Yeah, get up, get downThat`s what P Funk sayGet your money man, it`s hard out thereIt`s hard out there, DoggWhat, yeah, huhGet yours, get yours, get yoursShootin` dice on length with a couple of G`sDust off my knees, twist off my cap and breatheJump in the six-four, sittin` on DSpit a few caps at my enemiesPlease, freeze, there`s a new sheriff in townLivin` in the projects, Dogg Pound PoundNo father figure, just gangbang nigga`Cuz they give it up quicker and they learn to pull a triggerAll role models on TVMost of us ain`t got a TV, you feel me?Shit, Michael Jordan don`t come throughI bet the nigga get the money when it time to sell his shoeI`m telling you, I ain`t puttin` him down`Cuz I love him to death but I ain`t ever seen him in my townBut you could see Snoop Dogg everydayI`m boss to the blocks like the projects in the PJ`sYeah, for those of you who don`t knowThis is the land of the scandalous and cut throatsChild support, that`s unheard ofNumber one crime in the motherfucker `Murder`Ya heard me? Hmm, I`ma stay downFor the get down, from a puppy to the big DoggPut that on the penthouseLife in the projects, bang, bang, pow, powIs how it soundsLife in the projectsWhere it`s hard to get byBut you got it `cuz your spot`s gettin` hotterLife in the projectsWhere grass is cheese and cheese is powerLife in the projectsWhere you got to have the will to know howKnow how to do what? SurviveLife in the projectsYou got to get yours, `cuz I`ma get mineLife in the projects, goodness griefEverybody waitin` on the first and fifteenthThe police man is tryin` to get at chaCatcha, snatcha, open up your fridgeNuttin` lookin` back atchaSo you open up your freeza and say @God, please@I wish we had more of this some government cheeseI`m duckin` buckshots, see, walkin` on my kneesAin`t no trees, the grass ain`t greenAnd when I say it`s all bad, you know what I meanThere`s one in every family, what? A fiendAnd a basketball star with no team, no dreamsRemember good times? JJ and Michael?And all the lil` thangs they went through despiteNobody in the projects gave a fuckAin`t no good, it`s all badluckShucks, shoppin` poppin` back up on all the sceneFrom the George Down, PJ`s, Cali or projectsAnd the Cabrini Greens, my niggas get wild on they assWe like to pow-pow on they assHere`s a toast to the coast, so take a blastFrom the projects to the upper deck, upper classA long way from where I come fromI know where I`m at, nigga, I can`t forget where I came fromLife in the projectsWhere it`s hard to get byBut you got it `cuz your spot`s gettin` hotterLife in the projectsWhere grass is cheese and cheese is powerLife in the projectsWhere you got to have the will to know howKnow how to do what? SurviveLife in the projectsYou got to get yours, `cuz I`ma get mineLife in the projectsYeah, life in the projectsYeah, life in the projectsYeah, life in the projectsYeah, I know all them real niggas out thereThat`s livin` they life in the projectsThat`s going through that bullshit, y`knowI know how y`all niggas feelNigga, Doggy Dogg for ya painIt`s like I`m livin` in the motherfuckin` projects tooY`know what I`m sayin`?They want y`all to throw me out my stateSo, fuck, I might as well move back in the projectsThat`s where my real niggas at any motherfuckin` wayI gotta get mine, I gotta get mineLife in the projectsNigga, better get yours `cuz I`ma get mineLife in the projects, feel me?You better get yours `cuz I`ma get mineLife in the projects, yeahYou better get yours `cuz I`ma get mineLife in the projects, yeahWe out, we out