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Tha Eastsidaz Talk New Album ‘Still Easty’ + Freestyle | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Nov 21, 2024
Step inside Snoop Dogg's transformative vision for Death Row Records with exclusive insights from Tha Eastsidaz. Watch as Tray Deee and Goldie Loc share powerful stories about their reconciliation with Snoop, the future of Death Row Records, and their journey from Long Beach streets to music legends. In this raw and unfiltered conversation, discover how Snoop plans to rebuild Death Row Records with love and positivity, while maintaining its legendary status. Tha Eastsidaz reveal intimate details about their 24-year brotherhood, personal growth, and the power of forgiveness in hip-hop culture. Experience this historic moment as these West Coast icons discuss their new EP "Still Easty," their evolution as artists, and how Snoop's leadership is reshaping Death Row Records for a new era. From past conflicts to present unity, this interview captures the essence of growth, redemption, and authentic hip-hop culture. #rap #snoopdogg #2pac #sugeknight #snoopdoggbaccondeathrow CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Snoop Dogg Introduces Tha Eastsidaz 01:51 - Goldie Loc on Tha Eastsidaz Formation, Name Origin, ‘Hood Took Me Under 06:55 - Tray Deee on Finding Islam, Nation of Islam in Prison 11:35 - Forgiving Yourself: A Personal Journey 13:08 - What Does Your Rag Mean? Symbolism Explained 16:23 - Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records: Impact on Hip-Hop 19:02 - Reconciling with Snoop Dogg: Personal Reflections 26:34 - How to Forgive: Steps and Insights 28:19 - Isaiah from Washington State: Personal Story 29:18 - Tony Boy from Long Beach: Community Perspective 32:50 - What Does It Mean to "Get Game"? Street Knowledge
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Ladies and gentlemen, man, let's give a standing ovation for our next guest here, man
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Hold up, man. They've been through so much, man. I'm going to stand up with y'all
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Stand up with us, man. Come on, man. Stand up with us, man
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Because I know what this man is speaking on. First of all, I want to say welcome
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Thank y'all. Thank you. Welcome. Welcome to this, to our space. Welcome to our home
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Appreciate it. Brother, you've been my brother. for a long time. Long time
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Long time, man. And just to see you in person and to see your skin glow
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That's big. You know what I mean? I know what's behind that glow
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Yeah, just look you in your eyes and see them sparkle, bro. Righteous
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I know what's behind that. You know what I mean? Yes, sir. So to be in your presence today
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I have goosebumps. To see the two of you together today, I have goosebumps
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because we go back as well. Right. Okay? Right. Me and your wife go back as well
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Yes, sir. Okay? Yes, sir. So this is a family reunion that's happening right now
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and what people may not realize, even when this union happened, you know, as we played in this clip, you know
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that was a healing that was taking place in Long Beach. It was. Right? That was something nobody ever anticipated because of where y'all was from
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Mm-hmm. They didn't see you working in unison. No. And that started over 20 years ago, 20-plus years ago
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20-plus years later, y'all still in unison. Let's go. Come on now
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That's the bigger picture for our community, right? That's the bigger picture for the hood, whatever hood you come from
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I want to welcome them to the show officially, ladies and gentlemen
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Give it up for the one and only Trey D. Goldie Loke, the East Siders
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Come on, man. Yo, Trey, what up, man? everything good man you see me man i'm in tune brother i want to walk them up man we were having
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a fun conversation about you all um the other day on the mic you know heather and i were going back
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and forth and i'm messing around with it a little bit but i like to do that so people be inquisitive
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and ask questions of where it all started for y'all you know what i mean because i know both
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you guys were in different crews before being in the east siders right okay goldie let's start with
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true man you wasn't a crew before the east side you didn't you and mca yeah we we did we did that
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uh once uh tradie uh went to prison okay you know uh we got together and did that but uh
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but i come from you know i come from um you know the city of long beach just trying to get mine in
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at a young age you know and then and you know i ran into dog like around the time of uh there's
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no limit time okay okay but i've always been around a little bit before that but once i
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really got effective in what I was doing with him was the No Limit Times
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The No Limit Times. What year was that, bro? You know, 98
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98. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, 97, 98. Okay. And how did y'all
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first meet? We was both recording at Dog House and he was a good
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friend of Snoop's little brother Bing, rest in peace. He passed last
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year. And they used to come up and, you know, Bing was always letting Dog know that, you know, Goldie had something up under him
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And, you know, whenever Dog had time, you know, they would get together on their time
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And we was doing our thing. We actually came together when Dog came back from No Limit
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Okay. And suggested that, you know, he wanted to do an idea that we had once before called the Eastsiders
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And he wanted it to be me, him, and Goldie Lope. Okay. So we got together for the first time
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and us three, me, him, me, Goldie, Locke, and Snoop Dogg, we got together for the first time in 1999
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Okay. And then the EP came out at about 2000, was it
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It was a whole album. The whole album came out. Snoop Dogg presents the East Siders
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The East Siders. So we talking 24 years later. Yeah. Come on, man
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That's a round of applause right there, brothers. You know, we don't see people 24 years later
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Yeah. You know what I mean? So that's a big accomplishment in itself
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Was it East Siders prior to y'all forming? Was it another? Was it East Sider attempt prior to that
