Short but Funky

Life is too short, but now it's kind of funky
 I make the beats for me and my homies
 Newspaper reporters and others always ask me
 Why I'm X-rated and I rap so nasty
 When I was a teen, I did nothin' else
 But pick up a pen and express myself
 The things I wrote were obscene and kind of dirty
 But mama always said the truth couldn't hurt me
 She also said that it would set me free
 I guess she was R-I-G-H-T on the nail
 'Cause now I'm out making my mail
 It all started out from a freaky tale
 If that's what sells, then I'm a stick with it
 Short Dog ain't changing, so forget it
 You can sell out if you want to, homie
 But I'ma stay short but funky
 Funky, funky
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 Funky, funky
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 It don't stop, just call it verse two
 It's Short Dog baby from the Dangerous Crew
 Not your average everyday fake rap on the micro'
 I might say something that your mother don't like so
 Don't play it loud if she's around to see
 But you can play this 'cause it's rated PG
 When I'm rated X I'm just having my fun
 I bring a smile to each and every one
 But there's a serious side in everything I say
 Life is too short for you to wait 'til the next day
 Just straighten up your life and you can start right here
 Drop the cocaine and the bottles of beer
 People always say it ain't right to preach
 But take my advice, get wise and reach for the sky
 So you can live like a king, homie
 And I'ma stay short but funky
 Funky, funky
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 Funky, funky
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 Funky, funky
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 Funky, funky
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 You never catch me on the mic rappin' a dance tune
 I like it kind of mellow with the sound of the bass boom
 The style is mine, I've been doing it for ten
 You might say it's simple, but I'm making my ends
 See, I don't trip on a punk 'cause I jack him
 Too $hort plus the cuss words equals platinum
 What would I look like dancing on a stage?
 I wave my hand and do it like the old days
 But some dumb fool want to take it out of hand
 With 50 million dancers and a big old band
 That ain't me, I'm from the old school
 Play the instrumental, get the mic, and I'm cool
 'Cause I'm an Oaktown mack, and it's like that, so
 It all comes out in my records and my stage show
 In my category, I'm the one and only
 And I'ma stay short but funky (funky)
 Funky (hey Al, that's it), funky
 Funky
 Funky (baby Jesus), funky
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 Funky, funky
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 Funky, funky (Dog baby from the Dangerous Crew)
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 Fu-funky
 Funky, funky