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[00:00.000]The Story (Explicit) - Bun B
[00:12.452]Say this is the realist sh*t I ever wrote or said
[00:15.026]Wake up with it everyday
[00:16.591]And take it with me to bed
[00:18.464]Hurting my heart
[00:19.648]And hanging over my head
[00:21.336]Bout the realest ni**a these
[00:22.814]Texas streets ever bred
[00:25.025]C L Butler better known as Chad or Pimp C
[00:27.805]The closest homeboy that I ever had
[00:30.309]Now when we first met
[00:32.112]We wasn't on the same page
[00:33.747]From pettiness understandings
[00:35.189]That got cleared up with age
[00:36.993]Two young boys
[00:38.308]Who was ready to mash
[00:39.684]Put P A on the map
[00:41.114]And maybe make a little cash
[00:42.871]Jumped down with Big Tyme
[00:44.511]Put down a few songs
[00:45.884]Everybody co-signed saying
[00:47.572]That we could do no wrong
[00:49.569]Then hit the streets
[00:50.695]With a big a** bang
[00:52.131]Them gangsta a** rhymes
[00:53.443]With that country a** twang
[00:55.129]Dropped"Tell Me Something Good"
[00:56.506]Took off and went live
[00:58.030]Sh*t next thing you know
[00:59.536]We was signing to Jive
[01:01.164]Dropped"Too Hard to Swallow""
[01:03.098]A Pocket Full of Stones"
[01:04.368]Put the remix on"Menace"
[01:05.632]Sh*t we had it going on
[01:07.132]Got love in the streets
[01:08.698]And played on the air
[01:10.317]But the homey putting us out
[01:11.947]Wasn't playing too fair
[01:13.448]Had to separate ourself
[01:14.817]Bring in a new team
[01:16.449]But sometimes the other side
[01:18.076]Ain't always what it seems
[01:19.632]We dropped"Super Tight"
[01:21.006]A album full of killer flows
[01:22.695]But then we got caught up
[01:24.336]With the *** and the hoes
[01:25.906]We didn't realize what was
[01:27.196]Happening on the real
[01:28.881]And new management was
[01:30.322]Cutting back room deals
[01:31.881]Hiding different money
[01:33.381]And ever sealing the price
[01:34.823]He had us doing all the work
[01:36.454]But was keeping the biggest slice
[01:37.962]Took a while to catch on
[01:39.522]To what homey was doing
[01:40.911]But by the time we did
[01:42.291]All the paperwork was in ruins
[01:43.735]Ni**a kept all the receipts
[01:45.454]So we couldn't file taxes
[01:47.074]The next thing you know
[01:48.513]IRS hitting us with axes
[01:50.386]Pimp you owe seven figures
[01:51.945]Bun you owe six
[01:53.448]Better get your paper together
[01:54.892]Get this sh*t fixed
[01:56.403]Remixed the management team
[01:58.074]And tried it ourself
[01:59.448]Cussed out the GM
[02:00.705]Almost got put on the shelf
[02:02.416]F**k it dropped"Ridin' Dirty"
[02:04.071]Instant classic in the South
[02:05.633]Reclaimed the southern title
[02:07.383]Shut everybody's mouth
[02:08.696]Got some clout in the game
[02:10.133]Boys calling us the greatest
[02:11.587]But meanwhile me and
[02:13.347]Pimp is still ducking haters
[02:14.844]The old manager calling
[02:16.405]And say he fina' sue
[02:17.900]And put a padlock on the
[02:19.544]Everything we trying to do
[02:20.917]Put a call out to the Prince
[02:22.603]This ni**a still hating
[02:23.918]We got heat for the streets
[02:25.360]And we can't keep the people waiting
[02:27.103]He made a call to
[02:28.418]And folks telling the man
[02:30.174]You gotta cut UGK some slack understand
[02:32.984]Young Pimp got the plan
[02:34.794]Bun got the drawl
[02:36.239]Rap-A-Lot had our back
[02:37.604]And we just waiting on Jive
[02:39.315]We got the big bosses
[02:41.067]On the same page
[02:42.435]So me and young Pimp went
[02:43.968]Hit 'em from center stage
[02:45.474]Next thing you know
[02:47.045]We got this call from the N Y
[02:49.013]It's Jay-Z saying y'all niggaz getting fly