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We just recorded one song. Me, Snoop, and Dad recorded a song
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We had the idea that we were going to do a group project
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And the East Siders was the name we came up with. But we never followed through past one song
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So it never materialized. And it wasn't. I don't even look at it as a serious endeavor
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making a project because, you know, there wasn't no follow-up to it
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Okay. Heather had one of the most deep, thought-out questions ever the other day
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when it came to the crew. She didn't understand why y'all were called the Eastsiders being from the West Coast
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Can y'all explain that to her? I don't know what that was. Yo, can somebody break that up
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Yo, because I'm from the East Coast, and I was like, where are the Eastsiders? And then I heard the music, I said, oh, shit
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Westsiders, yeah, you already know. West side of the coast, east side of the beach
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We from Long Beach, California. We beach boys, but we from the west coast
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But we east siders, you know what I'm saying? And we do this for every east side in the ghetto
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Yeah, we push the east side. Because we was inspired by the west side connection to a degree
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You know, when they dropped, that Bow Down album was so hard
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That was crazy. It was ridiculous. It was like, we got, you know, Dog, I guess Dog felt like, man, we got to do something to represent the homies from the east side
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You know, that's how we followed that up. See, Heather? Yeah. Go ahead
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I'm sorry. No, go ahead. I was going to ask you about this song, The Hood's Been Good to Me
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You know, what was, I love the song. I love the sample. Just be good to me
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You know. That's what it's been. And even when you look at the video, because I was able to watch the movie you guys put together, you know, you even talk about that
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You know, you talk about giving back to the hood and not necessarily giving nothing back, but you're not really tripping on that
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Why is that so important, man? You know, that just keep you going
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You know what I mean? Knowing that, you know, you could take care of other things without tripping too much on what you're going to get from it
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You know what I mean? That take all the fun out of it. and the real love and the joy, you know, out of doing something positive
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So I never look for nothing in return. I just do what I do. You just do what you do
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Yeah, you know, bless people as you go, and, you know, just keep pushing
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You just keep pushing. I love this, man. Goldie Loke, round of applause when I say his name
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Trey D., let me ask you a question, man. You know, things got going, and then eventually you had to face court, right
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Right. And eventually you ended up going behind bars. And it was a very volatile time for you
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I remember reading about, before you going in, how they approached you, how they raided your house
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the whole nine. And then you went inside and decided you had to go inside and do time But when you went inside often I a part of this program called The Last Mile right Okay And we go into different prisons and we teach folks how to code right
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And so if you learn how to code, you go through this process, you got to present a business plan at the end
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and we connected people with different startup companies. Nobody who went through that program has gone back
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So it's 0% recidivism. That's wonderful. I've been going into all these San Quentin, all these different places up and down
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And one of the things people would say, I would say, man, how are you going to make it through
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And it was like, I got to run my right program as long as I'm on the right program
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Part of your program was finding Islam. Part of it was. Talk about that
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What was that? Almost like a transition because to come from where you came from to be where you were and to go in that direction
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What was that like? You almost have to feel like you have to kill your past. You do
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Talk to that. Well, prior to going to prison, I went on tour with Snoop and Minister Farrakhan's security detail was his
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He loaned him to Snoop for his security detail. And, you know, I communicated with the brothers often and, you know, we dialogued about different things
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and me being, me coming up in the hood, it was a mass jid right on 21st Street
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the street that I'm from. So I was always admiring the Muslims and stuff
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for their strength and unity and stuff like that and trying to organize and stand up for the community
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So I always had an affinity for the brotherhood. And I was actually going to the mass jid
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Tony Muhammad on Manchester and Figueroa before I went to prison. So when I finally caught my case and they gave me 12 years, I was despondent
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Yeah, I was I was shattered. I mean, so, you know, I had to really go into myself and see where I wanted to come out of at the end of the you know, at the end of the tunnel
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I knew I had 12 years in front of me to do. And, you know, I really embraced Islam based on gratitude that God had gave me this talent and allowed me to prosper and progress further in life than I ever imagined I would do legally
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Come on. All right. Come on. You know, so that was that was my motivation to become Muslim
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Like, you know, I have to go give God reverence for all these blessings that he's given me
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So I went, you know, to the church a couple of times and I got ran out of there
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You know, just gang member coming in here with, you know, I don't know why all these gang bangers tend to hood up and I'm like, I'm just trying to come get some spiritual enlightenment
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The clergy said that the clergy. Wow. So I'm like, well, let me go somewhere where I might be embraced a little more better
