[00:00.50]I grew up on the crime side

[00:02.14]the New York Times side

[00:03.59]Staying alive was no jive

[00:05.66]Had secondhands, mom's bounced on old man.

[00:09.28]So then we moved to Shaolin land

[00:11.74]A young youth,

[00:12.96] yo, rocking the gold tooth,

[00:14.58] 'Lo goose

[00:15.51]Only way I be gettin' the G off was drug loot

[00:18.50]And let's start it like this son

[00:20.73]Rolling with this one and that one

[00:27.35]Buzzing with my Killa Beez

[00:28.64]Chronic had my eyes chinky like Compton was the Philippines

[00:31.53]Junior prom, red suit, Tasha in that limousine

[00:34.57]Tryna suck the head off my dick like a guillotine

[00:37.59]Came in her mouth, then gave her some Listerine

[00:41.11]Put a condom on and let her grind it like a centipede

[00:43.93](Cash rules everything around me)

[00:46.68]Before Dre found me, before my city crowned me

[00:49.26]Bummy lil nigga, pussy niggas used to clown me

[00:52.39]Had to wear my brother's clothes, them shits used to drown me

[00:55.69]6 years passed now I'm banging in the county

[00:58.98]Niggas that used to talk shit won't even come around me

[01:01.88]Reciting Method Man while my celly just sit there

[01:04.98]Niggas know I been on the Wu before Ric Flair

[01:09.23]Came home through the hood, GX shining

[01:12.07]Now these bitches think I'm Lex Diamonds

[01:14.20]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang

[01:20.46]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang

[01:28.18](Cash rules everything around me)

[01:33.95](Cash rules everything around me)

[01:39.81]I grew up on Wu-Tang, dope had my shoe game Liu Kang

[01:43.49]Jordan 12's sick as hell, Michael Jordan flu game

[01:46.51]Glass jar, Pyrex, obsessed with the blue flame

[01:49.51]Lexus coupe, rubbing on them titties boy, 2 Chainz

[01:53.14]Top of the food chain, niggas wanna kill me

[01:55.77]'Cause I turned into the plug, I'm where the chronic and the pills be

[01:59.21]RZA with the rings, Ol' Dirty with the stainless

[02:01.95]Five .38 revolvers, thirty-six chambers

[02:05.36]Killah like Ghostface, as the Rollie rotate

[02:08.13]Daytons on the S-Class equipped with the floor safe

[02:11.69]And we had the stash spots with them red and blue tops

[02:14.67]Chronic in the GLAAD lock, the dope spot padlocked

[02:17.93]In the living room bagging shit up watching Matlock

[02:21.00]Black Glock, crack rock bundled in my black socks

[02:24.32]And my mama working late, skinny nigga serving weight

[02:27.09]Let the chronic circulate the Purple Tape

[02:29.60]I grew up on Wu-Tang

[02:35.57]Nigga I grew up on Wu-Tang

[02:42.56](Cash rules everything around me)

[02:48.85](Cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M. get the money, dollar, dollar bill y'all)