Lil Rob - Stop, Look, & Listen Lyrics
[Operator]This is the MCI operatorI have a collect call from..DREAMERWho is an inmate in a California State prisonTo accept charges press 5 now {beep}Your call is being connectedThank you for using MCI[Lil Rob]Sup eseWhat's up ese... what you know me man?Si mon I'm your best homey and you don't even know meThis vato came up and said "hey what's up homes"I said "you know me?" he said "simon I'm your best homieYou were born in September of 1975You're already 20 I'm the reason why you're still aliveI watch everything you do I've seen everything you've doneI kept you out of jail because i told you when to runYou packed a gun at the age of 13"This vato knew everything about me but this guy I've never seenSo I said "what you mean?" and he said "follow me"I'm going crazy that's exactly what it's gotta beHe said "let's fly" so we took to the skyHe said "stop, look and listen pay attentionAnd if you have a question then ask"So by the way where you takin me?He said "stop, look and listen and you will see"(Chorus)Stop, look, listen hear what I'm sayingStop, look,listen hear what I'm sayingStop, look ,listen hear what I'm sayingStop, look... la la la la listen to meDo you remember this night?Oh yeah homie quite clear 3-27-94 was the yearGunshots is all I hear as we hit up the placeWe gave those vatos a tasteShow 'em not to ***** around but i got shot in the faceAnd it was like damn what am i supposed to doNow i can't die cause that means they got the best of me foolHe said "now anyone else would've shookCome with me let's take a closer look"He took me down to the carucha i was ridin' inWho would've thought that a bullet I'd be biting hereYou shoulda heard all the shit that i was sayin'I wasn't playin' as we were spraying I wanted to see some levas layingDid it in the streets of my barrioThey wanted to take my life and that ain't rightSo we had a gunfightGuero and Dreamer backing me upAnd we had the 12-Gauge Mausberg shells stacking them upAnd it was like crazyShoulda been a western flickYou've got two kinds of vatos who don't give a shitThey came to my neighborhood and got what they gotIn other words I'm not the only one who got shot leva (*****in leva)(Chorus)I can't believe that this is happening to meGod do you want my life well then take meBut if not i need some oxygenThey threw me on a *****in bed and now I'm off againIn the life flight helicopter soaring through the skyKnowing I could die but still I won't cryCause it's like why shed a tear manWhen everyday I'm wishing that I wasn't here man you catch my driftAll you vatos need to take noteI got a bullet in my throat and I'm trying not to chokeCause if I do I just might go into a panicAnd then it just might be the end for this Hispanic***** no I can't let 'em get the best of meCause if I die there ain't no way I'm gonna rest in peaceKnowin' that those vatos are standin tallLaughin as a Lil' Rob having to take a little fallBut i ain't one to go out like a *****And i ain't that little vato that vato to go snitchIt's the barrio's on when I won't breakSo stop look and listen and you'll find I ain't no fake(Chorus){Oldie}Things I can say are true (the truth)Things I can say are true (I said it true man)Things I can say are true (la verdad)Things I can say rae true (simon)Ahhhhhhh