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And that led me to the mass gig. So when I wound up going to prison, you know, I went to a couple of services and things like that
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And I said, you know what? I was reading and studying up on it
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And I said, this would be something that I could incorporate in my life that would give me stability, allow me to maintain focus
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and most of all have a spiritual connection with the most high
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who I kind of like denied most of my life. Because, you know, going in and out of jail
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I was telling Fuzzy backstage, you know, in the green room, I've been going to jail since 11 years old
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So instead of taking accountability for my own actions, you know, I blamed God and everybody else
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You know what I mean? So when I finally got older and more mature and realized that I was, you know
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responsible for all the decisions I had made, It was just a natural transition for me to become more grown and more responsible for my own life
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Trey D., I like talking about this process. This ain't a radio thing
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It's just a life thing for us, you know, because of our culture
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We got a lot of folks that have gone down similar paths that probably don't see lanes
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they might want to evolve or change themselves and probably don't see the route to it and i would
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imagine going through all of that um and making this transition and taking responsibility for the
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things you did in your past at some point you have to forgive yourself too right you do yeah you do
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and and and the process of forgiving yourself is what goldie loke was just talking about you gotta
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You got to reach out and help others and assist others with your knowledge and with your blessings and gifts
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You can't just hold everything in. You know, you get more when you give out
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You know, you open your palm, it's more can come in there than if you have it closed
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So, you know, I forgave myself, you know, and I just I just started a better program
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and the biggest thing that was challenging me was facing my past and all the people who knew me
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you know, and how I was before. And it's just like, dude, you know, I'm still him
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Yeah. But, you know, I'm just not walking that same path because I'm wiser and you can't be smart and act stupid
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Shit, Trey D is here, man. Come on, man, the East Siders. There's a song on this project called Rag Tide
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Right. And, you know, I got a lot of homies that are affiliated
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You know, I'm from the Bay, but a lot of my homies here. Your boy did the track, Rick Rock
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Come on, that's where you see where I was going with it. Come on, you the old Trey D. You already know what I'm doing with it
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Your guy laid that out for us. Yo, that thing hit different, too
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It do, it do. And I see people, you know, in the video with the rag, the whole nine
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And the rest of the world really always tell folks when they try to understand the culture in L.A
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that a lot of it is you kind of got to be from L.A. to get
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Well, you from the West Coast, but I'm from I was born and raised in Oakland
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I didn't get to L.A. I went back and forth to L.A., but I didn't live in L.A. until the 90s
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Right. And even then I had to respect it, you know. And so we often ask questions. How long do people rep their rags
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And what's the thought process behind that? And so I want to start with you, Goldie
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Like, can you be 75 and you repping your rag? And then when did you get involved
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How did you get involved? It's where you come from. You know, you're born into it
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You know, it's not something that you, like, perceive to fake to earn
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It's something you come up, you know, and you're from a certain section, you know
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a certain side, certain color, certain neighborhood. You know what I mean
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And you rep your flag. You know, you rep your set. You know what I mean
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And every set has got different colors, different football teams, different M.O.'s
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And I rep the gold flag, Trady rep the gray flag, Steelers and Raiders, you know, Long Beach to death
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And being born into gangs you know what I mean As we start off young you know we just wild You know what I mean Then once you get up in age you start understanding like
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you know, let me slow down a little bit, let me get some stuff going, you know? So, that rag mean a lot
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because you carry that thing everywhere you go. That's like, you by yourself sometimes
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you got that rag, you still got everybody with you. Does it mean something different, though, as you get older? Mmm
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What it means is that's where you from. That's your identity. Me being Muslim now, you know, a lot of people have that question like, well, he say he's Muslim and how is he still a crip and all this
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You know what? When everybody who know me see me, they don't see the Muslim
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Yeah. They see Trey D from Long Beach Crip. And that's where we start off from
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So once we get past that, if we get past that, if it's just not on site and we engaging, once we get past that, then they might come to know all the rest of the additions and subtractions that that comprise trade
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But in the meantime, it's just like, oh, that's who he is
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So you can you can walk away and say you don't acknowledge it and all that
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But everyone else still does because that's how they came to know you. so your flag is always pretty much a part of it
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Thank you for breaking that down, gentlemen. Eastside is up in here. Okay, let's give a round of applause for Snoop Dogg
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the most popular artist to ever come out of hip-hop culture. The big dog
