[ CHORUS ] I'm like a dopefiend shakin in the alley fiendin for a hit Can you bring this? Huuuh, when I listen to your tape, I can feel it Nothing but them bomb beats, comin straight from Cali This is for them players, can you sing this? Dopefiend shakin in the alley, fiendin for a fix Cause baby, I need it [ VERSE 1 ] East Coast, West Coast, worldwide and all over the globe MC's got this rap game wrong Suckers think being the greatest on the microphone Is when you're ridin in stretches and the stations playing your song In a tiny studio there's a wanna-be star With big hopes and dreams of rappin and livin large The clothes, plus the cars and the video broads At a show he gets a call by a crooked A