[00:00.251]Root of All Evil -Paris[00:20.881]Who is it[00:21.737]The motha****in'D-O-G[00:23.384]Still spittin'game over tight-ass beats[00:25.576]Get the money 'cause the fame ain't nothin'to me[00:28.77]I be the tightest one servin'but it's never for free[00:30.584]I seen many die on these streets fo'sho'[00:33.137]Over money wrong looks c*****e and ho[00:35.893]Where friendship blows in the wind like dust[00:38.333]See they used to be yo homies but they ready to bust[00:40.882]You can't trust no man but some might try[00:43.402]See them come see them go see them drop like fly[00:46.149]How many of them fail just a few succeed[00:48.660]Where fantasy is real and what's real is a dream[00:51.180]And I been in this game and I done dirt too[00:53.716]Still down for the struggle but I can't be fooled[00:56.124]Every brother ain't a brother[00:57.315]Ain't a d**n thing new[00:58.788]Need to take your million man march a*s to school[01:00.783]And tell[01:01.407]See it's the root of all evil the story is told[01:03.868]And you never really know[01:05.205]If they your friends or foes[01:06.484]So cold up on these streets[01:07.972]I seen the evil that men do[01:09.262]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[01:11.406]See it's the root of all evil the story is told[01:13.990]And you never really know[01:15.181]If they your friends or foes[01:16.582]So cold up on these streets[01:17.966]I seen the evil that men do[01:19.407]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[01:21.670]They say change is the only thing that stays the same[01:24.387]Take a look around and see how many remain[01:26.891]I'm a vet up in this here still ten years deep[01:29.315]Gettin'cash spittin'game over tight-ass beats[01:31.916]Everybody nowadays wanna come up quick[01:34.372]Young soldiers hit licks who can suck on d**ks[01:37.399]But dirt gun in the dark comes the light[01:39.632]Young nigga got aids 'cause the kitty was right[01:42.264]Now what you know and what you see[01:44.786]And where you from and who you be[01:47.363]'Cause everybody got skeletons in the cut[01:49.803]And peace to the homies in the pen locked up[01:52.411]I said it's like a jungle sometimes it made me wonder[01:55.79]How I keep from going under who gone be the one the[01:57.689]Change things 'cause it seem ain't no hope[01:59.872]Scratch his name off the list if he come up short[02:02.265]And tell[02:03.56]See it's the root of all evil the story is told[02:05.161]And you never really know if they your[02:06.904]Friends or foes[02:07.721]So cold up on these streets[02:09.17]I seen the evil that men do[02:10.489]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[02:12.857]See it's the root of all evil[02:14.337]The story is told[02:15.361]And you never really know[02:16.641]If they your friends or foes[02:17.969]So cold up on these streets[02:19.305]I seen the evil that men do[02:20.809]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[02:22.977]They say the world keep turnin'and life goes on[02:25.505]Some others start slippin'[02:26.953]While some stay strong[02:28.136]The old pain goes away with the passage of time[02:30.657]P-dog is on the mic still spittin'the rhyme[02:33.97]And if you ask me you know[02:34.585]I couldn't be much help[02:35.729]Real nigga s understand gotta do for yourself[02:38.250]'Cause ain't nothin'comin'if you don't apply[02:40.930]And don't nobody really care[02:42.122]If nigga s'livin'or dyin'[02:43.458]I fold up them up like a crease breeze[02:45.93]Through the weak fleas[02:46.36]On my sack gets scratched now[02:47.235]Who's who in this rap game[02:49.82]Late pass on my haters 'cause I still blitz them[02:51.770]Shoulda kept ya mouth shut 'cause you got it twisted[02:54.188]Real soldiers don't die we just re-adjust[02:56.420]While some might try they can't touch this[02:59.264]Street soldier with a capital S[03:01.299]P-dog sayin'**** the rest[03:03.75]Tell me is it really real[03:04.539]See it's the root of all evil[03:05.724]The story is told[03:06.628]And you never really know if they your friends or foes[03:08.971]So cold up on these streets[03:10.145]I seen the evil that men do[03:11.722]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[03:14.09]See it's the root of all evil[03:15.514]The story is told[03:16.514]And you never really know[03:17.938]If they your friends or foes[03:19.210]So cold up on these streets[03:20.553]I seen the evil that men do[03:21.917]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[03:24.125]See it's the root of all evil the story is told[03:26.844]And you never really know if they your friends or foes[03:29.276]So cold up on these streets[03:30.684]I seen the evil that men do[03:32.172]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[03:34.525]See it's the root of all evil[03:36.37]The story is told[03:36.996]And you never really know if they your friends or foes[03:39.516]So cold up on these streets[03:40.989]I seen the evil that men do[03:42.564]Will money be the reason that the murder continue[03:44.819]See it's the root of all evil