[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:02.66]"Do Your Time" [00:02.86](feat. Beanie Sigel, C-Murder, Pimp C) [00:03.10] [00:03.68]You have a call from an inmate in a correctional facility [00:06.50]Inmate, state your name (Darren) [00:08.48]This phone call may be monitered and recorded [00:11.32]Press 3 if you accept the charges, if not hang up [00:13.80] [00:14.35]To my cousin Darren Ranch - stay up homie [00:17.28]To my brother Chris Butler - stay up homie [00:20.13]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [00:22.94]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [00:25.96]To my brother Mikey Mike - stay up homie [00:28.89]To my cuz J.B. - stay up homie [00:31.76]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [00:34.51]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [00:37.22] [00:37.41]You lookin at a man that would [00:38.52]die for his daughter, just to let her breathe [00:40.43]And I'd definitely die for Jesus cause he died for me [00:43.14]Give my eyes to Stevie Wonder just to see what he's seen [00:46.20]But then I'd take 'em right back to see Martin Luther's dream [00:49.22]I'd dream that I could tell Martin Luther we made it [00:51.93]But half of my black brothers are still incarcerated [00:54.93]Locked up in a cell block, lost from the shell shock [00:58.34]Some sold they soul, others used to sell rocks [01:00.94]Look up in my mailbox, I get letters from my cuz [01:04.36]and every week said he wanna hit the streets [01:06.72]But he never struck a deal cause his mouth will never squeal [01:09.42]Put some money on his books and help him out with his appeal [01:12.37]Send some pictures of the fam and nasty pics of Shawnna [01:15.15]If you ever have to leave I got your mother AND your daughter [01:18.24]Born in this way of livin and our youth is stuck [01:20.84]To be safe it's safe to say the justice system's FUCKED up! [01:23.95] [01:24.13]If you doin 25 to life - stay up homie [01:26.53]I got your money on ice so - stay up homie [01:29.36]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [01:32.26]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [01:35.19]All my peoples in the pit - stay up homie [01:38.11]And until you hit the bricks - stay up homie [01:40.88]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [01:43.74]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [01:46.11] [01:46.80]Until I went to jail you couldn't tell me, I ain't seen it all [01:49.73]That box, a motherfucker - it could stress a nigga balls [01:53.38]Especially when you broke and home base ain't acceptin your calls [01:55.58]And you don't hear your name when it's mail time [01:57.91]Caught in damn jailhouse barbers pushin back on your hairline [02:01.22]Fuckin {?} will have you stuck in that pill line [02:04.43]Your bitch miss the V-I this weekend [02:06.78]The food in your locker keeps shrinkin, your celly feet stinkin [02:09.89]The canteen ran out of menthols [02:12.39]Can't see how grown men wash other men drawers [02:15.40]Niggaz play the phone room reckless and get hit with new indictments [02:20.37]Talkin about old connects and new prices [02:21.47]Stress'll take a young nigga, give him an old face [02:24.54]Or stress'll take a dumb nigga, give him a new case [02:27.14]That shit I used to tell my walkie [02:29.16]Lil' Itchy, all he did was smoke weed and drink coffee [02:32.16]I know he miss me [02:32.87] [02:33.25]To my man Lil' Nell (stay up homie) [02:35.76]To my man Steve P (stay up homie) [02:38.64]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [02:41.45]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [02:44.43]To my man Paul Selene (stay up homie) [02:47.25]To Abdul McKeith (stay up homie) [02:50.12]Until I see you in the streets keep makin it through [02:53.06]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [02:55.54] [02:56.03]Uhh, if your people locked up you need to send 'em some shit [02:58.67]Cause it's never too late to stop bein a bitch [03:01.70]A magazine and some pictures is a nigga's whole world [03:04.59]When I was down them niggaz fell out so I'm ridin with the girls [03:07.53]Cause they got mo' heart, than them fake ass dudes [03:10.46]They send no letters, no books, and no money for no food [03:13.82]Cause commissary is so very necessary [03:16.20]It's so close to bein slavery, in Texas nigga it's scary [03:19.23]I reached out to C-Murder right before I came home [03:21.70]And when him home, let me go I make sure that his books was on [03:24.71]And three months later that nigga came home too [03:27.69]Ain't +No Limit+ to this shit cause now his dream's comin +Tru+ [03:31.73]I'ma keep ridin with Bun cause UGK will never stop [03:33.49]And I'ma stand up for my partner, steady let them off a lot (yeah) [03:37.40]Biatch, and I'm as trill as you can be [03:39.22]They scream "Free Pimp C" but not see the pimp free (here I go) [03:41.50] [03:41.97]C-Murder! [03:42.38] [03:42.94]Wake up, roll call, another day gone by [03:45.10]Now put a 'X' on November 25 I'm still alive [03:48.32]Open the dead roll balls [03:50.74]Now this dead man walkin parkin million dollar cars [03:53.97]It's slavery, hard labor, catch the feel [03:56.49]Redneck on the hearse while you walk, it's real [03:59.47]With a shotgun, burnin at the back of your dome [04:02.34]300 years left, my dawg ain't never comin home [04:05.47]One fight, dude got stabbed, he lost the nine [04:08.07]Almost died, in Camp Jay{?} nigga, ride or cry [04:11.07]Cream has suicide attempts, Precious took his own life [04:14.58]White boys can't handle the pain at night [04:16.81]You gotta fight for your shoes, or get your ass shook [04:19.58]And walk around with lipstick, and a pocketbook [04:23.01]You all in bitch, sit down when you piss [04:25.35]Sweet ass, you a ho, watch I blow you a kiss (mwah) [04:27.92] [04:28.39]To my cousin Jimmy Watson (stay up homie) [04:31.16]To my homeboy Mack (stay up homie) [04:34.08]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [04:36.88]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [04:39.42] [04:39.90]To my nigga Pharoahe (stay up homie) [04:42.75]To my nigga Z-Ro (stay up homie) [04:45.71]If you're locked in the box keep makin it through [04:48.34]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [04:51.40]To the king Larry Hoover (stay up homie) [04:54.36]To my partner Shan-O you gotta (stay up homie) [04:57.09]If you're locked in the box keep makin it through [05:00.12]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you [05:02.64] [05:03.13]To the homeboy Shyne - stay up homie [05:05.90]To my nigga Mystikal - stay up homie [05:08.67]If you locked in the box keep makin it through [05:11.48]Do your time (do your time) don't let your time do you