[02:52.074]He doing"Volume 3" and
[02:53.767]Got a track from Timb
[02:54.948]And wondered could some
[02:56.205]Trill niggaz rock it with him
[02:57.832]Sh*t big Bun was all for it
[02:59.515]But Pimp wasn't sure
[03:00.847]But"Big Pimpin" hit 'em 187-Pure
[03:04.217]Number one song on every
[03:05.662]Station you turn on
[03:06.856]MTV and BET we getting our burn on
[03:10.240]Grammy nominated
[03:11.676]Can't believe that we made it
[03:13.172]And we got a call from
[03:14.674]Jive that left us all faded
[03:16.114]And it stated that due
[03:17.546]To the success of the track
[03:19.238]We here at Jive records
[03:20.685]Would like to piggy back
[03:22.263]Get another beat from Timb
[03:23.640]Then get a verse from Jay
[03:25.326]Let Hype shoot the video
[03:26.892]And we'll be on the way
[03:28.457]Sh*t it sounded okay
[03:29.769]But me I had to ask
[03:31.516]If we don't do Big Pimpin 2
[03:33.144]Would you still put us on blast
[03:34.830]A song like that would might
[03:36.389]Take a ni**a to the top
[03:37.770]But my true fan base
[03:39.086]Might think a ni**a flop
[03:41.395]They got mad and put niggaz on hold
[03:43.826]For damn near a year
[03:45.286]Till the buzz got cold
[03:46.973]So we said f**k 'em
[03:48.478]And went back to the basics
[03:50.158]Trying to find ways to get
[03:51.725]The f**k up out the matrix
[03:53.430]We put"Dirty Money"
[03:54.423]Together and it was aces
[03:56.050]But that's around the time
[03:57.428]That Pimp caught two cases
[03:59.546]He got probation
[04:00.549]Said f**k you hoes
[04:01.927]We finish the album
[04:03.070]Got ready to do a couple shows
[04:05.254]And then he violated
[04:06.566]One month before we dropped
[04:08.250]And sh*t just got put
[04:09.632]On hold or f**king stopped
[04:11.315]Now 30 days done
[04:12.766]We back to the nitty gritty
[04:14.584]Album got released
[04:15.338]Big showdown in Chocolate City
[04:17.852]Niggaz with masks on
[04:19.225]Vests and all black
[04:20.673]It's Christmas 2001
[04:21.988]B**ch we was all that
[04:23.923]Strongest on the block
[04:25.261]Nobody could budge
[04:26.314]And then he violated
[04:27.819]Now we right back before the judge
[04:29.819]They calling him a nuisance
[04:31.324]Put my dog behind a fence
[04:32.816]It was January 28th
[04:34.086]He ain't been home since
[04:35.770]Threw a ni**a through a loop
[04:37.459]And caught me in the crosses
[04:39.019]Standing cold CEO
[04:40.025]Now I'm the f**king boss
[04:41.855]Had the devil on my back
[04:43.473]Got to drinking and drugging
[04:44.979]Had to make a choice
[04:46.541]Get back to rapping or thugging
[04:48.166]So I walked into my bedroom
[04:49.916]Got down on my knees
[04:51.229]Put my hands together
[04:52.299]And I prayed Lord please
[04:54.179]Let me get past this bridge
[04:55.755]Over water that's trouble
[04:56.950]And get back up on my grind on the double
[04:59.716]He said son don't worry
[05:01.097]Cause it's not really hard as it seem
[05:03.206]And I can turn your nightmares
[05:04.964]Back into dreams
[05:06.464]You just got to stay true to yourself
[05:08.709]And succeed
[05:09.584]Then push away from the devil
[05:11.208]And get closer to me
[05:12.771]And every since that night man
[05:14.342]I promise I been on it
[05:15.901]Giving that killer flow
[05:17.084]To anybody who want it
[05:18.711]Pimp the pen like never before
[05:20.397]I'm breaking 'em G
[05:21.670]Not to mention I got the world
[05:23.295]Screaming free Pimp C
[05:24.723]So soon as you make parole
[05:26.296]And they open the doors
[05:27.606]You ain't gotta worry about nothing
[05:29.413]The world is yours
[05:30.724]Ain't no mo' struggles my ni**a
[05:32.671]And no mo' stripe
[05:33.900]I kept it real because
[05:35.273]To me it's UGK for life