If I still had the work, I getcha sack
It's all gravy still reaching wit' my words
And make 'em feel good like the first and the third

Take you back when I was sixteen wit' a bankroll
Posted on a corner like a light pole
They used to call us track stars
Before they even stopped, we ran to dem cars

And everybody on the block got the same agenda
Hustle from the January 'til the end of December
Wasn't smokin' purple then it was more like Bobby Brown
On that hen dog straight got a nigga drinking Brown

7/11 nigga you know
10 to 4 shake 'em up talk shit, get my drink and let 'em go
Even when I'm on the road the gangstas stay in touch
Why you think they love me so much

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood

I'm talking 'bout summertime, cookouts and wintertime flights
It ain't nothing we hearing shots all night
Ford Taurus pulls up, everybody run
White boys jump out, running wit' they guns

Ford Taurus leave everybody came back
Hope dem boyz didn't find my sack
Real recognize, real I suppose
I guess that's why the gangstas be at all my shows

Got the deal nothing changed but my clothes
Still catch me in the jects fuckin' wit' dem hoes
Like Coo-Coo Cal
Lord I wish mad Lou could see me now

Wish gold mouth was there wish mailman was free
A lot of niggaz crossing over no dog not me
Plus I been in the commercials when I watch TV
And everybody know I rep these streets faithfully

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood

Ford Taurus, pull up, everybody run
White boys jump out, running wit they guns
Ford Taurus leave, everybody came back
Hope dem boyz didn't find my sack

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood

Every time I do it, I do it for my hood
And every time I do it, I do it for yo' hood
And every time I do it, I do it for they hood
It's understood, I do it for the hood