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	Current version of Xzibit Lyrics Back 2 the Way It Was (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/x/xzibit/back/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Xzibit Lyrics Back 2 the Way It Was (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/x/xzibit/back/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Yeah, yo, c'mon						Yeah.. yo.. c'mon	1
	Ride wit me, lemme take you somewhere						Ride wit me, lemme take you somewhere
1							[Xzibit]	1
	My father was a soldier, my mother was a rider						My father was a soldier, my mother was a rider
	I was born wit my fists balled up, I'ma fighter						I was born wit my fists balled up, I'ma fighter
	Inspired, a real rhyme writer						Inspired, a real rhyme writer
	Get past the past the future looks brighter						Get past the past the future looks brighter
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	But, I wanna get it back to the way it was						But, I wanna get it back to the way it was
	Exchange blows, elbows and it was still love						Exchange blows, elbows and it was still love
	A better time, better place in space						A better time, better place in space
2	'Cause nothin' can erase, shame tat' like my nigga Chase						Cause nothin can erase, shame tat' like my nigga Chase	2
3							Cause Bigga B will never be replaced, right	3
4	'Cause Bigga B will never be replaced, right						And I'ma scream it to the whole fuckin human race	4
2	And I'ma scream it to the whole fuckin' human race							2
	Get a bar, get a taste						Get a bar, get a taste
	Enforce the muscle to ya hustle and ya did it with grace						Enforce the muscle to ya hustle and ya did it with grace
5							Cause real niggaz don't save face, they make movements	5
3	'Cause real niggaz don't save face, they make movements							3
	Back to the time when hip-hop was music						Back to the time when hip-hop was music
	When N.W.A. got booed at the Apollo						When N.W.A. got booed at the Apollo
6	Broke "Straight Outta Compton" and the whole world followed						Broke "Straight Outta Compton"	6
7							and the whole world followed	7
8	'Cause right now hip-hop is hollow						Cause right now hip-hop is hollow	8
	With no substance, X-Man with the roughness						With no substance, X-Man with the roughness
9	'Cause success can suck sometime						Cause success can suck sometime	9
	And many of us the way we act, we even lost our minds						And many of us the way we act, we even lost our minds
10	You can hold your breath, 'til you're blue in the face						[Chorus]	10
2							You can hold your breath, 'til your blue in the face	2
	But you can never ever take my place						But you can never ever take my place
	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong						I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong
	Through the struggle I will live on						Through the struggle I will live on
11							(now sing the song wit me)	11
	You can speculate, on every breath I take						You can speculate, on every breath I take
	But you can never ever take my place						But you can never ever take my place
	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong						I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong
	Through the struggle I will live on						Through the struggle I will live on
12	Back to the day when Cooley was High						[Xzibit]	12
13	Hustle big like Butch in the Y B I						Back to                  the day when +Cooley+ was +High+	13
14	We did it n' died, the gang still multiplied						Hustle big like Butch in the Y-B-I	14
15	Sock yo wind pipe, cut yo air supply						We did it 'n died, the gang still multiplied	15
16							Sock yo windpipe, cut yo air supply	16
17	Hypnotized, not by the glitz n' glamor						Hypnotized, not by the glitz 'n glamour	17
	So fuck them cameras, all I need is clips and hammers						So fuck them cameras, all I need is clips and hammers
	The X-Man said that the first rhyme out						The X-Man said that the first rhyme out
	Were my fans worth my time? The first line out, so						Were my fans worth my time? The first line out, so
18							Here we are eight years strong and still movin	18
19	Here we are eight years strong and still movin'						Groovin with a reputation ya can't ruin	19
4	Groovin' with a reputation ya can't ruin							4
	I wanna take it back how it used to be						I wanna take it back how it used to be
20	Five thousand fucked up, rockin' outta unity						Five thousand fucked up, rockin outta unity	20
21	You can hold your breath, 'til you're blue in the face						[Chorus]	21
5	But you can never ever take my place							5
6	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong							6
7	Through the struggle I will live on							7
8								8
9	You can speculate, on every breath I take							9
10	But you can never ever take my place							10
11	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong							11
12	Through the struggle I will live on							12
3							[Xzibit]	3
	Was it the alcohol in you, the money the power the fame						Was it the alcohol in you, the money the power the fame
22	That made you actually attempt to try to disgrace my name?						that made you actually attempt to try to disgrace my name?	22
	Played those games nigga when I was younger in life						Played those games nigga when I was younger in life
	'Til I seen another man's life cut short with a knife						'Til I seen another man's life cut short with a knife
23							Lose teeth, cause beef, no peace with us	23
13	Lose teeth, 'cause beef, no peace with us							13
	Ya can't hang, and ya sho' can't eat with us						Ya can't hang, and ya sho' can't eat with us
	When times get tough, the tough get rough and drastic						When times get tough, the tough get rough and drastic
	Never been blasted, never been an arrogant bastard						Never been blasted, never been an arrogant bastard
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	But I coulda been a lawyer, I shoulda been a doctor						But I coulda been a lawyer, I shoulda been a doctor
24	I never been a actor, I'm nothin' but a monster						I never been a actor, I'm nothin but a monster	24
	I move in silence, speak with violence						I move in silence, speak with violence
	Think with science, live free and walk with lions						Think with science, live free and walk with lions
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	Cats around me with gats like Yasser Arafat						Cats around me with gats like Yasser Arafat
	It takes a nation of millions to hold me back						It takes a nation of millions to hold me back
25	Pounds of cush to push what I'm talkin' about						Pounds of cush to push what I'm talkin about	25
	It's hard to talk the talk with a gauge in yo mouth						It's hard to talk the talk with a gauge in yo mouth
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	It's hard to walk the walk with ya back blew out						It's hard to walk the walk with ya back blew out
	Don't let the things that you can't change stress you out						Don't let the things that you can't change stress you out
26	'Cause X take the money and run, and raise a man from a son						Cause X take the money and run, and raise a man from a son	26
	And change the world with the power of one c'mon						And change the world with the power of one c'mon
27	You can hold your breath, 'til you're blue in the face						[Chorus]	27
17	But you can never ever take my place							17
18	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong							18
19	Through the struggle I will live on							19
20								20
21	You can speculate, on every breath I take							21
22	But you can never ever take my place							22
23	I stay strong whether right or I'm wrong							23
24	Through the struggle I will live on							24

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