niggas

Re— Re-Re— Re— they keep it trill with ya

[Verse 1: AZ]

Search on, I'm solid, my word bond

The wise acknowledge, I'm polished, my worth long

I get it on, put that on my first born

I'm about it, stand strong, been quenched, the thirst gone

I do this, stay feets away from the duelers

Never fold, was told don't fraternize with the foolish

It's cos', get dollars but don't doze

It shows if you sleepin' or on ya toes

The woes'll worry niggas, the beef'll bury niggas

The grief was in the streets, knee-deep with thirty niggas at least

Seen killers war with they peeps to eat

Seen dealers fall to defeat

Police well-undercover couldn't tell from one another

Me, I was puffin' Ls, makin' sales to jungle brothers

The gutter, you get money and you a sucka, they love ya

And just like that'll cut ya jugular

[Chorus: Keffa]

What happens to you don't make you a real nigga

How you deal with it dictates a real nigga

Real, you don't even know how that feels, nigga

Tryna keep it real when no one keeps it real with ya

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Re— Real niggas

Re— Re-Re— Re— they keep it real with ya

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Re— Real niggas

Re— Re-Re— Re— they keep it trill with ya

[Verse 2: AZ]

Civilize from 85er, it made me liver

Legitimized illegal ties that made me dollars

Mercedes driver, mama bear, she raised a rider

So say the saga, gully niggas do what they gotta

Don't get tired, I'm righteous, but still'll riot

Pressure, apply it when necessary, though admire

My men of honor, the killers address the drama

Never question karma, know them feds'll arrest ya mama

The streets watchin', play sleep or keep options

It's that or either trial, you coppin' or detoxin'

Few will duck it, sources choose on who you fuck with

My moves adjusted on hammer time, you can't touch this

Top-tier, I'm official, I rock wears

I do not fear, I'm like ahk on his salat prayers

Stops here, accept it or reject it

I rest on ethics, nothin' left but to respect it

[Chorus: Keffa]

What happens to you don't make you a real nigga

How you deal with it dictates a real nigga

Real, you don't even know how that feels, nigga

Tryna keep it real when no one keeps it real with ya

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Re— Real niggas

Re— Re-Re— Re— they keep it real with ya

Re— Re-Re— Re— Re-Re— Real niggas

Re— Re-Re— Re— they keep it trill with ya

[Post-Chorus: AZ]

You pay dues, you learn, you get schooled (Get schooled)

You chew your food and return, you live smooth (Live smooth)

The last jewels of concern is cash rules

Act fool if you choose, but that's you, haha

[Outro: AZ]

I'm tryna get it all, stay in the cut

And live the dream for all my peeps that never made it

I rep for you, I ride for you

I rap for you (Go off)