The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
All ya'll young mutha fuckers comin in the game
Think ya'll gonna change this shit
We the muthafuckin' Rydas bitch
That's mutha fuckin' Cell Block
That's Bullet
That's Lil' Shank
That's Foe Foe
And that's Full Clip
Thats five muthafuckin' Rydas for life bitch
Foe Foe bring the heat
When I speak I make the walls all crumble
Sittin' in the 655 with the bumble
Niggas haul off for a block of the cheese
Pop a weak nigga right in his knees
So will I die (bitch please)
Gettin G's by any means nessesary
That's why my cousin doin' time and my dogs got barried
Ya'll bitches is afraid of da game
Sittin' posted on the corner and sayin'
Makin' money fuck the fame
Insane in the brain and quick to pull a gat
So quick to lay your punk ass flat
I'm the poster boy for car jacks
And my name is Foe Foe
Anybody got a problem with me
Bring it to my door
And Im'ma let my gun unload
And watch tha back of your muthafuckin' head explode
I'm from tha streets where you hustle for your rep
Anbody wanna step they gon catch it you can bet
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
Bitch I'm Full Clip
But you can call me Dream Cast
Ahead of the game so far number 1 looks last
See tha gat blast, hear lead whistle by ya ear
Deaf by the sound, vision blinded by the glare
Of the dusted the fuck down in ice chips
Hatchet representin' in the window of the black
Fuck a grip and them bustas get no love
Rydas run this muthafucka throw ya hatchets up
Ain't nobody in this game worth speakin' about
Cause the Psychopathic Rydas always freakin' them out
We be like hustlin po po's and we slang them bobos
Leavin' muthafuckers missin' like the electrifyin Mojo
Killas don't talk but we be quick to lay them out
And then appear at your funeral like what you cryin' about
We dressin' up all in black, we pack a hoodie and attack
And leave you layin' on the floor like a gorrilla came in an broke your back
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
You couldn't see a fuckin' thug with a microscope
And there ain't a crew in the industry half as dope
As Rydas be Foe Foe on the side of me
Mashin' out of control and reachin' the vacinity
Witness real g's with real rythem and real rhyme
And we takin over hoods one block at a time
Well hold on before you fold up
And get loked that's when the niggas grab the sawed off
Time to set some shit off take a pull of the blunt
Hold the smoke till a muthafucka cough
Chinky eyed sittin' in a hoopty ride
Thinkin' to my SOMEBODY GONE' DIE!!
Now which one of ya'll wanna catch the slugs
I represent the unity of five heartless thugs
And we take what we want be it money or drugs
Can't nobody in da game even fuck with us
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
Think ya'll gonna change this shit
We the muthafuckin' Rydas bitch
That's mutha fuckin' Cell Block
That's Bullet
That's Lil' Shank
That's Foe Foe
And that's Full Clip
Thats five muthafuckin' Rydas for life bitch
Foe Foe bring the heat
When I speak I make the walls all crumble
Sittin' in the 655 with the bumble
Niggas haul off for a block of the cheese
Pop a weak nigga right in his knees
So will I die (bitch please)
Gettin G's by any means nessesary
That's why my cousin doin' time and my dogs got barried
Ya'll bitches is afraid of da game
Sittin' posted on the corner and sayin'
Makin' money fuck the fame
Insane in the brain and quick to pull a gat
So quick to lay your punk ass flat
I'm the poster boy for car jacks
And my name is Foe Foe
Anybody got a problem with me
Bring it to my door
And Im'ma let my gun unload
And watch tha back of your muthafuckin' head explode
I'm from tha streets where you hustle for your rep
Anbody wanna step they gon catch it you can bet
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
Bitch I'm Full Clip
But you can call me Dream Cast
Ahead of the game so far number 1 looks last
See tha gat blast, hear lead whistle by ya ear
Deaf by the sound, vision blinded by the glare
Of the dusted the fuck down in ice chips
Hatchet representin' in the window of the black
Fuck a grip and them bustas get no love
Rydas run this muthafucka throw ya hatchets up
Ain't nobody in this game worth speakin' about
Cause the Psychopathic Rydas always freakin' them out
We be like hustlin po po's and we slang them bobos
Leavin' muthafuckers missin' like the electrifyin Mojo
Killas don't talk but we be quick to lay them out
And then appear at your funeral like what you cryin' about
We dressin' up all in black, we pack a hoodie and attack
And leave you layin' on the floor like a gorrilla came in an broke your back
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
You couldn't see a fuckin' thug with a microscope
And there ain't a crew in the industry half as dope
As Rydas be Foe Foe on the side of me
Mashin' out of control and reachin' the vacinity
Witness real g's with real rythem and real rhyme
And we takin over hoods one block at a time
Well hold on before you fold up
And get loked that's when the niggas grab the sawed off
Time to set some shit off take a pull of the blunt
Hold the smoke till a muthafucka cough
Chinky eyed sittin' in a hoopty ride
Thinkin' to my SOMEBODY GONE' DIE!!
Now which one of ya'll wanna catch the slugs
I represent the unity of five heartless thugs
And we take what we want be it money or drugs
Can't nobody in da game even fuck with us
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
It ain't nobody in this game that hold it down like us
It ain't nobody in this game even close to us
It ain't nobody in this game that'll bust like us
It ain't nobody in this game nigga, game nigga
Lyrics submitted by MyAntiDrugIsSuicide
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