[Intro: Daz & Kurupt]
This n***a to give it all to me with the cut
*Door knocking*
Get the door
Yo wassup? What you need?
Hmm? *tsh* Yeah
I'm out of here

[Verse: Daz]
Hop in the '63 chevy, countin' boutin' the heat
Scapin' thru the streets with my n***as bumpin' hellafied beats
See us, n***as play for keeps, kill the strong and the weak
From the east side of long beach, that's 2-1 street
See we, live and die by the gun and the knife
And I, high as a kite, corrallin' thru' the night (haha)
Stackin' hundreds, we kept the drugs and hoes comin' (come on)
Young gunnin', tortured, no need to be punished (yeah)
All we have of the system is big cabbage
Lifestyles is lavish, livin' my life from Dallas
It was a challenge, livin' my life like a savage
To have or to not to have it or nobody can have it
Untouchable, indestructable
Get in my way and we're dustin' you
As a kid this the type of shit that we dreamed of
Money, cars, bitches and drugs
I prevail, the crack sales, then got in jail
Couldn't post bail now my home is livin' in a cell
Thirty years with no parole as I grow old
You won't see me on the streets 'til I'm 60 years old
[Chorus: Daz & Snoop Dogg]
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live

[Warren G]
It's the A team, operation regime
Money and dreams got me hooked with schemes
From the Times Square walk to America's best
Long Beach is the spot, got a lot of respect
Cos I'm a vet, regulate and never hesitate
I stay hungry so fill my plate
I'm just a young black n***a tryin' to flip an end
Five year probation, n***a fuck the pen
What up, Uncle Kev doin 8 upstate
I heard you're benchin' ten plates, knockin' out inmates
It's just a way of life, n***a shootin' the dice
Now you hit all craps, now you payin' the price
Livin' the thuggish life

[Chorus: Daz & Snoop Dogg]
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live, we live, we live
[Verse: Kurupt]
G, Dove, we, mob
Killin' all y'all, that is our job
And if you thought it was the gang then you hit it on the knob
Slide and flip like cocoa bricks, takin' your 6
And leavin' it on the side of the freeway on bricks
Schitzomanic, automatic, schizophrenic, 6
It's just a psychosomatic, original
Dogg Pound criminal, you ever heard of me?
Kurupt, Young Gotti, motherfucker D-P
Why is life fucked up? Toe-up
Scrapin' from the flo' up to the ceilin, the fo's bust
For my children to grow
We live to let go, n***a

[Chorus: Daz & Snoop Dogg]
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live

Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live
Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why? Why Oh Why?
(It's only for the money) Do we live in dangerous lives?
(It's only for the money) It's just the gangsta life we live, we live, we live