(I was raised in the hood). Eastside Long Beach to be exact. (I was raised in the hood). Where the grass is greener and the crips are much meaner. (We got ya back I was raised in the hood). I'll never turn my back on the hood. (I was raised in the hood). Yeah you can take me out the hood. But you can't take the hood up outta me. [Snoop Dogg - Verse 1]. Raised by the gangstas the generals the thieves the twins. Yeah I'm stealing n-ggas please what you know bout that. I do it everytime told em 1800 had em mixing it with lime. (oh wee). My life is like a movie I was thuggin in the beach. when I lit my first doobie. In the same city where I got my first piece of coochie. Where I sold my first dime and I held my first uzi. Bitch choose me cause I'm going to the top. Rap or the rock them hoes say I'm on bitch. Whenever will it stop. I was poppin'like it's on slamming Chevy's up the block. East up what it do though. Now I ride 2-door the Porsche looking mean. Hella far from broke. the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope. Only cause I was raised in the hood. [Hook]. I was raised in the hood (the hood the hood the hood). I was raised in the hood (the hood the hood the hood). We got ya back. I was raised in the hood (the hood the hood the hood). I was raised in the hood (the hood the hood the hood). We got ya back. [Snoop Dogg - Verse 2]. Raised by the monsters the criminals. The G's it was? the n-ggas on the east. What you know bout that?. Snoopy in his prime I'm a boss. I catch a n-gga slippin' like moss. Ride with the realest I've been on it since a young'n. It's 200 bitches in the function. Looking cool you know it bitchy I'm rollin'. And I aint worried bout them n-ggas. we patrolling the hood and the city. Rollin on that dilly. 2 milly 2 Bugatti's call em Rozay and Diddy. Heart of the set Homie I'm a vet. Lil nigga keep ya clothes ask around. I'm a rep East up what it do though. Hoes spillin' Nuvo Doggy on his tip. I threw up the two O. Hella far from broke the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope. Only cause I was raised in the hood. [Hook]. [Snoop Dogg - Verse 3]. Raised by them hustlas them dealers on the block. It was plenty of them n-ggas on the spot. What you know bout that?. Turned up fully. The hood raised me gang-banging made me a bully ya dig. Burnt out and any party we at you know it's turned out. The people talking the rumours. Now what you heard about?. How I spend 100 thou gettin' purped out. I'm strapped up I keep a pistol for these suckers tryna act up. They know I'm famous like I won't get in the streets cuz. Like I don't come from the W I'm a beast bru. What it do though dickies for the dulo. Homie you know skinny n-ggas sumo. Hella far from broke the 40 won't choke plus a n-ggas still elope. Only cause I was raised in the hood. [Hook]