well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger i m not a stranger to the game in no way i said i ve been hustlin in the streets since the day i sold my first nickel at fourteen a bow a year later by nineteen the product changed throughout the pager got a microphone me and my crew left put down that look over your shoulder type mess less stress more work more play and music was the new smoke dream of the day we put our hands together on some rock and roll rap shit with banjos swingin to the beat of a fat kick they called it a classic a brand new sound to ride to get high to hopin ya ll feel it like i do the villebilly life style s new and true whatcha gon do when we come for you up in your city with the homegrown style twisted up like kids at the group home well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger and for our next move put it all together in test tubes and frankenstein rose up from the table and said boo we made a monster out of pieces and parts of every genre of music from japan to wisconsin hit the limits in austin hopped over to boston pocked the khan hit the bob and rocked it our name s said often next to cuss words out of big mouths who don t fuck with us nerds it s okay though easy come easy go and i ain t met a hater yet that could stop a revolt not really a threat just a sign of success and the truth of being naked when the lies are undressed i told my mama that when i was young that they re all gonna fall when my song is sung but i m just a dude with the microphone twisted up like them kids in the group home  well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger yo i grew up nothin but a screw up people used to tell my mama that i d never do much but guess what i was just another kid in the hall smokin billy blunts all up in the bathroom stall now i travel the earth we re caught up in the morgon roll away in the hearse i used to play in the dirt while ya ll play in the yard i turn into a transformer an tear you apart shit it s me motherfucker and this ain t nintendo used to post on the block like a barber shop while you were runnin in your socks and your flip flops and can t none of ya ll motherfuckers stop the flow cause embedded in my hand is a microphone a kickin back with my jack on top of my throne a twisted up like them kids at the group home well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger well it ain t alright livin that way no it ain t alright but i m not a stranger