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Got to. Got to. Give it up for Snoop Dogg. Give it up for Snoop Dogg. The most popular artist on the planet
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On the planet. Snoop Dogg. Dogg father. Look how far he's come
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Yeah. Yeah. It ain't over. And it ain't over. It ain't over
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Feel like it just begun. Yes. Salute to that man because he's opening so many doors
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and consistently has done so throughout the decades and kept the same temperament any time I see Snoop
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And I've been fortunate in my career where we've seen each other in a lot of the same spaces
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You know, whether it's the tours, you know what I mean? Yeah. Whether it's the White House, whatever
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We done seen each other in a lot of spaces. Now he's reaching stratospheres none of us have
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Right. And what I love most about it, the higher he go, the further he's reaching back
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Yeah. Come on, man. Come get with this. I just reacquired death row
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Yeah, man. That's exactly what he said to us. Really? Yeah. He was like, y'all get ready. You know, let me put this together
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We got business to handle. Uh huh. You know, so what was his vision
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Did he discuss it with you? Not really. we didn't go in detail and in depth about where he was going with the label
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but just observing what he was doing and talking to him, he
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he said that he was going to build this label with love to turn the negative
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image into a positive. And, you know, his mom had just passed
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you know, rest in peace, Beverly, not, not long after or before he acquired it
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So he was like, you know, I'm not gonna present that image with this label
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You know what I'm saying? I'm moving on love and peace and upliftment
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and all that. And so, you know, he got a couple of people that was down to push
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with him, you know, on the R&B tip and he came back and hollered at his old
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squad. I mean, everybody, you know, RBX, Rage, you know, the dog pound
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and, you know, he just said, you know, just be on standby. We got work to do
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And he been making some great Shout out to October London, he's on the album
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Jay Hancock is dope too. Oh yeah, Jay Hancock. Fire. Yeah, so he putting it together
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He got his own vision for it, you know. We just as warriors
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We standing next to him waiting on the call. Did it, y'all signed the death row
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For this project. For this project. I like how you specified that. That's some real business shit right there. Yeah
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He said for this project. Yes, sir. I like that, and I think one of the other biggest
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milestones in this is, and I don't know how deep it got
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but I recollect at a time when y'all wasn't always aligned. Y'all was at odds end
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You like how I'm putting this? Right. You like my bird. Real diplomatic
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You know I did that thing. You know you fly, Swank. You see what I know, man
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Come on, man. We ain't got to go out there with it
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We ain't got to go out there with it. Everybody want to go out there with it because they want to harbor on that low frequency
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And I'm not saying deny what happened. And as obvious, it was conflict. True
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Right? But what's bigger? Was it that conflict or is the fact that y'all came together and the outcome
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The outcome. Look where we had in 2024. And so that's the lesson I think that we can learn, you know, as we OGs now
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So as people, whether we trying to teach or not, they looking at us. They are. And they can say, wow, man, wait a minute
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Hold up. Goldie Loke and Trey D got together. There was a little conflict between their fashions
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and Snoop and Trey went through a whole lot of shit, and look, they came back together
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That's grown man shit. Yeah. And that's real love. That's real love
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Speak to that, man. Without a grudge. Without a grudge. Yeah, without a grudge
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I like that love. But how did it get there? Did y'all have to sit down, or how did it get there
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Well, I didn't speak to Snoop like the first five years of my incarceration when I went back
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And I happened to call the homegirl Queen Bee. You know, she do his hair
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And, you know, matter of fact, she's a tour manager now. Her position has elevated
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She got a promotion. Yeah. And they were shopping somewhere in Hollywood or whatever
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And she was like, his Snoop Dogg right here. I was like, oh, is that right? And she was like, yeah, yeah
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Chasey, I should talk out. Trady, I don't know why. I'm like, put him on the phone
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See if he'll get on the phone. So she was like, this trainee, dog
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He was like, yeah, what's up with you, nephew? I said, what's up with you, kid
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You know, and we just hollered and broke the ice. And, you know, he was like, you know, good to talk to you
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And, you know, looking forward to, you know, repairing what went down and all that
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And we realized seriously that we really love each other. So we weighed whatever happened business wise, contractually and all that
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It was other people involved. And at the end of the day, I don't feel he had a malicious intent in what took place
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So I was able to completely forgive him and just put everything in God's hands, say, you know, if you want me back in this circle and decipher, then that's where you're going to put me at
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If not, I can transition into something else because, you know, I'm capable, you know
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And, you know, we just linked up, you know, immediately when I came home
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Me and Goldie had a show like maybe like two weeks after I got out. We had a show in Fresno and then one in L.A
