Been a Long Time

(album: Restless - 2000)

[Saafir:]
Rrrah, uhh, bitch!
It's radio radio station, cat Xzibit huh?
K-W-Balls, Daniel Thompson hold like this
Like that in fact, with a fat-ass Battlecat track
I'm takin caller number one, that is
Rrrah uhh, bitch – you took too long
Caller number two like this

[Xzibit:]
Bounce up out of the house close to midnight
Full rack up in the back, shit is tight
Full charge and I'm out for something
Mass production, Battlecat bang percussion
End of discussion, hitting some corners, rearrange things
And bring change, we expand California
Listen, I lost more than I can ever gain back
From this road to riches, making my heart turn black
So I'm cold to bitches, and I never call back
Plus I'm stoned and vicious, lay your whole hood flat
Get your, shit together nigga big Snoop Dogg told me
Do music and leave that other shit alone homie
We came from dust, the X-odus, the hard to touch
Y'all niggas ain't fucking with us, and plus
It ain't nothing like standing on your own two
So run them streets, but never let 'em run you

[Nate Dogg:]
Time is steady wasting, steady wasting
Since time won't wait for me, yeah, won't wait, won't wait
Just give me a beat that's bang, give me a beat that's banging
I'll bust 'til I'm deceased yeah, wooh-ooh

[Xzibit:]
Tune in, witness the rise of a icon
The python wrap around 'til your breath gone
The upper echelon, and I'm the cat you pull a weapon on
And wanna squeeze 'til my life is gone
Back to the wall and trust nobody
Sipping Cognac with Kurupt, Young Gotti
Somebody gotta recognize this
Throw fo' fingers up, add a thumb, then make it a fist
Number one draft pick, lead the league in assists
Give a fuck how you decorate your neck and your wrists
You just setting yourself up for the twist (gimme that) it's like this
Only a few slide through like the Schindler's List
Who's the bitch, who's the mack, what's worse
The niggas that bring in the coke or smoke the crack?
Metaphor figure four let it break your back (yeah)
It's been a long time, where the gangstas at?

[Nate Dogg:]
Time is steady wasting, steady wasting
Since time won't wait for me, yeah, won't wait, won't wait
Just give me a beat that's bang, give me a beat that's banging
I'll bust 'til I'm deceased yeah, wooh-ooh

[Xzibit:]
Damn it feels good to be back in the saddle
On top of the game, cracking the frame, the heat of the battle
Been a long time coming but we waited
Xzibit went from being hated, to making the whole world say it
Give a fuck if the radio play it
Niggas fall like the domino effect and you can't delay it
It ain't about who you are when you're making your stack
It's the look that's on your face when you giving it back
Picture that

[Nate Dogg & Xzibit:]
Time, keeps on slipping, slipping
Keeps on slipping away, mm-hmm
My mind keeps on tripping-tripping
Tripping like every-day, mm-hmm (word, yeah)
Yeah, it's been a long time
Time is steady wasting, steady wasting
Since time won't wait for me, yeah, won't wait, won't wait
Just give me a beat that's bang, give me a beat that's banging
I'll bust 'til I'm deceased yeah, wooh-ooh

[Steve Rifkind:]
[Voicemail machine:] First message, message marked urgent
Xzibit, it's Rifkind. Remember me? You know Loud Records?
You haven't called the label in 6 months I know you're a star and everything right now but you know we would really need this record. Sony's on my throat. Please, please call me
Steve Rifkind, Loud Records