Church For Thugs
The Game Lyrics

Yeah, Fort Knocks, Aftermath, Compton to Jersey
The Game is shouting out the various areas that he and his crew represent.

What y'all fools know about perculatin on lo-los?
The Game is asking if people know about cruising in lowriders.

Mics and six-fo's nigga
The Game is letting people know that he's still about rapping and lowriders.

Ha ha, no more hand claps, please nigga
The Game is jokingly saying to stop with the hand claps because he's about to start rapping.

Here we go - Just Blaze!
The Game is hyping up the producer Just Blaze as the song starts.

To all my niggas on the porch gettin they hair braided
The Game is giving a shoutout to his friends getting their hair braided on the porch.

Cornrowed by a L.A. bitch
The Game is saying that his friends are getting their hair braided by a girl from Los Angeles.

And I can't forget, my niggas ridin the train, Yankee fitted
The Game is giving a shoutout to his friends in New York who are wearing Yankee hats and riding the train.

Snub nose under that Pelle shit
The Game is saying that his friends have a small gun hidden under their Pelle Pelle jackets.

I love New York, but gangbangin that's L.A. shit
The Game is saying that while he loves New York, gangbanging is something that originated in Los Angeles.

And I'm proud of it, spit it through the wire so the crowd love it
The Game is proud of his gangbanging roots and is rapping about it so that the crowd will love it.

Haters you know who you are, you can turn it down, fuck it {*volume fades*}
The Game is saying that the haters know who they are and if they don't like the song, they can turn it down.

{*volume rises*} I can shoot a video to it and spend half the budget
The Game is saying that he likes the song so much that he would shoot a music video for it and spend half his budget on it.

I'm gangster, let the 40 cal blow in public
The Game is saying that he's a gangster and would let his gun go off in public.

More hatred inside my soul than 'Pac had for Delores Tucker
The Game is saying that he has more anger than Tupac had towards Delores Tucker.

Every time one of my niggas get shot, the more I suffer
The Game is saying that every time one of his friends gets shot, it hurts him even more.

Cause we trapped inside a world where you forced to die for your colors
The Game is saying that they live in a world where they are forced to die for wearing a certain color.

I seen it all through the Range tints
The Game is saying that he has seen everything through the tinted windows of his Range Rover.

Got niggas doin life in the state pen
The Game is saying that he has friends who are serving life in prison.

So I dread like Jamaicans
The Game is saying that he has dreadlocks like Jamaicans.

If I die for one of my statements
The Game is saying that he's willing to die for what he believes in.

Then break up the streets of Compton
The Game is saying that if he dies, the streets of Compton will be broken up.

Spread my blood in the pavement
The Game is saying that his blood would be spilled on the pavement if he died.

Believe me
The Game is saying that people should believe what he's saying because he's serious.

Niggas keep sayin they gon' heat me up
The Game is saying that people keep threatening to kill him.

Talkin that shit like they gon' lay me down
The Game is saying that people are talking like they're going to kill him.

But when I come through strapped to see what's up
The Game is saying that if he comes through armed, people won't actually try to kill him.

Niggas really don't want no parts of me pal
The Game is saying that people don't really want to mess with him.

Who I gotta talk to, who I gotta write
The Game is saying that he needs to speak to someone about getting a shoe deal.

Get my Reebok deal done or I'm stayin in Air Nikes, aight?
The Game is saying that he wants a deal with Reebok or else he'll continue wearing Air Nikes.

I handle bars, you ain't gotta ride a bike
The Game is saying that he's good at rapping and doesn't need to ride a bike.

To beat Game in his skills, here go some trainin wheels
The Game is saying that if someone wants to compete with him, they need some help (training wheels).

Let's roll, through the City of God, where niggas trained to kill
The Game is saying that they should go through the dangerous City of God where people are trained to kill.

We'll chop you up a hundred times worse than the Haitians will
The Game is saying that they will be more brutal than the Haitians when it comes to killing.

F'real, nah f'real I need a track homey
The Game is saying that he's serious about needing a music track.

Dre we too close, ain't no turnin back homey
The Game is saying that he and Dr. Dre are too invested in his music career to turn back now.

Deal with it, I'mma be here for ten years
The Game is saying that people need to deal with the fact that he's going to be in the music industry for a long time.

Spittin like the ghost of Eric Wright and Big here
The Game is saying that he's rapping like the famous rappers Eric Wright and Biggie Smalls, who have passed away.

Let me paint this picture while you sit here
The Game is saying that he's going to paint a picture with his lyrics while the listener sits back and listens.

Thinkin in the back of your mind, this is the shit, yeah
The Game is saying that he knows the listener is thinking that his music is great.

I spit for niggas doin 25 on they fifth year
The Game is saying that he's rapping for people who are serving 25 years in prison and are on their fifth year.

Ready to throw a nigga off the fifth tier
The Game is saying that those prisoners are ready to throw someone off the fifth tier (story of the prison).

Them white boys in the Abercrombie & Fitch gear
The Game is saying that he doesn't like the white prisoners who wear Abercrombie & Fitch clothing.

And every nigga who ever helped me to get here
The Game is giving a shoutout to everyone who helped him become a successful rapper.

It go one brick, two brick, the boy movin weight
The Game is saying that he's moving drugs and getting wealthy (one brick at a time).

Now three bricks, four bricks, I'm drivin upstate
The Game is saying that he's now moved even more drugs and is going upstate (perhaps to sell them).

Five bricks, six bricks, the nigga got cake
The Game is saying that he has made a lot of money from the drugs he's sold.

Not rap money, but money been wrapped since eighty-eight
The Game is saying that he's made a lot of money from selling drugs, not just from his rap career.

Look at the world we live in, niggas steady hate
The Game is saying that the world they live in is full of hate and negativity.

'til the Heckler and Koch, leave 'em chopped up like Freddie's face
The Game is saying that if someone tests him, they will end up getting shot with his Heckler and Koch gun and may end up looking like Freddie Krueger's scarred face.

Niggas catchin feelings cause I'm about millions
The Game is saying that people are getting mad/jealous because he's making a lot of money.

And out of all the newcomes out, my flow the illest
The Game is saying that out of all the new rappers, his rapping skills are the best.

You a close second nigga, banana to a gorilla
The Game is saying that the second-best rapper is still no match for him.

Put us in the same cage, and I'mma have to peel him
The Game is saying that if they battle, he would easily beat the second-best rapper.

The best of both worlds, rappin and drug dealin
The Game is saying that he's doing well in both the rap and drug dealing worlds.

Run and tell Lateef I came to burn down the village
The Game is saying that he's ready to take down anyone who stands in his way, and he's telling Lateef to spread the word.

The head honcho, starin out the third story window
The Game is saying that he's the boss and is looking out his window from the third story of his Beverly Hills condo.

Of my Beverly Hills condo
The Game is saying that he lives in a fancy condo in Beverly Hills.

Two long-ass Heats, I call 'em Shaq and Alonzo
The Game is saying that he has two big guns that he named after Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning.

You niggas want me out of L.A., geah I know
The Game is saying that he knows people want him gone from Los Angeles, but he's not going anywhere.