[Verse 1]
    When I look you in your eyes I can see my own
  Straight love manifested in flesh and bone
  You's a breath of fresh air in this world of shit
  You was born to be a soldier don't ever forget
  Hit back when hit
  Use force that's effective
  All these bitches and women
  Son, please be selective
  This is California can't stick your dick in everything
  We will survive necessarily by any means
  Let no man ever hold you down or supress you
  It's the 90's the police just arrest you,
  disrespect you on occasion take life
  By the time you come of age they'll probably blast on sight
  It's a shame they protect them but try to serve us
  When your neck is on the line stand ground then bust
  In God we trust but just incase keep it loaded and locked
  Ready to rock
  Then shake the spot
  The Foundation
    [Verse 2]
    You came from a long line of killers and drug dealers
  Who forever smoke bud
  So it's probably in your blood
  Realize you can only run the streets so long
  Then the streets run you into the ground then gone
  It's kinda ruff trying to teach you what's right from wrong
  Same shit different day
  It's the same ol' song
  If the time ever comes that I meet my match
  Take control of my assets
  Fuck startin' from scratch
  Take care of your mother
  Keep yourself on track
  Just cause niggas get behind you don't mean they got your back
  Beware of the serpent
  Cause there's a time in life the mothafucker will strike
  And try to make you loose sight
  Don't be a fake mothafucker tryin' to keep shit real
  Fill cassettes with idle threats with no guts to kill
  Son if you ever pull heat
  Then use it
  If you got a chance to walk away
  Then do it
  Total domination takes full concentration in all situations
  A solid foundation
    [Verse 3]
    You are the foundation
  Begining of a new generation
  I remember hospital hallway pacin'
  I was anxious as fuck to see your face shine
  Only to find that yours looked like mine
  So it's like I'm livin' twice at the exact same time
  In this life you can't press stop
  Then press rewind
  Gotta live to the fullest never follow behind no man
  Have your own plan, expand your mind
  Ain't no paper thin game to raise wannabe thugs
  This is nothing but love
  Via sattelite Muggs
  Take heed when it's your turn to bring new life
  Make sure it's the woman you gonna make your wife
  Be prepared for the worst
  But expect the best
  No matter where life takes you
  Come home to the West
  Survival takes more than just gats and guns
  That's words to live by
  From a father to a son
  Foundation