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And then we got with Dog. We did That's My Work Volume 4, the mixtape
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and did a video called Get You Right. And he sat down and we had a conversation
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I think it's on YouTube, whatever. And he was like, you know, it's a new day. You know, I can't carry everybody like I used to
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you know everybody gonna have to figure out their way and their contribution to make things happen but you know I love y I right here for y you know and uh we gonna be a squad And that how we been moving there since I touched down Y got y groove back huh
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Like a mother. Yeah! Let's go with the lead like a mother
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Like a mother, man. I want to play that song, too, man
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Let's play groove back. You know, I feel like that's an appropriate, you know, selection for right now
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what we're doing. We got the East Side as an end here. 888-742-3345
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Come on, man. Shade 45, man. The East Side as an end here
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They're promoting the new EP. Still Eastie available on all platforms right now
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Feels good. I'm just going to play y'all some bumps, you know, get a little bit of the flavor
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what they're doing. It's very grown. Salute to the producers, because one of the things, the first thing I noticed was the mix
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Yes. The mix. Dolby Atmos Shout out to Death Row Records Yo this is a class
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This is a high quality Classy Produced project Thank you so much
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There's no flaw in this You know what I mean Battle Cat
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Rick Rock Who else Amplified Jelly Roll Quasadelic
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there's one more who's the other? we got Rick Rock on there
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that's it? oh Amplify did too yeah Amplify did too well done good job man
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shout out to all the producers man y'all made us sound like we were supposed to
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nah but what I like is we talk about I'm trying to think what artists came up
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and we were talking about artists making music that they not supposed to be making
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flat out. Stay diplomatic and stuff. Yeah, flat out. I try to be eloquent
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Come on, Haley. Call it eloquence. People, a lot of people make music they're not supposed to be making
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trying to fit in and sound like somebody else. Y'all shit sounds incredible
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Like, it sounds good. I mean, for the car, for the kitchen, for the backyard, for everywhere
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It just sounds really good. And like, you allowed your audience to grow with y'all
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And a lot of artists don't understand that. And it just sounds good
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like sonically and I think that's what Sway was saying too about the mix and everything it's just
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really good and I'm I'm happy for y'all because sometimes this shit is hard people come in here
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with this trash ass music and we gotta sit here and interview them and then Sway would be like
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HB you got a question hell no this shit suck but he get making us answer questions you
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know I'm saying so salute to y'all I'm done you always been real and raw though come on
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That's real talk. That's real talk. I got to deal with this tomorrow, too, man
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Y'all leave it. But it's true. And I mean, hip-hop is such a young genre
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so folks just have not been given a lot of examples of what it looks and sounds like to mature within it
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Good point. And so that's what y'all are providing us with, and the authenticity, it dazzles
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I appreciate it, truly. But I also appreciate hearing all of this history
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Because not only is it important for myself and all of our listeners, but even for y'all
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Just to re-experience your growth and to reflect. And forgiving is gangsta
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It is. That's heavy. But a lot of folks don't know how to do it
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And Trey, I appreciated you telling us about that conversation with Snoop
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And we know that the conversation is important, having that dialogue. But even still, if some folks are like, yo, let me ring my man up, my old man, whatever, and have this, they may feel all of this like tension still arrive
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What can you share about how to speak to someone you've had an issue with to get to a place of forgiveness
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What were some of those key lessons that you can share with us on how to forgive another
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I appreciate the question. Seriously. um you just have to know inside your heart like I said I I ran over the whole situation
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everything that took place all the participants involved um how loyal I had been you know how
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you know um how devoted I had been to the clique and to him as a CEO as a homeboy and then I
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I looked inward and I said, well, he's been the same thing to me, you know
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So I could sit up here and falsely hold on to anger, like Locke said, you know, with no grudges
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I could have held a grudge, but I would have had to hold a grudge on myself, too
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because it was a contractual issue and I didn't have to sign it
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So I had to take some accountability in that situation. and in doing so, I really realized that among everything else
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and above everything else, I would rather be his friend and his brother than his enemy
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There it is, man. Wow, Trey, that's beautiful. You want to hug him, Tracy
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I do, I love you. Bill Trey, right, come on. Okay, we got the east side of this here
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Go ahead, man, that's a pool room. His wife right there, be careful. Doggy's angel
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She go way back. No enemy, Sway. I go way back. Brotherhood and sisterhood
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Brotherhood and sisterhood. She stop smiling. Yeah, I'd rather be a sister than an enemy
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She knows. I'm joking. I'm joking. Yo, we got Isaiah and Washington on the line
