[00:00.251]Root of All Evil -Paris
[00:20.881]Who is it
[00:21.737]The mothaf**kin'D-O-G
[00:23.384]Still spittin'game over tight-ass beats
[00:25.576]Get the money 'cause the fame ain't nothin'to me
[00:28.77]I be the tightest one servin'but it's never for free
[00:30.584]I seen many die on these streets fo'sho'
[00:33.137]Over money wrong looks c*****e and ho
[00:35.893]Where friendship blows in the wind like dust
[00:38.333]See they used to be yo homies but they ready to bust
[00:40.882]You can't trust no man but some might try
[00:43.402]See them come see them go see them drop like fly
[00:46.149]How many of them fail just a few succeed
[00:48.660]Where fantasy is real and what's real is a dream
[00:51.180]And I been in this game and I done dirt too
[00:53.716]Still down for the struggle but I can't be fooled
[00:56.124]Every brother ain't a brother
[00:57.315]Ain't a d**n thing new
[00:58.788]Need to take your million man march a*s to school
[01:00.783]And tell
[01:01.407]See it's the root of all evil the story is told
[01:03.868]And you never really know
[01:05.205]If they your friends or foes
[01:06.484]So cold up on these streets
[01:07.972]I seen the evil that men do
[01:09.262]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[01:11.406]See it's the root of all evil the story is told
[01:13.990]And you never really know
[01:15.181]If they your friends or foes
[01:16.582]So cold up on these streets
[01:17.966]I seen the evil that men do
[01:19.407]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[01:21.670]They say change is the only thing that stays the same
[01:24.387]Take a look around and see how many remain
[01:26.891]I'm a vet up in this here still ten years deep
[01:29.315]Gettin'cash spittin'game over tight-ass beats
[01:31.916]Everybody nowadays wanna come up quick
[01:34.372]Young soldiers hit licks who can suck on dicks
[01:37.399]But dirt gun in the dark comes the light
[01:39.632]Young n***a got aids 'cause the kitty was right
[01:42.264]Now what you know and what you see
[01:44.786]And where you from and who you be
[01:47.363]'Cause everybody got skeletons in the cut
[01:49.803]And peace to the homies in the pen locked up
[01:52.411]I said it's like a jungle sometimes it made me wonder
[01:55.79]How I keep from going under who gone be the one the
[01:57.689]Change things 'cause it seem ain't no hope
[01:59.872]Scratch his name off the list if he come up short
[02:02.265]And tell
[02:03.56]See it's the root of all evil the story is told
[02:05.161]And you never really know if they your
[02:06.904]Friends or foes
[02:07.721]So cold up on these streets
[02:09.17]I seen the evil that men do
[02:10.489]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[02:12.857]See it's the root of all evil
[02:14.337]The story is told
[02:15.361]And you never really know
[02:16.641]If they your friends or foes
[02:17.969]So cold up on these streets
[02:19.305]I seen the evil that men do
[02:20.809]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[02:22.977]They say the world keep turnin'and life goes on
[02:25.505]Some others start slippin'
[02:26.953]While some stay strong
[02:28.136]The old pain goes away with the passage of time
[02:30.657]P-dog is on the mic still spittin'the rhyme
[02:33.97]And if you ask me you know
[02:34.585]I couldn't be much help
[02:35.729]Real n***as understand gotta do for yourself
[02:38.250]'Cause ain't nothin'comin'if you don't apply
[02:40.930]And don't nobody really care
[02:42.122]If n***as'livin'or dyin'
[02:43.458]I fold up them up like a crease breeze
[02:45.93]Through the weak fleas
[02:46.36]On my sack gets scratched now
[02:47.235]Who's who in this rap game
[02:49.82]Late pass on my haters 'cause I still blitz them
[02:51.770]Shoulda kept ya mouth shut 'cause you got it twisted
[02:54.188]Real soldiers don't die we just re-adjust
[02:56.420]While some might try they can't touch this
[02:59.264]Street soldier with a capital S
[03:01.299]P-dog sayin'f**k the rest
[03:03.75]Tell me is it really real
[03:04.539]See it's the root of all evil
[03:05.724]The story is told
[03:06.628]And you never really know if they your friends or foes
[03:08.971]So cold up on these streets
[03:10.145]I seen the evil that men do
[03:11.722]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[03:14.09]See it's the root of all evil
[03:15.514]The story is told
[03:16.514]And you never really know
[03:17.938]If they your friends or foes
[03:19.210]So cold up on these streets
[03:20.553]I seen the evil that men do
[03:21.917]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[03:24.125]See it's the root of all evil the story is told
[03:26.844]And you never really know if they your friends or foes
[03:29.276]So cold up on these streets
[03:30.684]I seen the evil that men do
[03:32.172]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[03:34.525]See it's the root of all evil
[03:36.37]The story is told
[03:36.996]And you never really know if they your friends or foes
[03:39.516]So cold up on these streets
[03:40.989]I seen the evil that men do
[03:42.564]Will money be the reason that the murder continue
[03:44.819]See it's the root of all evil