Last Time That I Checc'd

## Single by Nipsey Hussle featuring YG

"**Last Time That I Checc'd**" is a song by Nipsey Hussle, released on January 19, 2018 as the second single from his album *Victory Lap* (2018). It features YG and is his first single to chart on the *Billboard* Hot 100. The accompanying music video, directed by Sergio, has Nipsey in a Lamborghini, cruising around Los Angeles.

## Background

In an interview with NPR, Nipsey told them:

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> I wanted to create something for the West Coast that they felt like was specifically for them. [...] I reference the Jeezy line — "Last time I checked I was the man on these streets" — so I started with that idea and I remembered how important that moment was for Jeezy. I wanted to create an anthem for the streets and my generation.
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> A lot of us were raised off these principles that we got from the Jay-Z catalog or the Tupac catalog and, later on, the Jeezy catalog or the E-40 catalog. There were jewels in there that, if you really live by them, your life will benefit and your financial status will benefit. My perspective was ingrained in that music. And this ain't a shot at no other artists, but if we live by the principles in the music that my era is being exposed to, we're gonna end up strung out, we're gonna end up in a bad position. You get artists that say "I ain't no role model," and I respect that. I understand art reflecting life, but we grew up on art instructing life, with love and from a position of: I been there young bro and I know it's hard on you but I did it like this; here's the bread crumbs. After a while, I felt like it was almost a responsibility for me to give the game up [on record]. I look at it like a blueprint.
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## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]

Last time that I checked

It was five chains on my neck

It was no smut on my rep

Last time that I checked (Checked)

I was sellin' zones in the set (Zones up in the set)

Make a quarter mil' no sweat

Last time that I checked

I'm the streets' voice out West

Legendary, self-made progress

Last time that I checked (Checked)

First, you get the money, then respect

Then the power and the hoes come next

Last time that I checked (Checked)

[Verse 1: Nipsey Hussle]

I been self-made from the dribble

I was been sayin' I'ma kill em, look

Playing no games with you n\*\*\*as

Pop clutch, switch lanes on you n\*\*\*as, look

I laid down the game for you n\*\*\*as

Taught you how to charge more than what they paid for you n\*\*\*as

Own the whole thing for you n\*\*\*as

Reinvest, double up, then explain for you n\*\*\*as

It gotta be love, who run the city? It gotta be cuz

This for the pieces I took off the Monopoly board

And y'all n\*\*\*as' false claims, it gotta be fraud

Just keep the hood up out your mouth or you gotta be charged

I doubled up, tripled up, n\*\*\*a, what?

Banged on the whole game, I ain't give a fuck

Nobody trippin', handled business, got my digits up

And when I drop, you know I'm 'bout to fuck the city up

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]

Last time that I checked

It was five chains on my neck

It was no smut on my rep

Last time that I checked (Checked)

I was sellin' zones in the set (Zones up in the set)

Make a quarter mil' no sweat

Last time that I checked

I'm the streets' voice out West

Legendary, self-made progress

Last time that I checked (Checked)

First, you get the money, then respect

Then the power and the hoes come next

Last time that I checked (Checked)

[Verse 2: Nipsey Hussle]

And I come through fly (Check), no cosign

I ain't need radio to do mine, I done fine

And I take my time (Check), and take my tribe

Every level that I crossed in this game like state lines

It was visionary, either I'm genius or you n\*\*\*as scary

Maybe it's both, and this balance I deliver daily

For every n\*\*\*a in these streets tryna feed the babies

The single mamas working hard not to miss a payment

And dirty money get washed on royalty statements

Black owners in this game of powerful racists

Young n\*\*\*as in the set that's doing it makeshift

Out the garage is how you end up in charge

That's how you end up in penthouses, end up in cars

That's how you start off a curb-server, end up a boss

That's how you win the whole thing and lift up a cigar

With sweat dripping down your face 'cause the mission was hard

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle, *YG*]

Last time that I checked

It was five chains on my neck

It was no smut on my rep

Last time that I checked (Checked)

I was sellin' zones in the set (Zones up in the set)

Make a quarter mil' no sweat

Last time that I checked

I'm the streets' voice out West

Legendary, self-made progress

Last time that I checked (Checked)

First, you get the money, then respect

Then the power and the hoes come next (*Uh-oh*)

Last time that I checked (Checked)

[Verse 3: YG]

I got the front end and the back

We on the way and that's a fact (Facts, n\*\*\*a)

This real, this ain't rap

Where everybody wanna act pro-Black (They don't really wanna fuck with us)

The last lie you heard, this ain't that

This that I done made it out the gutter shit

Nip told you, "Fuck the middleman," I told you, "Fuck a bitch"

Fuck wearing they clothes, I wear my own shit

Y'all can own y'all label, I own my own, bitch

Ayy, Nip, I remember all that game you throwed me

Don't fuck around and get played by these label owners

Talk that shit to these n\*\*\*as, Adrien Broner

But secure the win, though, don't let that game fold you

'Cause when it's game over, it's really game over

And all they do is play the game 'til this game over

And you be giving game like a big brother

Mission, never let 'em take it from us, no

[Chorus: Nipsey Hussle]

Last time that I checked

It was five chains on my neck

It was no smut on my rep

Last time that I checked (Checked)

I was sellin' zones in the set (Zones up in the set)

Make a quarter mil' no sweat

Last time that I checked

I'm the streets' voice out West

Legendary, self-made progress

Last time that I checked (Checked)

First, you get the money, then respect

Then the power and the hoes come next

Last time that I checked

## References

1. ↑ George, Rachel (January 19, 2018). "Nipsey Hussle Owns L.A. in 'Last Time That I Checc'd' Video". *Billboard*.
2. ↑ Carmichael, Rodney (February 16, 2018). "Nipsey Hussle Tells the Epic Stories Behind 'Victory Lap,' Track by Track". *NPR*.