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What up, Isaiah? Where you at, D.C. or Washington State? What up, family
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Washington State. Washington State. But I'm from the LBC, though. OK. He righteous
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He righteous. What's up, homie? Yeah, what's up? Trey D, this T-Cup
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What's up? Yo, yo. What's up, Lopette? Cup, what's up? Jody Lope, what's up, cuz
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Man, hey, you guys are pushing it, cuz. I'm so proud of y'all s, man
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Keeping the line, pushing the line and putting out all this quality music
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Hey, y'all doing the damn thing, cuz. Appreciate you, homie. Glad you feeling it out there
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Hey, Isaiah, you a citizen, man. Hey, man, and send me that dictionary, that talk y'all just
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Y'all went into a whole different language. I'm like, I've been talking to these dudes 30 minutes
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All right, Isaiah, you a citizen, man. All right, he signed up
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He signed up. We got Tony Boy on the line from Long Beach. What up, T
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What up, Tony Boy? What's up? What's up? What's up? East Siders
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What's up with it, homie? This Tony Boyd, man, Long Beach. So what I want to say first off is Sway, big ups to you, man
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You know what I mean? Thank you, brother. Bringing in just the whole hip-hop community on all sides
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east side, west side, south side, north side. Sway always showing love to all the hip-hop community
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True that. And we'll be riding to work right now, you know, coming from the east side
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Coming from 19th to Myrtle, 16th to Cedar, you know what I mean
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I grew up in the 80s undercast like Trey D, Big Cup, Junebug, Lay
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They kept the drama away from me to where I could, you know, I did my dirt
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but what I learned in the hood got me in corporate America
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And what I did with that game that I got from my hood from Long Beach, what you got to know about Long Beach, it produces a gang of hustlers
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a gang of go-getters. And once you become that go-getter, you got to learn how to be a go-giver
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And what that means, you go back to where you come from, like I did
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when I got the knowledge to say, hey, y'all cats, we've been living here all our life
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Our mama didn't have shit. Our daddy didn't have shit. But we got a chance to get some shit
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I went and got some shit, which was education. Came back to the hood and say, look, I'm going to move you out the hood
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I moved Junebug out the hood. But I moved Lave out the hood because I didn't got a real estate license
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I wouldn't got an insurance license. But the game that I got came from cats like Goldie and Trady and, you know
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Big Cup and, you know, Dan Tenna. And, you know, I can go on and on and on and on
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But I was 12. These guys was 18 and 20, 21. You know what I mean
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I was around in Beach City when all Beats was just one city
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It wasn't, you know, we had two hoods, but we was together. just like Goldie Lopes and Trady is right now
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Yeah. That's how we was in the 80s. Shorter to shoulder. You know the script
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That's what's happening. For sure. And I'm going to say one more thing
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I remember when Trady, you first got on a song and it hit this radio
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And you had about 16 bars on there. We went to, me and Phil, my cousin Demetrius Meach
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used to be Baby C-Daw. We went to Chuck E. Cheese for C-Daw, rest in peace, his daughter's birthday or something
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And we seen you. And you was like, man, y'all like that song? He was like, man, that was some heat
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And the way you lit up, Stradie, about our response showed me that you was real with what you was doing
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Wow. That's amazing. That's a good memory, man. It was weird. I was like, you know, that was over, you know, 20-something years ago, man
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But I always remember you from that moment. You know, I've seen you other times at Doghouse, you know what I mean
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But, you know, everybody was doing what they do. Tony Boy. I got one more Bob
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Nah, Tony Boy. We ain't about to hang up on you, T. We got a show about to end, though. I was trying to jump in
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Yeah, man, you a citizen, though, Tony Boy. I was trying to jump in. You went 45 seconds too long
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We had Tony Boy and Sway in the morning. I'm a guest. 45 seconds too long, T
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Much respect, bro. Much respect, bro. Yo, I want to do a couple more questions, but then I want to have some fun, man
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The way we do it. You know what I mean? We came up in the 90s, man. You'll be surprised how many artists come up here and they scared to look me in my eye
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because they think I'm going to ask them to rap. Shit. Yo, Fuzzy, it's unbelievable
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Unfortunate fact. It's unbelievable, right? And I'm not even on that. Right, right
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I'm just doing what we do in our culture. I ain't trying to force you to do nothing
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This was regular procedure back in the day. You needed to do this to get in
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Yes, you did. You couldn't just make a hit record. You didn't get props just because you made a hit record
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You had to show a skill set alongside that hit record, right? True that, yes, sir
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But he said something really, Tony Boy, really interesting, that he got the game from y'all
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And I want to say Gangstified, is that the track? Gangstified. Oh, yeah. Yeah
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And, Goldie, you talk about getting the game from OGs when you were 15 in that, right
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Yeah. That was one of your lyrics, right? Yeah. Speak to that like what kind of game what is getting game Like is it to me is it teaching somebody how to rob steal and kill Or is it teaching somebody how to what is getting game
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To hustle. Okay. To hustle, you know what I mean? And stay cool doing what you do
