Too $hort — Trying To Come Up

[Verse 1: Too $hort] You want the money? Wanna be a big mack, dog? You swimmin' in women on backlog Daydreamin’ 'bout the dividends The little homie said, "Man, I'm ’bout to get it in" It's just a sign of the times You get a little older, now you wanna do crimes He went to jail and now he's got big muscles He don't think he failed, he just picked the wrong hustle Came home, went straight to the block He got a P.O. but he don't care about the cops Pockets full of rocks, hella money in his sock Rims and paint, he don't wanna ride stock Loud and clear, the beat gon' knock And a lot of girls walkin' down the street gon’ stop And tell each other how they love you You gettin’ money and they all wanna fuck you [Chorus] I'm tryin’ to come up, oh I'm tryin' to come up, got to keep on movin' Come up, oh I’m tryin' to come up, oh [Verse 2: Too $hort] The world is violent, so what you yellin' "peace" for? Gotta take another ride in a police car They don't you don't tell no lies 'Cause the judge gon' set your bail so high for crack You never shoulda sold it 'Cause everything you know, you told it I thought you was a cocaine cowboy You caught a case, and what you doin' now, boy? You singin' that same old song Tellin' on your homeboys so you can go home And now who's gon' win? I don't need enemies if you my friend You just another crab in the barrel I'm tryin' to see the top, stop grabbin', it's frail I know you wanna come up, make a few mil But the homies gon' kill you if you tell [Chorus] I'm tryin' to come up, oh I'm tryin' to come up, got to keep on movin' Come up, oh I'm tryin' to come up, oh (C.O., nigga, West Oakland, BTT, nigga) [Verse 3: C.O.] I got a two-year joint suspension bundled in my bitch coochie High tech in my styrofoam, she just popped a half a louie Ridin' with my hockey stick, I'm just tryin' to camouflage Just hit a grower house, it's drying out in my garage P.O. fuckin' with me, say I gotta find a job Honeymoon comin' up, bitch, I'm married to the mob I'm just tryin' to come up before a nigga lock me down I'd do life in Salinas for feedin' a nigga 50 rounds I'ma say slow down before a nigga go down Before a nigga starve, I'd funk with the whole Town Tired of cookin' coke, I need grown man money Some of that business, foreign car, own land money I'm just tryin' to get dough, but a nigga will skit quick Them hollows gotta get my point across, then so be it And me and God, we got a real good agreement I won't start no shit, but if they try me, I"m swingin' [Bridge] I'm tryin' to do right, just tryin' to get by Feel like I'm about to lose my mind if I got to keep on doing crime [Chorus] I'm tryin' to come up, can't do this no more I gotta come up, ooh ooh [Outro] I'm tryin' to come up I'm tryin' to come up Said I'm tryin' to come up I'm tryin' to come up