(Never, never, never, never, change)
I'll never change, this is Jay every day
(I'll never change)
I'll never change, this is Jay every day
(I'll never change)
Never change, this is Jay

I am a Roc representer (oh)
Summer to winter (oh)
Dead or alive (uh)
24/7, three-sixty-five
One CD or three hundred and sixty pies
What's up to E and Kirk?
Welcome home to Taj
Let no amount of money ruin this thing of ours (uh)
We run streets like drunks run street lights
We colliding with life as we speak
We knee deep in coke, we key deep in ice
We flood streets with dope, we keep weed to smoke
We all fish, better teach your folk
Give him money to eat, then next week he's broke
'Cause when you sleep, he's reaching for your throat
Word on the street, you reap what you sow
Not out of fear, but love, love for the game
Roc family first we never change, man

(Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change
Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change, that's right)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change, come on)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

What's up to my Miami and St. Thomas connects? (What up?)
I'll never mention your name, I promise respect
Death before dishonor, correct?
Yup, that's what you promised me since the Bomber League
Along with if we stay strong
We can get paper longer than Pippen's arms (woo)
Plead the Fifth when it comes to the fam
I'm like a dog, I never speak, but I understand
Where my dogs at? Where my soldiers at war?
Where your balls at? Whoa, gotta pause that (whoa)
Lost ninety two bricks, had to fall back
Knocked a nigga of his feet, but I crawled back
Had A1 credit, got more crack
From the first to the fifth, gave it all back
If I'm not a hustler what you call that?
This is before rap ('fore), this is all fact (fact)
I'll never change

(Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change, that's right)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change
Who you know like Hov? (Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change, come on)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

'Fore the streets robbed me, wasn't educated properly
But fuck y'all, I needed money for Atari
Was so young, my big sis still playing with Barbie
Young brother, big city, eight million stories
Old heads taught me, "Youngin, walk softly"
Carry a big clip that'll get niggas off me
Keep coke in coffee, keep money smelling mothy
Chains is cool to cop, but more important is lawyer fees (uh)
That's how it is now (uh)
That's how it always be (uh)
I'll never change, this is always me
From the womb to the tomb
From now 'til my doom
Drink Army from one cup, pass it around the room (that's a family, nigga)
That's the ritual (yup)
Big Ran, I ain't forgot you, fool
And all that bullshit you tryna get through
This is crew love, move music or move drugs
Rival crews, get your black suits up, I'll never change

(Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change, come on)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change
Who you know?
(Never, never, never, never, change)
I'm still fucking with crime, 'cause crime pays (I'll never change)
Out hustling, same clothes for days (I'll never change, come on)
I'll never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I'll never change

This is Jay every day
Who you know like Hov? Nigga


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    What does "keep money smelling mothy" mean?

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