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Don't cross certain lines. You know, avoid drama. And learn from the Gs a certain way
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Take it, do your thing, you know what I mean? add your little spin to it, whatever, whatnot, but just keeping it solid
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Keeping it solid. Learning how to hustle the right way, you know. Yeah, and to the OGs, it's important for us, you know
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and I put myself included, to be educated in different ways. I don't mean going to school, but, you know
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the advice you might give yourself might not be the advice you want to give a young man who's coming up, right
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And being an OG, you have to learn, use your discernment where you're going to place your gems
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because you don't want to lead somebody in a direction you know it's going to be a detriment to their life
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So we got a responsibility too as an OG. You agree with that
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I do. I do. I agree wholeheartedly with that. And, you know, my thing is as an artist, though
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I'm not raising your kids. That part too? You know what I'm saying
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Don't look for me to, well, you're older now, so, you know, we want to know about your life
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and, you know, peace and, you know, what you do on your downtime
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and, you know, all this. Man, damn all that. I'm not into that
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I'm into this microphone up when I get on it. So don't, you know, don't look for nothing else for me
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If you're looking and waiting to criticize me for my message, you know, my perspective on shit and all that
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have at it because I'm going to stay me. Yeah. East Siders
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And you do have a responsibility, but that responsibility comes when you know someone, like you say, you don't just leave your jewels everywhere
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If you know the jewel that you're handing out will be well-received and acted upon, then those are the people you share with
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That's like a more private situation to me. Publicly, I don't give a about shit
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So that's what you're going to get from me when I get on the microphone
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Okay, so you and Heather went to school together. You and HB graduates
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Y'all walked the stage together. Heather gave you the diploma. The other thing I got to ask you this, man
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It's just a history lesson for me. You know, just being in this culture for so long
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Bro, I was sitting right behind Dave Mays in 1995. Madison Square Garden
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Oh, man. I was right behind the founder of the Source Magazine
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I couldn't believe I was in the garden, me and King Tack, bro
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We was like, damn, what the, you know. And I saw it
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Andre 3000 went out there and said, the South got something to say
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I saw it. I was there. And then I saw Suge stand up to receive an award
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And when he stood up, because I don't think people knew how big he was at that time
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The whole garden went. Right, and then he said what he said about producers and dancing and the whole nine
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You were there. Yes, I was. You were there, bro. Yes, I was
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I'm not able to talk to a lot of people about what that experience was like in person
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because not everybody, this is 95. Were you there after? Were you out there? No, I was watching it on TV
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Okay. Fuzzy, were you there? You was in the building, right? Yeah, yeah. Yo, what
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I left early, though. You had to. Yeah, what? What We had to Yeah Don Cornelius rest in peace was there Salt and and Puffy was over there Everybody who was anybody in hip damn near was in there
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Wu-Tang came through there. That's when I really found out how damn deep Wu-Tang was
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Man, they was about a half a mile long. Wu, Wu, Wu, Killer B, Killer B
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Wu, Wu, Wu, Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang. I'm like, goodness gracious. Yeah, it was
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Did y'all know that was going to happen or that was just off the cuff? That was off the cuff
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See, well, if you recall, we had been shooting dice in the back
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It was a few of us that were shooting dice in the back before the festivities began
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So it was like, all right, everybody, the show for the start
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So when we went back out to the seats, you know, it was East Coast, West Coast
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East Coast West Coast And that went on for about a minute
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and a half And I stood up on the chair and I threw up the dub
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I said, West Coast And they said This crazy Alright, let's go to the show
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And from that point on they had the cages on the stage
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You know, it was a great night for hip hop I'll tell you that because
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you know, nobody wasn't pulling no punches. It was like everybody was being who they were
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And for the first annual award, it was a little bit of tension and animosity
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but it was more love in the room. It was more love. And that's when Snoop said
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the East Coast ain't got no love for Snoop Dogg. And Dr. Drake
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Yeah. And then everybody, oh! Bro, me and Tech, we were standing by the door
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I was like, bro, call. Yeah, because it looked like it could have went up at any minute
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At any minute, right? But it turned out it was an amazing experience. Man, I just wanted to have..
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I wanted to be able to have that conversation with somebody. I was there
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God damn it, man! Yeah, sir, it was live. It was live
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And then we did the other one out here in Pasadena. That's right, yeah
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When we got into it on the stage with Death Row or whatever
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and they turned it out and all that. But yeah, it was..
