[Verse 1: Lil Rob]
Wacha, there's a difference between fact and fiction
Pay close attention, do more than listen
Hear what I'm telling you
All these vatos be telling it
Claiming that they be having it
But really, they ain't having shit
Fuck all that bullshit, that shit is kid-shit
Keep talking shit, bitch, that's what your skill is
Fools are ridiculous, just don't know when to quit
Can't spit like I can spit, straight-up immaculate
Talented, handled it, Simon, ey; I'm a man that did
Flow so cold, leave you frozen-stiff like a mannequin
Crazy, like the bay that they named after a pelican
From pellet-guns to semi-autos to automatic guns
Not having funds to having funds, to having fun in Cali sun
I love convertibles, dawg, I had to have me one
You might know me from cruising around in my Cadillac
Two pumps in the trunk, eight batteries on the rack, ten switches on my lap
[Chorus]
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
Everything you did was stupid
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
I don't wanna do what you did, stupid
[Verse 2: Lil Rob]
A lot of you vatos take a long time to bust-a-rhyme
Need to empty your drawing board and take some more time, for real
Homeboy, I ain't never heard nothing weaker
I can't believe that bullshit be coming out the speaker
It's like: who heard you and told you that you were good?
They lied to you; you can't rap, but they said you could?
Why would they do that? Now look what they done did!
Made a shit-talker out of a young, fucking dumb kid
I know where I'm from, I know what I've done
I know what it takes to be number-one
You vatos cross the line all the time, like dropping a dime
You're questioning, I'm answering before you're asking it
I know what I said
Whatever I say, homeboy, I'm backing it; I'm back and lit
Well, you're a lying fucking sack-of-shit
Chronic shit; had a big, ol' fluffy fuckin' sack of it
It's no accident when I'm packing it, relaxing it
Kicking-back and shit
I lost my mind
I lost the time, where'd it go?
I don't know; lost track of it
[Chorus]
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
Everything you did was stupid
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
I don't wanna do what you did, stupid
[Verse 3: Lil Rob]
San Diego, city I was brought-up in
Home of Donovan, car-hoppin' and bomb-droppin'
I'm getting numbers while I'm dragging bumpers
Scraping it up; juice, I think I've got more than enough
In fact, I think I got a little too much, but never enough
Living life so rough and so tough
I pick up the mic, ¿sabes qué?
I'm sick of the mic, I'm sick on the mic
You're sounding like a bitch on the mic
I'm sick of my life, and still kick the shit that you like
Probably get myself a six-pack and just kick-it tonight
I'm tripping tonight; feel like straight-up picking a fight
Get wiki-wiki tonight, drug-driven tonight
I'm going out of my head like Little Anthony
Back in the days when he had tears on his pillow
Weeping like a willow
It's Lil' Rob, ese, breaking it down
Gangster oldie, no mistaking the sound
No mistakes are allowed
[Chorus]
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
Everything you did was stupid
Keeping it real, got the skills to pay the bills, ese
A lot of you vatos don't know how it feels to keep it real, ese
I do what I do when I do it
I'm keeping it real when I do it
Unlike you did
I don't wanna do what you did, stupid