D.O.W.N. (Explicit Album Version)

RBGs, RBGs, Nigga it's dat RBGs

RBGs, RBGs, Nigga it's dat RBGs

Tell me are you down? when it's goin down

You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it down

Tell me are you down? when it's goin down

You got to hold it down, when it's goin down

Have you ever had a lesson from a OG?

From a nigga that's been in the war

Been locked up longer than I been on the earth

And his crime is defendin the poor

And they can tell you bout death, tell you bout life

But most of all they tell you bout sacrifice

And they can tell if a woman aint with you when you down

cuz she never really could be your wife

What it mean to be D-O-W-N?

Is ya homies still down when it's trouble you in?

You wanna have a good time make it hot when the pigs come down on the block

Would they fuck wit you then?

Now you wanna get high wit me, organize wit me

Start a clothes drive then maybe we can start a fire

Where my RBGs? My guerillas wit a G-U-E

Don't got a I-Ching homey get free

Rule number 1: When we ride we follow the plan

There's a role for every man

With a chain of command even when the shit hit the fan

Anything get outta hand we still stand

To me bein down mean more than bein friends, or kin

We comrades and struggle through any trouble

Sacrifice my life in combat for ya

So you know I gotta love ya,

I'm down for my brothas and sistas,

Fuck the system, bust ya pistols, nigga I'm with ya

Just put a rag on ya face when you ride

You don't want them satellites to take ya picture

We gotta have a lot of discipline and it comes from within

It's not somethin you pretend, homey

A lot of niggas be talkin that shit

When it really goes down they be gone with the wind, homey

Can't be no coward, gotta get this power by any means

Gotta know yaself and ya enemy when you puttin it down for ya family

Can't tell by no tattoo, can't tell by no handshake

It starts with the heart, bein down is an attitude

Doin' what you gotta do, for the crew's sake

My definition of a soulja, a Revolutionary, Military Minded,

And ready for whatever, nigga

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst

Stay aware, be alert bomb first, no tear(?)

Tell me are you down? when it's goin down

You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it down

Homey tell me are you down? when it's goin down

You got to hold it down, don't talk it hold it