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You said exactly the smile. It was a good evening. Yo, man, listen, man
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The East Side is right here, man. The new project is called Still Easty
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Sounds amazing. It sounds amazing. This is right on time for the holiday
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You can have this in the background music when you're eating your turkey or whatever, however you celebrate
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But the one thing I know about them, man, they're true. They're genuine through thick and thin
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It's great to see you two men together on this path. We got more work to do
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We out here. This is the first of many interviews, okay? Yes, sir. And y'all used to listen to Sway and Tech in the Wake Up show when he was in L.A
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Yeah, sure, right? Come on. You know what we did on that show, right, dear Trey D
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Yeah, I did. I ain't got to really re-explain this to you, do you? Sure, though. Okay, okay
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Well, shit. You know, we do it a little different now, but still, it's the same premise
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The East Siders. Welcome to the Valley of the Highland. Yo, Severe, throw a beat on, man
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Your volume right there. 3D Check it Check it Bringing this on some gay shit
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Cause that's all I do That's what I live for That's what I represent
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Check it out I say like this Live by the code Die by the gun
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Stick to the script Ride or you run It's cold on these streets
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You hold on your heat Your goals is complete Once you foresee defeat
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You lock down the block It all money in The clock nonstop till you ball and you win OGs run the pen The young run the rest You earn and deserve what becomes of your rep
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And none on the set above getting checked. It's love and respect
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or get slugs in your chest. The status of a G. You playing from your birth
41:45
You take what you want and mash for the turf. Modeling the creed is
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to follow when you leave. G's up to the G's
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Yeah. Come here. Trey D. What? We got a hyena in here. But, go down
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Hey. Check it out. Yeah. Come on, love. Instead of giving it to you, I'd rather show you how to fish or you can never go hungry and you can eat your own dish
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Take trips, flip bricks into Prince State. They ain't listening to Nate
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The game don't wait. Watch me get my M-Vone on and you can have a pair of these nuts for you to swing on
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Ding, dong, I'm rocking your bell. There's too many of these broke dudes pulling on my coattail
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You gotta have a mission detail plan Unless you wanna still be running
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From the pig man I come from the sand of the beach And I ain't never been jealous
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Cause you got more than me Prosperity uprides the unwise We goin' in stink
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That's how they dehumanize Just a little game from the low Invest in yourself so you can never go broke
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No joke Insiders, insiders, hold up Right Hold on, man Y'all don't get to see y'all live, man
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Severe, you got that next beat right here This is what we're going to do right here. Come on, man. Let's go to work
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Let's go to work. Yeah. Got to take it to the east
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Come on, man. Give it to the GOAT. Shout out LL. And I'm from East Oakland, just in case y'all
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Shut up, man. Come on. I got to let this beat run by one more time
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Come on, man. Let it rock, man. Come on. We got Trey D up in here. We got Goldie Lowe
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Oh, yeah. East side is LBC. Let me check y'all do it. My heater part of me like my leg or my arm
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My better be hard or he get left from his yard. Bullet holes in his clothes cause I chose to offer him
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Disintegrate his face, make him close his coffin Stalking mothers in this concrete jungle
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Stay on him cause I'm hungry, I cannot be humble I pray to God forgive me on the day of my judgment
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For living like a gangster always staying on thug shit s that I with, nothing can stop us
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Young G's replace who are dying to lock up Four fives, tray five sevens and nines
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And ready with that heavy shit with everyone ride We got shells, vest, masks, extra clips and brownies
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You ain't with it , get the from around me Set tripping, wet dipping, cripping and locked out
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Sagging in my khakis, always dogging the hoes out Trade these stagey, it's no question
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Regarded the hardest and no less than Solid as a rock on the blocks, I hang on
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Stay strong, way long, getting my bang on Ain't never been a bustin' scared to put in work
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Cuz the turf come first, love doing the dirt done Killing instincts, the only way I survive
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It's hard on the streets just staying alive and do a dot Come on, man, Eastside
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Come on, man! You got one more? You got one more? Good
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Yeah, good. Okay, go D-Low. Come on, man. He's sliding in the building
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Listen, I got to put my sunnies on. They shining up in here, baby. Come on, man
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I got a place. They shining up in here. We got a hyena up in here
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We got two of them. We got two of them. Come on
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You know what it is. Man, man, I just want to tell you, man, I'm going to tell you in public I love you, Trey
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I love you too, Trey. You're my brother, man. I love you, man. Been solid, brother
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We ain't never had nothing but love. Oh, man, I appreciate that. Since day one
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Day one. Yes, sir. Tell infinity, Goldie Loke, I love you, brother. If I never told you before, man, I'm going to shake your hand and tell you that
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All right? And I'm happy for y'all. Appreciate you, brother. Genuinely happy for you
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Yeah. Yeah. No doubt about that. And that's the key, being genuinely happy for somebody
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That's a congratulator. And you always should have the spirit of a congratulator because when you congratulate
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you don't hate. There you go, man. We're going to end the show like that
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