yo i got 24 bars to heal these scars i m a underground cat but still like money and cars i ll introduce myself check it out ladies and gentlemen the one and only evidence servin up your medicine varsity letterman e on my coat every time i touch the paper it s murder he wrote i m from a real big city called watch where you go a place you think you know only to find out you don t born in l a it s hard to get star struck born in l a so i always keep my guard up born in l a plus still where i stay everyday cats like julio g paved the way me crew s thick all sharp take a pick all ready to spit or sit down and write a hit we learned both from the best on both coasts couldn t stress enough all the times we ve killed shows problem here problem there got through em label here label there politics and bullshit we rip the mic s cocked back a full clip i don t preach i rap i m on stage this ain t a pulpit this is it we re up and runnin torches lit prepare for marathons we don t sprint i save my crew s name for last injection s lethal it s l a s finest y all it s dilated peoples y all can t sleep now play for keeps we play for keeps now y all can t sleep y all can t sleep now play for keeps we play for keeps now it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close i got that flow for the street stay ahead of the time stay behind the beat it s not what you know but what you can prove everyday they keep chasin me down with little clues it s dilated from lost angels you didn t know friends make better music than strangers so far i ve been misunderstood wherever i fall i make the category look good 26 years young when i wrote this down my whole life ahead of me i was known in my town things started to change and started to stretch the farther away i went the closer to home i started to get my actions cause reaction some love or hate shit it just happens either or we came to get it started before the show find me at the bar drinkin bacardi this is it cats worked hard to have things here to keep the party up i rap caffeine i save my crew s name for last injection s lethal it s l a s finest it s dilated peoples  y all can t sleep now play for keeps we play for keeps now y all can t sleep y all can t sleep now play for keeps we play for keeps now it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close it s people you know it s people you don t it s people involved that shouldn t be you gotta keep close