Bow Wow - Ballin Lyrics
[feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock][Hook:]And I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on thisAnd I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on this[Verse 1:]Okay, headed to that swap meatCoppin all that AvalonFresh white T's and some J's what I had in mindI remember days when a nigga didn't have a dimeNow I got big dollas, I just buy whatever come to mindChoppas squeezed, I remember when I used to window shopNow I hit the mall, buy it all 'cus I'm on the topBoss like I used to dream of this momentUsed to roll that stress, now I roll that kill, I call it comaStep inside my ride, I know you smell the aroma6-50 top back, chillin on my cornerUsed to be MacDonald's, now we eat at Benihana's5 star suites with freaks, that's on my mamaThey tell me money evil but it wash away my problemsDon't matter what the price, lil mama just know I got itAw, it ain't trickin if you got itMy bank account solid and my wallet need a diet[Bridge:]I used to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballin[Hook:]And I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on thisAnd I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on this[Verse 2:]Like my nigga meet me outsideThese homies rush me just so they can steal my flashdriveMy music that important, imported in iPodBuying my CDs like payin ties, act GodI'm sure success will taste better than nectarinesGrowing in the spring, basket's the fruit of lifeHad the boy arrange me every time I pick up the mikeI hop my entertainment be a bigger impact than MikeCan I live like the princess of Munda?Got a princess to groom the lacks o my scalp with a golden combAnd I'm on, Cloud 9, stopping acts like in the skyI'm from Compton, can't you hear me coming like I'm from the shyI'm inspired from a magic twice, which art is a rep and run?But if they knew my intentions the reff and probably runI'm just a good kid from the city who made straight A'sTryna make the transition from Rose to Kool Aid[Bridge:]I used to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballin[Hook:]And I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on thisAnd I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on this[Verse 3:]Okay, started as a youngin, now I'm at the topUsed to ride the city bus, now I'm at the car lotAnd we live up in the mall now, something like a regularI ball every day like clap, I got my cheddar upI used to smoke dirt weed, now I'm smoking betterBut in school I couldn't get a girl but now I'm getting groupie loveNow I'm seeing better days, mama's so proud of meDo it for my grandma but I know she lookin down on meReach in my pocket and grab big billsIf this is Caribbean rich I like how this feelHah, and ain't nobody help me get hereIf you lookin for me at the top is where I'll be, I'll be there go[Bridge:]I used to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballinUsed to be broke but now I'm ballin, I'm ballin[Hook:]And I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on thisAnd I spent a couple bucks on this, yeaJust to be like nigga you ain't up on this