Throw Your Hands Up
8Ball & MJG Lyrics

Yeah
The start of the song, inviting everyone to participate

All my playa niggaz throw your hands up
Asking all the players to put their hands up

And all my thug niggaz throw your guns up
Asking all the thugs to show their weapons

Weak niggaz give your funds up to these hoes
Asking the weak men to give their money to women

Distance your foes and stay up on your toes
Stay away from enemies and stay alert

I love this game but its not the NBA
Expressing love for the game, but noting that it's not basketball

It be me and MJ doin' shit the playa way
Doing things the way players do with MJ

Daily smokin' hay
Smoking marijuana regularly

The time on my Roly tellin' me I'm gonna make cheese like Kobe
Referring to his watch and suggesting that he will make money like Kobe Bryant

Did what the real niggaz showed me and shook the phonies
Following the examples of real men and ignoring fake people

Hooked the honies, lookin' like I got some money
Attracting women by looking wealthy

Ain't it funny, they diss you when you lookin' bunny
Women judge men by their appearance

But she your honey, when your stuff shrimps in her tummy
When a woman is satisfied with a man's performance, she becomes his friend

I just call it how I see it, non-fictional
Telling the truth as he sees it

Deliver the bomb shit, straight irresistible
Producing great music that is difficult to resist

Without a pistol, I'll make you put your hands up
Making people raise their hands without using a gun

So everybody in the place put your hands up
Everyone in the venue should raise their hands

Stompin', and pimpin' and mackin' and actin'
Describing various behaviors of a player

Bad when a nigga rappin'
Being tough while rapping

Get your hands up, let me see the big butts
Asking people to raise their hands and displaying big butts

We don't want to see nothin' but the big butts
Only interested in seeing large buttocks

Thug niggaz if you feel me bust
Asking tough men to understand and participate

No matter where you at pull your shit out and bust
Using violent language and telling people to use their weapons

Yeah, first to bringin' the pain
The first to bring pain in the rap game

And you better bring a Hertz too
You need to bring your best as well

Southern voodoo brewed up to curse you
Describing a type of curse from the southern US

May even hurt you, born into violence
Being born into a violent environment

Streets a pilot, flyin' rhymes over cloudy beats
Using music to navigate the streets

50 thousand feet above what you thought I was
He's better than what you expected

Just a scrub, not good enough to get your love
In the past, he was too poor to get a woman's love

I came with acrobatic tongue tactics
Using his lyrical skills to impress

Parental advisory because my shit is graphic
Explicit content, not suitable for children

Tatooed on your memory that fat Tennesee MC
The singer has created a lasting memory as a fat MC from Tennessee

Comin' out hard, they call me Mr. be-I-G
Initials spell out "big", representing his stature

But not because of my size, you better recognize
He is important, regardless of his size

I'm do or die, when you talk about my green guys
He is willing to fight over money

Warn the citizens, the killers on the loose again
Informing people about a dangerous situation

Gone off of 'lucigens, clownin' in the big Benz
Driving under the influence and showing off in a Mercedes-Benz

All I want to do is make a nigga get bucked
Trying to evoke a violent reaction from someone

So get up, and get your mothafuckin' hands up
Encouraging people to stand up and raise their hands

Throw your hands in the smoke, cause there's smoke in the air
Put your hands in the air because it's smoky

Get close to me, I'll contact your ass like a flare
He will find you like a flare

As you stare, nigga you gonna come to term with what you see
Looking at him, you will realize what he is

A primitive example of the shit you want to be
He represents the qualities you aspire to have

And I ain't gonna be persuaded, by blue sueded shoe wearin'
He won't be influenced by people's dress style

Slick gun bitches, who get paid quick
Referring to women who use their bodies and guns to make money

Trick niggaz stop all of that trickin' and shit
Calling out men who are deceitful and manipulative

If she come with a price tag, fuck that bitch
Not interested in women who are only after money

Why should you switch?
Asking why someone should change

From one hoe, and love 'em all
Sticking with one woman and not engaging in promiscuous behavior

Cause she could suck the flavor out a dick?
Questioning the logic behind a woman's sexual prowess

Hell nah
Absolutely not

One thing you gotta know about a woman
Giving advice for understanding women

Big dicks will be the reason for some shit known to get that pussy comin'
Suggesting the importance of having a large penis when pleasing a woman

Now who I be, before the G, MJ
Identifying himself as MJ before he became a "G"

Nigga I ain't tryin' to high side
Not trying to show off or act superior

But have a nice day
A friendly farewell

Like a, get a way girl
Asking women to come and go as they please

I get hips to watch
Attracting attention with his music and dance moves

I'm takin' applications
Looking for new women to engage with

Look at all the traffic you stopped
Asking women to appreciate the attention he's giving them