[ti:N Da Closet (LP Version)] [ar:Coolio] [al:It Takes A Thief] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.83]N Da Closet (LP版) - Coolio [00:02.77] [00:20.71]5:30 in the morning and I haven't been to sleep [00:23.26]A pair of raggedly a** ProWings on my feet [00:25.79]Ten dollars in my pocket and now I'm on the creep [00:28.29]To the double up spot cos the sh*t is comin cheap [00:30.39] [00:30.92]It's 1984 and the rocks is all fat [00:33.45]Southern California LA is where it's at [00:35.29] [00:35.94]I'm smokin like a motherf**kin choo choo train [00:37.81] [00:38.65]Big coc*ine inside my brain aah [00:40.15] [00:41.04]But nobody knows that I'm on the hype [00:43.06] [00:43.62]Use to be in CREAM well now I hit the pipe [00:46.27]Face sucked in yellow tooth grin [00:48.16] [00:48.67]No b**ches no friends no ends to spend [00:50.73] [00:51.38]I'm stuck like a rat in a sticky a** trap [00:53.85]And I sold everything but my motherf**kin gat [00:55.68] [00:56.21]I got a habit like a rabbit and I wanna stop it [00:58.83]But I can't cos I'm locked 'n da closet [01:00.24] [01:00.92]Oh make me wanna holler right into my life [01:04.32]Oh make me wanna holler right into my life [01:06.52]Oh make me wanna holler right into my life [01:08.47] [01:10.22]Listen homey [01:10.95] [01:11.74]No rehabilitation no wantin to talk to [01:13.45] [01:14.12]Doin crimes on every f**kin place I can walk to [01:16.68]I still get props in the hood when I stroll by [01:19.39]Cos niggas don't know that I'm smokin like Popeye [01:21.45] [01:22.04]Mama's in the kitchen cookin rice [01:24.00] [01:24.57]Daddy's in the pen doin life [01:26.10] [01:27.02]Sister gotta husband she's a wife [01:29.50]And I'm in the backyard hittin the pipe [01:31.93]It's been three or four months since I started usin [01:34.53]It's a uphill battle and now I know I'm losin [01:37.45]I go to the spots where my face ain't familiar [01:39.82]And I cook here jack cos I don't know these niggas [01:42.19]I'm livin like a peasant and it ain't pleasant [01:44.83]I think I need to change my direction [01:46.66] [01:47.17]I got the five dollar piece now I'm all in the carpet [01:49.70]In the dark cos I'm locked 'n da closet [01:51.13] [01:53.18]Someone's knockin at the door somebody's ringin a bell [01:56.92] [01:58.31]Somebody's locked n da closet somebody's goin to hell [02:02.02] [02:02.98]Do me a favour open the door and let em have it [02:08.62] [02:10.19]Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:12.27] [02:12.95]One year done passed and now I'm lookin dusty [02:16.30]Disgusted because my own mama don't trust me [02:18.41]My sister's on the trip cos she knows I'm on the hit [02:20.96]And I can't take this sh*t [02:22.33] [02:23.05]There's a rumour goin round that I'm puffin heavily [02:25.50]And my neighbours is lookin at me crazy G [02:27.59] [02:28.22]I guess they figured out that I broke in they house [02:30.77]And stole all they sh*t while they was out [02:32.61] [02:33.27]My sister told my aunt and my aunt told Pam [02:35.89]And Pam let it slip to that b**ch Roxanne [02:37.72] [02:38.31]Roxanne told Bill and Bill told Duke [02:39.86] [02:40.84]Now the whole hood knows that I play the flute [02:42.83] [02:43.37]But before I lost my respect [02:44.66] [02:45.87]I didda lick your dumb a** on a jet SH*T [02:48.26] [02:48.92]Now I'm back to life yeah I'm back to reality [02:52.11]Ain't no side effects or technicalities [02:53.25] [02:53.82]There's one thing about it when your life is f**ked [02:56.18]At the bottom the only way to go is up aah [02:59.08]No more coc*ine b**ches [03:00.09] [03:00.93]I kick the door off the motherf**kin hinges [03:02.82] [03:03.60]I'm out the closet [03:04.47] [03:09.33]Someone's knockin at the door somebody's ringin a bell [03:13.64] [03:14.96]Somebody's locked n da closet somebody's goin to hell [03:18.66] [03:20.18]Do me a favour open the door and let em have it [03:24.93] [03:26.53]Let em have it [03:27.53] [03:30.42]Someone's knockin at the door somebody's ringin a bell [03:34.21] [03:35.58]Somebody's locked n da closet somebody's goin to hell [03:39.20] [03:40.57]Do me a favour open the door and let em have it [03:45.12] [03:47.20]Ooh yeah yeah yeah yeah